Industrial Revoluton Review

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

A change in the way goods were produced, from human labor to machines was known as _____________.

• nationalism

• textiles

• sectionalism

• The Industrial Revolution

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

• Eli Whitney

• James Monroe

• George Washington Carver

• Francis Cabot Lowell

Which of the following is an effect 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

Interchangeable parts is making different parts of products look ___.

• identical
• interchange
• opposite
• cheaper

Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by

• Factories
• Hand
• Slaves
• Royalty

Mass production led to:

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

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

• F

• G

• H

• J

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