M13 The North

The invention of the sewing machine was by ________.

• Eli Whitney

• Elias Howe

• Ben Franklin

• Alex Bell

Robert Fulton improved transportation with his invention of the ____.

• clipper ship

• steamboat

• steam locomotive

• canal system

Morse code is a system of dots and dashes mixed with letters of the alphabet.

• TRUE

• FALSE

How did Samuel Slater change the American factory system? (Choose 2)

• He built a factory where machines were powered by water.

• He hired whole families and built company villages.

• He built the first steamboats to quickly ship goods to markets.

• He provided transportation to the factories for workers who lived far away.

• He built textile factories in the South because that's where cotton was grown.

How was the Lowell System different from the Rhode Island System?

• Mechanized looms allowed weaving to be done in the factory rather than at home.

• Workers were housed in towns far away from the factory rather than in nearby company villages.

• The machines in the factory were powered by water rather than coal.

• Interchangeable parts were abandoned in favor of handmade ones.

The first stage of the Industrial Revolution involved production of

• textiles

• homes to factories

• cotton

• farming

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. ____________________could be used to replace a broken or defective part of a factory-made good.

• Interchangeable parts

• Eli Whitney

• mass production

• cotton

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. ____________________created the first product using these parts, a musket for the United States government.

• Samuel Slater

• Eli Whitney

• Francis Cabot

• Irish

Why did people develop trade unions?

• to improve technology and produce more goods

• to replace skilled jobs with unskilled jobs

• to protect workers and improve working conditions

• to end the factory system and return work to homes

How did technological advancements during the Industrial Revolution affect the North?

• Income distribution became more even.

• More workers moved to agricultural jobs from factory jobs.

• Population shifted from rural areas to cities.

• The level of wealth decreased.