Ch. 13 Industrial Revolution Review

What is the name of the historic period when hand tools were replaced by powered machinery and large-scale industrial production?

• The American Revolution

• The Civil War

• Reconstruction

• The Industrial Revolution

Why were factories often located near rivers?

• They needed to use the river to dump waste.

• They needed to use a watermill for power.

• They needed to use the river for drinking water.

• They needed to use the river to wash textiles.

What is one thing Samuel Slater did to change the American Factory System?

• He refused to hire children to work in his factories.

• He did NOT use technology such as "Crompton's Mule".

• He used division of labor so that employees could specialize in their job.

• He used solar power to power his machines.

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Samuel Slater

• Robert Fulton

• Eli Whitney

• Andrew Jackson

How did the cotton gin increase the process of gathering and processing cotton?

• It removed the seeds from the cotton faster and easier than doing it by hand.

• It washed and dried the cotton faster and easier than doing it by hand.

• It had mechanical "arms" that gathered the cotton faster than doing it by hand.

• It turned the cotton into cloth to be used in factories faster than by doing it by hand.

What was an effect of the cotton gin?

• Cotton production decreased

• Made cotton less profitable

• Encouraged farmers to move west

• Cotton production increased

What effect did the cotton gin have on slavery?

• increased slavery

• decreased slavery

How did the invention of the steamboat impact the economy?

• shipping costs decreased and cities grew along major rivers and the Great Lakes

• shipping costs increased and cities grew in the Great Plains

• shipping costs stayed the same and cities decreased across the nation

• shipping costs increased and cities decreased along rivers

Who improved the steamboat by making it faster and more efficient?

• Samuel Slater

• Michael Riley

• Robert Fulton

• Francis Scott Key

Which region had expansion of the plantation system during the Industrial Revolution?

• North

• South

• West