Industrial Revolution

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 defines the term capital when referencing the Industrial Revolution?

• a city where industrial production increased, became an important city for a nation's economy

• money, equipment, and/or resources that were used in the production of goods

• a type of investment that helped a factory or business get started

• none of these best define capital

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

Invented the Cotton Gin

• Eli Whitney 
• Henry Clay 
• Francis Lowell
• John Deere 

Led to a canal boom in the United States thanks to the success New York had

• Central Canal 
• Erie Canal
• Wabash Canal 
• Ohio Canal 

Steamboats and Railroads did all the following EXCEPT 

• Better relations with natives 
• Cities grew 
• Cut shipping costs 
• Made goods cheaper 

The following is a picture of the...

• Erie Canal

• Cumberland Road

• National Road

• Ohio River

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