Industrial Revolution Retest

the process of moving from an agricultural society, in which most goods are handmade, to a society that thrives on machine-manufactured goods

• textile
• economy
• industrialization
• technology

fabric that is woven

• technology
• textile
• economy
• industrialization

Why were railroads so important during this time?

• they moved goods more quickly and less expensively over greater distances
• they were fun to ride on to go visit family in other states
• people could ride on railroads to get to their jobs in another city

Where were most factories built?

• in the mountains
• in the desert
• along rivers

Who invented the first cotton-spinning mill?

• Eli Whitney
• Robert Fulton
• Francis Cabot Lowell
• Samuel Slater

Who invented the first factory that combined machines which spun cotton into yarn with power looms?

• Samuel Morse
• Francis Cabot Lowell
• Elias Howe
• Cyrus McCormick

Who invented cotton gin and interchangeable parts?

• John Deere
• Eli Whitney
• Samuel Slater
• Elias Howe

Who invented the steamboat?

• Robert Fulton
• Samuel Morse
• Cyrus McCormick
• Francis Cabot Lowell

Who invented the telegraph?

• Elias Howe
• Eli Whitney
• Samuel Slater
• Samuel Morse

Who invented the mechanical reaper?

• Eli Whitney
• Samuel Morse
• Cyrus McCormick
• John Deere