Industrial Revolution

Who Invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts

• Eli Whitney
• Robert Fulton
• Slater
• Lowell

What is the area of the United States where the Industrial Revolution began

• South
• Midwest
• New England
• South

The invention of the cotton gin increased the efficiency of cotton production and actually increased the demand for this

• Water Power
• Coal
• FIre
• Slaves

This invention by Eli Whitney made it possible to produce items in large numbers by standardizing parts to allow for easier replacement

• Interchangeable Parts
• Cotton Gin
• Steamboat
• Factory System

This artificial waterway was built to connect New York City with the Great Lakes Region.

• Slave States
• Mississippi River
• Toll Road
• Erie Canal

His steamboat, the Clermont, allowed passengers to travel upstream ushering in a new age of river travel.

• Eli Whitney
• Robert Fulton
• F. Lowell
• Slater

The _______________ is the name for the change from goods being made by hand at home to making them by machine in factories.

• French Revolution
• Machine Revolution
• Industrial Revolution
• Technological Revolution

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

_______________ are pieces made to fit many machines or tools.

• Interchangeable parts
• Fixed parts
• Limited parts
• New parts

_______________ is a machine with sharp blades used to cut grain.

• The sower
• The reaper
• The cotton gin
• The sewing machine