Industrial Revolution Test Review

A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.

• Cartel
• Corporation
• Factory
• Urbanization

What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?

• Moving
• colonization
• inflation
• urbanization

Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial revolution?

• Jobs in factories
• Jobs on the farm
• Family
• Friends

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?

• Made the crime rate decrease
• Led to an increase in farm workers
• Make the cities cleaner and safer
• Led to an increase in population in the cities

person who made interchangeable parts

• Eli Whitney

• Samuel Slater

• Francis Cabot Lowell

• Sarah G. Bagley

device that could send information over wires across great distances

• telegraph

• telephone

• technology

• morse code

Eli Whitney's invention that made mass production possible for numerous goods to be sold was known as..

• Steam Engine
• Cotton Mill
• Interchangeable parts 
• Mechanical reaper

In the late 19th century, how did the growth of industry affect American society?

• The percentage of Americans living in urban areas increased.

• Population centers shifted from the Northeast to the South.

• Restrictions on immigration created a more homogeneous culture.

• The United States experienced the disappearance of the traditional family farm.

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

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