8th Grade Market revolution

Some historians say the ___________________ revolution was more revolutionary than the American revolution.

• market

• French

• industrial

• Russian

What was machinery used for in the Industrial Revolution?

• making finished goods

• processing mathematical computations

• generating electricity

• creating crops to end hunter-gatherer society

Jefferson imagined America as an agrarian society. What does "agrarian society" mean?

• a nation of farmers

• a nation of wage workers

• a nation of slaves

• a nation of white-collar workers

Who was the international leader in textile production at the start of the Industrial Revolution?

• The United Kingdom

• The United States

• The Southern States

• The Northern States

Which word or phrase best describes the workers in early factories?

• women

• young men

• wealthy men

• slaves

What powered the first textile mills?

• water wheels

• steam engines

• electricity

• combustion engines

After the Lowell mills, work for women in the US is:

• respectable

• disgraceful

• expensive

• repressive

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Eli Whitney

• Isaac Singer

• Samuel Slater

• Mrs. Ruiz

What does the cotton gin do?

• turns cotton into cloth

• separates seeds from the cotton

• makes the cotton less sticky

• makes cotton difficult to produce

How much cotton could a single person produce in a day using the cotton gin?

• 5 pounds

• 50 pounds

• 500 pounds

• 5 tonnes