Industrial Revolution

Who invented the cotton gin?

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

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

_______________ are pieces made to fit many machines or tools.

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

Why did river travel improve during the 1800s?

• because of the invention of the steam engine
• because of the invention of stagecoaches
• because of the invention of the reaper
• because rivers were getting faster every year

What did Samuel Morse invent?

• the steam engine
• the steamboat
• the telegraph machine
• the telephone

_______________ are people who live in a country in which they were not born.

• Pioneers
• Immigrants
• Merchants
• Native Americans

Samuel F. B. Morse invented the telegraph. Which area of life was improved by this invention?

• communication
• farming
• industry
• transportation

The invention of the cotton gin increased the efficiency of cotton production and actually increased the demand for this

• Water Power
• Coal
• FIre
• Slaves

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• The United States
• England
• France
• Germany