The Industrial Revolution

She _______her game by practicing every day

• reduced

• damaged

• improved

• boycotted

My grandfather helped us start our cleaning business by becoming ___________.

• an explorer

• an investor

• a career

• a rebel

It is more ________ to ride a bike than to drive a car because you do not need to pay for gas.

• low-risk

• hands-free

• well-known

• cost-effective

Agriculture is an important part of our state's ___________.

• economy

• authority

• freedom

• decision

The writer said that selling her first story was a ________ in her career.

• road block

• hard choice

• simple time

• turning point

The factory was once used to ___________ clothing.

• commemorate

• manufacture

• boycott

• simplify

Because of _________, people can easily buy many things at a low cost.

• privilege

• tolerance

• mass production

• common laws

The price of new phones depends on __________.

• supply and demand

• goods and services

• trade secrets

• high ideals

Before the Industrial Revolution, most American colonists lived on farms, and grew or made most of what they needed.  Which activity below signaled that this was about to change?

• hand spinning thread

• shearing sheep by hand

• using mills to centralize production

• growing and harvesting flax to make thread

Eli Whitney figured out how to produce large numbers of goods in a very short time by using ______.

• textiles

• water power

• interchangeable parts

• manufacturing