Industrial Revolution Begins!

Who is credited with building the first textile factories in America?

• Francis Cabot Lowell

• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson

Which type of factory did many young girls and women work in during the Industrial Revolution?

• Textile factories
• Food processing factories
• Steel factories

Factories led to more ​ (a)   and wage availability, attracting farmers, families, and young women to move to ​ (b)   .

• job
• urban areas
• agrarian
• rural areas

Due to factories, who was now available to work? (Select all that apply)

• Women

• Children

• Immigrants

• Unskilled workers

This is a picture of Eli Whitney's invention, which is what?

• interchangeable parts

• boom boom stick

• telephone
• steam engine

Interchangeable parts affected the U.S. economy by--

• increasing efficiency and lowering production costs
• having no impact on the economy
• decreasing efficiency and increasing production costs
• causing inflation and raising production costs