Module 13:1 The Industrial Revolution

The _______________________________ was a period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production.

• interchangeable parts

• Industrial Revolution

The efficient production of large numbers of identical goods is called_______________________________.

• mass production

• Industrial Revolution

Products with _______________________________ are made from pieces that are exactly the same.

• Interchangeable parts

• textiles

British entrepreneur _______________________________ invented a large spinning machine, called the water frame, that ran on water power.

• Samuel Slater

• Richard Arkwright

The tools used to produce items or to do work are called_______________________________.

• textiles

• technology

Inventor _______________________________ came up with the idea of using interchangeable parts.

• Samuel Slater

• Eli Whitney

The first important breakthrough of the Industrial Revolution took place in how _______________________________, or cloth items, were made.

• textiles

• technology