Industrial Revolution

Increased cotton production led to.....

• Decreased textile production

• Decreased need for slave labor

• Increased demand for slave labor

Improved agriculture production comes as a result of...

• Inventions that made farming easier and more productive

• Having smaller farms then previously

• Factories in the South

• New plantations in the North

What region did most women move to work in factories?

• North

• Central

• South

• Westward

Where are most factories located?

• North

• East

• South

• West

Who invented the steam boat?

• Robert Fulton

• Samuel Morse

• Eli Whitney

• Andrew Jackson

Who created both interchangeable parts and the cotton gin?

• Robert Fulton

• Samuel Morse

• Eli Whitney

• John Deere

He created the telegraph

• Robert Fulton

• Eli Whitney

• Samuel Morse

• John Deere

What did the Cotton Gin contribute to slavery?

• Lowered the number of slaves needed

• Increasing the need for slaves

• Changed how long cotton takes to grow

• Creating textiles straight from the branch

Why were interchangeable parts so groundbreaking?

• They significantly decreased the amount of time and money spent

• Took jobs from factory workers in the North

• They needed much more work

Why did many people move to the Northern US during industrialization?

• There was a growing number of low-skill jobs

• More farming jobs

• Escaping the wilderness of the West