Industrial Revolution & New Inventions Quiz

The power loom was used with what natural resource?

• Cotton

• Wood

• Corn

• Sugar

The steamboat helped the economy by being able to transport goods at large amounts for a cheaper price.

• true

• false

The Assembly Line...

• Allowed more money to be traded.

• Helped give people specific jobs.

• Helped sell the Model T to rich people.

• Made more cars at one time for Ford and Chevy.

How did the spinning wheel help with mass production?

• It created a new fashion trend.

• It gave women a reason to sew.

• It expanded factories for machines to fit.

• It made more clothes and cloths to be shipped.

How did the new inventions from hand labor to now machines, effect the U.S. economy?

• Made people work for longer hours.

• Made it to where there was no need for skilled labor.

• Large amounts of cheap manufactured became available.

• Workers moved from urban areas to rural areas.

People wanted to migrate from rural areas to urban areas during the Industrial Revolution.

• true

• false

The steam engine made it where _____ was not needed as much as before.

• Capital resources

• Timber

• Workers

• steamboats

What physical feature in the Northeast Region allowed for most factories to be built around?

• Mountains

• Rivers

• Valleys

• Lakes

During the time of the power loom, supplies _____

• stayed the same

• increased

• decreased

• went away

If the supply is high,