Industrial Revolution

Who first used the idea of Interchangeable parts?

• Eli Whitney

• Samuel Slater

• John Calhoun

• Francis Cabot Lowell

What did Whitney say he could produce 10,000 of in 2 years for the government?

• cars

• cotton gins

• rifles

• steamboats

What did the cotton gin do?

• dyed the cotton

• separated the seeds

• cut the cotton down

• helped it grow faster

Francis Cabot Lowell's mills were unique because he hired entire families to work there.

• True

• False

The invention of the cotton gin decreased slave labor, because they didn't need as many people working on the plantations.

• True

• False

What is the factory system?

• a type of group production in one location.

• a group of factories in different locations working together to make a good.

• Individual craftsmen working separately

What year was the international slave trade made illegal?

• 1815

• 1806

• 1808

• 1812

What are slave codes?

• rules for slaves to keep them from rebelling

• a code of ethics created by the slaves

• laws about how to treat slaves

• laws that forbid slavery in certain territories

Republican motherhood was an idea that mothers should teach their children, especially sons, to be good citizens.

• True

• False

Where did the Industrial Revolution start?

• France

• New England

• Great Britain

• The South