Industrial Revolution

Who Invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts

• Eli Whitney
• Robert Fulton
• Slater
• Lowell

The invention of the cotton gin increased the efficiency of cotton production and actually increased the demand for this

• Water Power
• Coal
• FIre
• Slaves

Until the 1800s, 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.

The _______________ is the name for the change from goods being made by hand at home to making them by machine in factories.

• French Revolution
• Machine Revolution
• Industrial Revolution
• Technological Revolution

Mass production means:

• Products being made with more superior in quality

• goods being made in large quantities

• laborers received higher wages

• industries moved to rural areas

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• The United States
• England
• France
• Germany

What had to occur before the Industrial Revolution could take place?

• The Economic Revolution
• The Glorious Revolution
• The Agricultural Revolution
• The French Revolution

Which 2 natural resources were 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

Who designed the first efficient steam engine?

• James Hargreaves
• John Kay
• Richard Arkwright
• James Watt