Studies Weekly Week 16

Before the __________ people couldn't run to the store to buy things, they had to make what they needed.

• Civil War

• Industrial Revolution

• Intramural Activity

Things changed because of a process called ________ ___________, which means it was now made quickly by machines.

• mass production

• money markets

• mixed economy

As mass production became more popular, fewer people worked on farms and more people worked in ___________

• barns

• supermarkets

• factories

heating water hot enough to run the pistons or turbines in powerful engines

• Slater's mill

• railroad

• steam power

• Erie Canal

a group of clothing production factories powered by machines

• Slater's mill

• railroad

• steam power

• Erie Canal

a mode of transportation which made it easier and faster to get from place to place

• Slater's mill

• railroad

• steam power

• Erie Canal

a new mode of transportation involving goods being transported along waterways

• Slater's mill

• railroad

• steam power

• Erie Canal

Why did the British call Samuel Slater “Slater the traitor”?

• because he moved to America

• because he made British machines in America

• because he created big factories

• because he was a millionaire

Why did people move from the country to the city during the Industrial Revolution?

• to be closer to family

• to be closer to their jobs

• to get away from the farm

• to live in a tall building

"Working in a mill was no picnic.” Choose the sentence that best paraphrases this sentence.

• It was hard to work in a mill.

• People didn't have picnics at a mall.

• Working in a mill could be easy.

• Picnics were held at a mill.