Industrialization Review

How did the Industrial Revolution impact farming

• Farms ceased to exist in the early 1900s.

• More people worked on farms in the 1900s than in the 1800s.

• Less people farmed. More people moved to cities to work in factories.

• Farms became less efficient and cost less to run.

In Adam Smith's concept of interaction between free individuals, each person is motivated by

• Self-interest

• Fear

• Religious obligation

• Love of his fellow man

According to Adam Smith, the economy is not regulated by the government, but by the "invisible hand," which means that

• The economy, and the people in it, regulate themselves.

• The economy is regulated by the town guild.

• The economy is managed by large corporations.

• The actual meaning is not clear.

The early mass production of cloth began to change the

• nature of household duties.

• physical display of items.

• psychology of wearing undergarments.

• psychology of limited wealth.

The skilled craftsmen of the pre-industrial age were organized into

• City halls

• Guilds

• Craft shops

• Skill centers

The use of water power over the course of the 18th century

• Did not have a meaningful impact.

• Decreased production.

• Declined.

• Increased production.

The flying shuttle, which replaced the hand shuttle, greatly sped up the

• Weaving process.

• Use of steam power.

• Separating process.

• Combing process.

Steam engines freed larger factories from a dependence on power generated by

• Wind

• Water

• Mules

• Humans

 The American inventor who created the first effective steel plow was

• John Clydesdale

• John Deere

• John Rotherham

• John Winthrop

Cyrus McCormick's horse drawn mechanical reaper reduced the time it took to farm, but also reduced the amount of

• Water needed for the crops

• Seed needed

• Labor needed

• Farm animals needed