Industrial Revolution

What are identical components that can be used in place of each other?

• Interchangeable parts
• Factories
• Dynamos
• Assembly Lines

Which innovation  allowed factories to be built anywhere?

• flying shuttle
• spinning jenny
• cotton gin
• steam engine

This machine separated the seed from cotton fibers.

• Spinning Mule
• Spinning Jenny
• Steam Engine
• Cotton Gin

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Eli Whitney
• Jim Morse
• James Watt
• the guy that delivers your pizza

Why were railroads so important during this time?

• they moved goods more quickly and less expensively over greater distances
• they were fun to ride on to go visit family in other states
• people could ride on railroads to get to their jobs in another city

Who invented the steamboat?

• Robert Fulton
• Samuel Morse
• Cyrus McCormick
• Francis Cabot Lowell

How did people's lives change because of the Industrial Revolution? 

• People bought more handmade goods than before 
• people worked mostly on farms 
• people bought factory made items and worked outside the home
• people made a lot of money making homemade items 

Which invention by Cyrus McCormick ensured that raising wheat would remain the main economic activity in the Midwestern prairies?

• mechanical reaper
• mechanical horse
• steel thresher
• steel-tipped plow

Which invention filled the need for a method of communication that kept up with the industrial growth and fast-paced travel?

• mechanical reaper
• railroads
• steam engine
• telegraph

What did John Deere invent in 1837?

• Morse code
• clipper ship
• steel-tipped plow
• telegraph