Industrial Revolution

Who invented the telephone?

• Sir Humphrey Davy

• Gottlieb Daimler

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Edward Jenner

Name the process which converts raw iron into steel:

• Bessemer Process

• Melting

• Combustion Formation

• Steel Reversal

The shift from hand tools to machines sparked the beginning of:

• Industrial Revolution

• Domestic System

• Capitalism

Until the 1800's, how did most families get the items they needed for daily life?

• They made tools, clothing, materials, and food by hand.
• They bought them from factories.
• They bought them on the Internet.
• They bought them from stores.

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• George Washington
• Eli Whitney

How did the cotton gin change cotton production in the South?

• Cotton was made faster.

• Cotton became the most important cash crop in the United States.

• It could clean more cotton in minutes than a whole group of workers could clean in a day.

• All of the above.

Why did river travel improve during the 1800's?

• Invention of the steam engine.

• Invention of stagecoaches.

• Invention of the reaper.

• Rivers were getting faster every year.

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• The United States
• England
• France
• Germany

Which 2 natural resources served as the backbone of the Industrial Revolution?

• wood and peat
• oil and natural gas
• coal and iron
• cotton and tobacco

Which innovation allowed factories to be built anywhere?

• flying shuttle

• spinning jenny

• cotton gin

• steam engine