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

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

• communication
• farming
• industry
• transportation

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 steamboat?

• Robert Fulton
• Samuel Morse
• Cyrus McCormick
• Francis Cabot Lowell

Who invented the steel plow?

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

What product was first made using machines in factories?

• Steel
• textiles
• locomotives
• flying shuttles

Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?

• Low wages
• Safe working conditions
• Dangerous working conditions
• Widespread pollution