The Industrial Revolution

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• The United States

• England

• France

• Germany

What are identical components that can be used in place of each other?

• Interchangeable parts
• Factories
• Dynamos
• Assembly Lines

Who designed the first efficient steam engine?

• James Hargreaves

• John Kay

• Richard Arkwright

• James Watt

The first factories in the U.S. primarily focused on creating....

• Machines

• Textiles

• Material

• Agriculture

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

• factory workers

• Irish immigrants

• plantation owners

• southern people

Which statement is true?

• Children were not allowed to work in the mines during the Industrial Revolution.

• Work conditions were closely regulated

• There were no labor laws that prevented children from working

• Children were allowed to work but they were treated fairly

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

Who invented the cotton gin?

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

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

A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.

• Cartel

• Corporation

• Factory

• Urbanization