Industrial Revolution

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

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• George Washington
• Eli Whitney

_______________ 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

What was a nickname given to the steam locomotive?

• Steamy
• Iron Wagon
• Iron Horse
• Steam Horse

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

• Pioneers
• Immigrants
• Merchants
• Native Americans

fabric that is woven

• technology
• textile
• economy
• industrialization

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

• textile
• economy
• technology
• 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