Industrial Revolution

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

In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• United States
• France
• Great Britain

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

The _______________ is the name for the change from goods being made by hand at home to making them by machine in factories.

• French Revolution
• Machine Revolution
• Industrial Revolution
• Technological Revolution

_______________ are pieces made to fit many machines or tools.

• Interchangeable parts
• Fixed parts
• Limited parts
• New parts

Why did river travel improve during the 1800s?

• because of the invention of the steam engine
• because of the invention of stagecoaches
• because of the invention of the reaper
• because rivers were getting faster every year

Which one of the inventions from your chart changed the way cotton was processed?

• Cotton Gin

• Spinning Jenny

• Bessemer Steel Process

• Light Bulb