Industrial Revolution

Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by

• Factories

• Hand

• Slaves

• Royalty

Color the midwestern part of the United States yellow

Why were railroads so important during this time?

• they moved goods more quickly and less expensively over greater distances
• they were fun to ride on to go visit family in other states
• people could ride on railroads to get to their jobs in another city

The _______________ is the name for the change from goods being made by hand at home to making them by machine in factories.

• French Revolution
• Machine Revolution
• Industrial Revolution
• Technological Revolution

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

• Cartel

• Corporation

• Factory

• Urbanization

Eli Whitney figured out how to produce large numbers of goods in a very short time by using ______.

• textiles

• water power

• interchangeable parts

• manufacturing

Who invented the telegraph?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Samuel Morse

• Thomas Edison

• Benjamin Franklin

Iron ore (raw material) was shipped to factories to be turned into ___________________ that was used to build railroads, skyscrapers, and bridges.

• Monopoly

• Cereal

• Copper

• Steel

Who played a key role in starting the Industrial Revolution with their invention?

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• James Watt

• Isaac Newton

What was a major use of the steam engine?

• Cooking

• Communication

• Transportation

• Agriculture