Industrial Revolution REVIEW

What invention separated the cotton seeds and the cotton fibers? (a)  

• Cotton Gin
• Power Loom
• Mechanical Reaper
• Steel Plow

What made it easier to transport goods between the Midwest and the Northeast. It was a water highway that connected cities on the Great Lakes.

• Telegraph
• Steam Locomotive
• Canal
• Railroads

The environmental conditions listed in the box below best describe which region? (a)  

• Canadian
• Middle Atlantic
• New England
• Southern

Economic activity in the Northern states relied heavily on trade and industry in part because —

• Puritan beliefs prohibited farming for profit
• farmers in the region feared attacks from Native Americans
• a cold climate and poor soil made farming unprofitable
• the British monarchy provided land grants only to southern colonies

The Southern states supported plantation economics. This meant they had large farms and grew crops, which they exported. Which group of exports below would most likely have come from a Southern state? (a)  

• fish, whale products, and fur
• textiles, spices, and iron bars
• fish, rum, and iron bars
• cotton, indigo, tobacco, and rice

African slaves and European indentured servants were a huge labor force in the Southern states. What invention created a need for a larger workforce because it allowed for a quicker production of cotton? (a)  

• Spinning Jenny
• Telegraph
• Steam Locomotive
• Cotton Gin

This made mass production possible by making manufacturing faster and easier. People could simply change a single part that needed to be replaced instead of having to repair the entire machine or object.

• Steam Locomotive
• Canal
• Railroads
• Interchangeable parts

A language used to send messages through a telegraph. (a)  

• Morse Code
• Steam Locomotive
• Canal
• Railroads

What were among the first industries in the United States. Immigrant women and children often worked there.

• Telegraph lines of the West.
• Steam Locomotive operator
• Textile mills in the industrial North.
• Railroads operator

What was the "King" cash crop of the Southern plantations? (a)  

• Lumber
• Fish
• Steel Plow
• Cotton