Industrial Revolution Inventions Quiz

What is the cotton gin?

• A machine for spinning thread into cloth

• A transportation machine that burns coal to release heat energy

• An agricultural tool for breaking up tough soil

• An agricultural machine that sped up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber

What was the impact of the cotton gin?

• Decrease in cotton production

• Increase in slaves and cotton production

• Decrease in agricultural production

• Increase in steel production

What is the mechanical reaper?

• A transportation machine that burns coal to release heat energy

• An agricultural tool used to harvest grain and other crops by a machine rather than by hand

• A machine for spinning thread into cloth

• An agricultural tool for breaking up tough soil

What is the steel plow?

• A machine for spinning thread into cloth

• An agricultural tool for breaking up tough soil

• An agricultural machine that sped up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber

• A transportation machine that burns coal to release heat energy

What is the telegraph?

• A transportation machine that burns coal to release heat energy

• A machine for spinning thread into cloth

• An agricultural tool for breaking up tough soil

• A communication device that transmitted electrical signals over a wire using Morse Code

What are textile mills?

• Industrial machines for steel production

• Agricultural tools for farming

• Transportation machines for moving goods

• Factories that spin thread into cloth

What was the impact of the textile mills?

• More jobs for skilled workers

• Fewer jobs in America

• They needed more cotton from the South

• They made steel for railroads

What was the effect of inventions/new technology on the Industrial Revolution?

• Inventions were interesting but did not affect industry in America

• Inventions increased efficiency causing growth in industry

• Inventions decreased manpower slowing growth in industry

• Inventions represented change so people were fearful to use them

What is the movement of people from rural to urban areas called?

• Ruralization

• Colonization

• Inflation

• Urbanization

The use of factories, during the Industrial Revolution, resulted in which of the following?

• Hand-made goods

• Increased manufacturing

• Custom garments

• Wealthy factory workers