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

Railroads were important to the development of the United States at this time because...?

• 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 the mechanical reaper?

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

Who invented the steel plow?

• Cyrus McCormick
• John Deere
• Samuel Slater
• Robert Fulton

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

Which 2 natural resources were the backbone of the Industrial Revolution?

• wood and peat
• oil and natural gas
• coal and iron
• cotton and tobacco

Due to inventions like the seed drill, which made planting crops easier and faster, farmers migrated to the cities. What was an effect of inventions like the seed drill?

• Farmers lost their jobs and moved into industrial jobs

• The machines turned into robots and took over land in Great Britain

• The farmers needed more work and hired more people to work the land.

• The farmers moved to the United States to farm.

Mass production led to:

• Products being high quality

• goods became less expensive

• workers received high wages

• industries moved to farming areas

Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by

• Factories

• Hand

• Indentured servants

• Children