Industrial Revolution Quiz

This invention increased the need for slave labor in the South.

• Cotton Gin

• Reaper

• Steamboat

• Steam Locamotive

In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• United States
• France
• Great Britain

The growth of railroads helped expansion because ...

• It created jobs
• It moved people and goods faster
• It was a fun way to travel.

the process of moving from an agricultural society, in which most goods are handmade, to a society that thrives on machine-manufactured goods

• textile
• economy
• industrialization
• technology

Great Britain was able to industrialize because it had

• Natural resources such as coal and iron
• Overseas markets that bought British goods
• A strong navy to protect shipping lanes
• All of the above

One result of the Agricultural Revolution was

• increase in food production
• decrease in the amount of food produced
• Increase in the number of farmers
• decreased population

Which of the following was NOT a way that the steam engine changed industrialization?

• It made production faster
• Factories didn’t need to be by streams
• It caused an increase demand for coal
• It encouraged cottage industry

The factory created a new labor system in which

• workers required skill and received high wages
• Workers had to work regular and long hours, and perform repetitive tasks for low wages
• Workers welfare was highly valued
• Workers had to adjust to periods of hectic work followed by idle periods

The growth of cities is called?

• urbanization
• ruralization
• decentralization
• capitalism

I invented the spinning jenny. Who am I?

• James Hargreaves

• Thomas Edison

• Eli Whitney

• Richard Arkwright