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

• economy

• textile

• industrialization

The way that a society or nation produces and distributes goods and services

• textile

• economy

• technology

• industrialization

The use of human knowledge to create tools and machines that allow us to navigate and control the environment; does NOT have to be electronic

• industrialization

• economy

• textile

• technology

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

Where were most factories built?

• in the mountains

• in the desert

• along rivers

Who invented the telegraph?

• Elias Howe

• Eli Whitney

• Samuel Morse

• Samuel Slater

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.

_______________ are people who live in a country in which they were not born.

• Pioneers

• Immigrants

• Merchants

• Native Americans