The Industrial Revolution

What system brought machines and workers together in one place to produce goods?

• Cottage System

• Water System

• Factory System

• Steam System

Why did people move from farms and small communities to the cities during the Industrial Revolution?

• people could earn more on the farms than in factories

• people were moving to the country for fresh air

• people could earn more in a factory than on the farms

• people were moving to the cities to get away from their families

Which of the following was NOT part of daily life for workers in the factories of the Industrial Revolution ?

• Low wages

• Safe working conditions

• Dangerous working conditions

• Widespread pollution

Before the Industrial Revolution most people lived in small communities and farms and made things like clothing by hand. What is that called?

• Village Factory

• Cottage System

• Factory System

• Home Industry

What is the making of large amounts of a product(goods) using machines called?

• Mass Production

• Good Making

• Cottage System

• Machine Products

Which of the following types of leaders are being described in the political cartoon and were not liked by American citizens?

• industrial capitalists

• robber barons

• captains of industry

• philanthropists

Andrew Carnegie gained an enormous out of wealth from the ____________ industry.

• steel

• oil

• steamships

• lighting

The steamship & railroad industry made _____________________ a millionaire.

• Thomas Edison

• John D. Rockefeller

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Andrew Carnegie

Henry Ford is credited with creating ...

• a more affordable car because of his use of the assembly line.

• the first American car.

• usable trucks for the U.S. army.

• the first car with safety features, including a horn and blinkers.

Before the Industrial Revolution, most American colonists lived on farms, and grew or made most of what they needed.  Which activity below signaled that this was about to change?

• hand spinning thread

• shearing sheep by hand

• using mills to centralize production

• growing and harvesting flax to make thread