Industrial Revolution

Before the telegraph, letters traveled on...

• horseback or by boat

• car rides

• airplanes

• people (they carried them)

Which machine greatly reduced the time required to make a garment or other sewn items?

• spinning machine

• cotton gin

• sewing machine

• spinning machine

Factories primarily relied on _____ from all over New England to operate the machines.

• children

• old people

• young women

• young men

Spinning machines worked with _______ to operate and weave fibers into fabrics.

• people

• river water

• other machines

• animals

The national highway became the main route for settlers crossing the __________ into the Ohio Valley

• Thirteen Colonies

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

In 1830, the ______ steam engine made its first run on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, or B&O.

The _______ opened in 1825 and stretched from Albany to Buffalo, New York.

In your opinion, which invention from the Industrial Revolution was the most important? Name the invention and type at least two full sentences explaining why you think it was the most important.

What does mass production mean?

• it is a term for farmers growing lots of crops

• the production of A LOT of items or goods, often made in factories

• when there is NOT a lot of production of a good or item

• it is a term for workers taking their time making new machines

What are two ways the lives of Americans were changed during the Industrial Revolution? Write at least two full sentences.