Industrial Revolution

An invention created by Eli Whitney that increased the need for slavery in the South

• Spinning Jenny

• Cotton Gin

• Steamboat

• Telegraph

Invention that made sailing along rivers easier

• Steamboat

• Interchangeable Parts

• Telegraph

• Cotton Gin

A type of economy with little government interference.

• Communism

• Socialism

• Darwinism

• Free Enterprise

The growth of manufacturing and industry in the United States characterizes the-

• Great Awakening

• Free Enterprise System

• Industrialization

• Communism

The Cotton Gin __________ slavery in the South.

• Increased

• Decreased

Most factory workers were

• Women

• Children

• Migrants

• All of these are true

Which of these were an effect of the construction of the Erie Canal?

• Transporting of goods

• New raw materials became readily available

• People started to settle new areas

• All of these

Moving to cities from farms for better paying jobs is-

• Industrialization

• Urbanization

• Free Enterprise

• None of these

How did the War of 1812 help start the Industrial Revolution?

Answer explanation

British blockades prevented us from getting goods, so the U.S. had to begin manufacturing our own goods.

Interchangeable Parts made manufacturing ________ much more efficient.

• Guns

• Liquor

• Telegraph

• Steamboat