Industrial Revolution - MissB

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• The United States
• England
• France
• Germany

The invention of these made it possible to replace a broken part with ease instead of having to wait for custom replacements

• mass production

• division of labor

• interchangeable parts

What did Samuel Morse invent?

• Telegraph and Morse Code

• telephone

• electricity

• radio

The Industrial Revolution was ...

• a war fought between Britain and U.S.
• When people worked more on farms than factories 
• time of inventing and industry 
• started in the U.S. and moved into Britain 

How did people's lives change because of the Industrial Revolution? 

• People bought more handmade goods than before 
• people worked mostly on farms 
• people bought factory made items and worked outside the home
• people made a lot of money making homemade items 

Immigration changed during the Industrial Revolution because...

• America was gaining power and money 
• factories offered jobs to incoming immigrants 
• people wanted to own a factory 
• no one bought homemade items 

Cities began to grow around the industrial centers because...

• people wanted to be part of the new growing cities 
• people had to live near the factory to be able to work there because of lack of transportion
• people did not like living on farms anymore 
• farms were all failing and people wanted to see what cities were like 

Cities were dangerous places to live during this time period. Which item is NOT an explanation of that statement...

• cities had high taxes and high rents 
• sickness spread quickly
• overcrowding in small apartments 
• overflowing garbage and sewage in the streets 

Slavery was impacted by the industrial revolution by...

• as the demand for cotton lessened the number of slaves decreased 
• as the demand for cotton increased the number of slaves increased 
• the North refused to buy cotton from the South because of slavery 
• Slavery was not impacted by the Industrial Revolution because it was in the South and the factories were in the North

Who made up most of the work force in the Northern factories? 

• Slave labor 
• adult men 
• children and women 
• retired farmers