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
• textile
• economy
• 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

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 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

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

How did the cotton gin change cotton production in the South?

• Cotton was made faster.
• Cotton became the most important cash crop in the United States.
• It could clean more cotton in minutes than a whole group of workers could clean in a day.
• all of the above