Industrial Revolution Review

___________ allows for the faster movement of goods and raw materials to factories.

• Railroads

• Automobiles

• Steam Engines

• Mass Production

The Enclosure Act forced many farmers from rural areas into _________.

• Smaller Farms

• Factories

• Large Farms

• Debt

This inventor is famous for the light bulb and Direct Current

• Thomas Edison

• Robert Watt

• Nikola Tesla

• Henry Ford

This invention meant that factories could work 24/7 and not be limited to sunlight working hours.

• The Light-bulb

• Steam Engines

• Trains

• Candle wax

The invention of steel allowed for the construction of....

• Sky Scrapers

• Sky Malls

• Steel Mills

• Small Sturdy Apartments

Who invented the steam engine?

• Ben Franklin

• James Watts

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

The new form of housing lots of people in one small space was called...

• an apartment building

• a track home

• a tenement

• a mobile home

Which of the following wasn't a reason why children were hired to work in mines?

• the small tunnels of the mines allowed them to work deep in the mines

• they could be paid less in wages than men

• they were well educated and could run the expensive machinery

• families needed the money so mine owners knew their parents would allow it to keep the families together

How did an expansion in railroads contribute to the growth of America?

• new cities sprung up along the roads, and people moved West
• it made cities more crowded because railroads were constructed over people's farms
• the agriculture industry became more powerful
• it made the environment cleaner thus the country was more attractive to immigrants

What inventor first implemented the Assembly Line on a large scale?

• Henry Ford
• Orville Wright
• George Westinghouse
• Andrew Carnegie