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

In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• United States
• France
• Great Britain

Where were most factories built?

• in the mountains
• in the desert
• along rivers

Who invented cotton gin and interchangeable parts?

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

Who invented the telegraph?

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

Until the 1800s, how did most families get the items they needed for daily life?

• They made tools, clothing, materials, and food by hand.
• They bought them from factories.
• They bought them on the Internet.
• They bought them from stores.

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

Why did the Industrial Revolution start in England?

• Natural Resources

• Political Stability

• Large population of workers

• All of these

What are enclosures?

• Gates that go around a house

• Large farming land that were enclosed to boost crop yields

• When a bank takes back property because lack of payment

• None of these