Industrial Revolution 23

What is the significance of interchangeable parts

• It made farming less profitable

• It made it possible to produce items in large numbers

• It increased the demand for slave labor

• It undermined the factory system

______ is the inventor of the Cotton gin, a machine that removes seeds from cotton.

• Eli Whitney

• James Monroe

• George Washington Carver

• Francis Cabot Lowell

What was the effect of industrialization on the population of the United States?

• More people moved to Southern States

• Fewer people moved to urban areas

• More people lived in urban area than rural area

• more people began moving to cities.

What were two reasons that the New England states were ideal for the development of early factories?

• technology and nearby farms

• interchangeable parts and patents

• rivers and ports

• good soil and tariffs.

Which of the following completes the list of effects of the introduction of the cotton gin?

• the demand for enslaved workers increased

• Plantation owners had more leisure time

• the demand for cotton increased

• More Northern began raising cotton

Why were major cities and factory communities built along major rivers?

• Rivers provided an escape route in the event that Native Americans attacked.

• water could be used to power factory machines.

• Rivers provided opportunities for recreation.

• They could ship their crops to markets more easily.

Interchangeable parts is making different parts of products look ___.

• identical
• interchange
• opposite
• cheaper

Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?

• Jobs in factories
• Jobs on the farm
• Family
• Friends

Mass production led to:

• Products being more superior in quality
• goods became less expensive
• laborers received higher wages
• industries moved to rural areas

Why did river travel improve during the 1800s?

• because of the invention of the steam engine
• because of the invention of stagecoaches
• because of the invention of the reaper
• because rivers were getting faster every year