Industrial Revolution and Reform Review

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

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

Samuel F. B. Morse invented the telegraph. Which area of life was improved by this invention?

• communication
• farming
• industry
• transportation

An economic system with minimal government interference is called

• Sedition
• command economy
• embargo
• free enterprise

The transformation from rural to city is called

• urbanization
• industrialization
• Manifest Destiny
• factory system

The change from individual production of goods to machine production is called

• urbanization
• industrialization
• agrarian societs
• nullification

Mass production led to:

• Products being more superior in quality
• goods became less expensive
• laborers received higher wages
• industries moved to rural areas

What invention is this?

• Cotton Gin
• Spinning Jenny
• Steam Engine
• Steam Boat 

Which group settled in California and helped build the western half of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• Irish
• Chinese
• German
• Scandinavian