Industrial Revolution

The term laissez-faire roughly translates to mean

• leave alone

• resist

• freedom

• control

The process of an area growing larger, with an increase in population, production of goods and services, and availability of a variety of options to fulfill one's wants and needs is called

• industrialization

• urbanization

• materialism

• commercialism

In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, which item was manufactured in great numbers at newly built factories?

• textiles

• industrial machines

• cars

• household goods like cookware

Which of the following best describes industrialization?

• nations began to rely on one another for trade of various goods and resources after the beginning of the Industrial Revolution

• smaller nations needed assistance from their larger neighbors, so they formed trade alliances

• more and more people began to move to cities, away from rural areas

• advancement in technology to produce goods on a larger scale and a reliance on manufacturing of goods instead of individuals producing goods themselves

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

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• Massachusetts

• France

• England

• Ireland

The first factories in the U.S. primarily focused on creating....

• Machines

• Textiles

• Material

• Cotton

During the mid-1800s the development of the factory system in the United States contributed to .....

• a decline in number of immigrants

• the rapid growth of cities

• the overall lowering of standard of living

• a decrease in agricultural production

In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, many factories were built along swift flowing rivers primarily

• water was a major source of irrigation

• ships could easily deliver goods to factories

• water power was used to drive factory machines

• factory owners preferred to build on inexpensive land