Industrial Revolution Review

Which of the following best completes the graphic organizer?

• made growing cotton less profitable

• increased productivity of cotton farming

• decreased the need for slaves

• encouraged farmers to move west

What communication system did the telegraph use?

• spoken language

• sign language

• Morse Code

• Edison Code

How did the Industrial Revolution impact the economy of the United States?

• It shifted the nation’s focus to manufacturing.

• It decreased the need for trade

• It shifted the nation’s focus to farming.

• It increased the unemployment rate.

Who invented the telegraph?

• Samuel Adams

• Samuel Morse

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

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

What best describes who the people are and what action they are taking in this Industrial Revolution image?

• Workers celebrating their high wages

• Union workers conducting a strike demanding higher pay

• Factory owners demanding lower worker pay

• Women asking for jobs in factories

To leave one's country in order to settle permanently in a foreign country.

• Urbanization

• Megalopolis

• Emigrate

• Immigrate

Come to live permanently in a foreign country

• Immigrate

• Emmigrate

• Ethnic Group

• Birth Rate

A person who has been forced to leave their country to escape war, persecution, or natural disasters.

• Emmigrate

• Refugee

• Immigrate

• Megalopolis

a period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production

• Transportation Revolution

• American Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Technology Revolution