Industrial Revolution (Compact)

What was the importance of the Erie Canal?

• more water for the settlers to use for their crops
• it connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie making transportation of goods easier
• it connected the Mississippi River and the Hudson River and made transportation of goods easier

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 first cotton-spinning mill?

• Eli Whitney
• Robert Fulton
• Francis Cabot Lowell
• Samuel Slater

Who invented the system that hired single women to work in factories in mills?

• Samuel Morse

• Francis Cabot Lowell

• Elias Howe

• Cyrus McCormick

Who invented cotton gin and interchangeable parts?

• John Deere
• Eli Whitney
• Samuel Slater
• Elias Howe

Who invented the steamboat?

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

Who invented the telegraph?

• Elias Howe
• Eli Whitney
• Samuel Slater
• Samuel Morse

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