industrial Revolution

Who invented the telegraph?

• Samuel Adams

• Samuel Morse

• Robert Fulton

• Francis Lowell

Which group most likely received the greatest benefit from the invention of the cotton gin.

• factory managers

• Irish immigrants

• plantation owners

• textile workers

The combination of resources, improved transportation, and technological breakthroughs all led to the

• industrial revolution

• adoption of gold standard

• era of good feelings

• formation of agricultural cooperatives

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

Which is most likely the importance of the Erie Canal being built in 1825?

• connected the Mississippi River and the Hudson River making transportation of goods easier

• more water for the settlers to use for their crops

• loss of business in the port of New York

• the bankruptcy of several railroads

What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?

• moving

• inflation

• colonization

• urbanization

This machine allowed factories to be built anywhere, powered by coal?

• flying shuttle

• spinning jenny

• steam engine

• cotton gin

Which of the following was a major effect of the Industrial Revolution?

• Poverty was completely eliminated.

• Societies moved from agriculture to industry.

• The number of wars between countries decreased dramatically.

• Unemployment increased dramatically.

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• George Washington
• Eli Whitney

_______________ are pieces made to fit many machines or tools.

• Interchangeable parts
• Fixed parts
• Limited parts
• New parts