Industrial Revolution Inventions

What new power technology was used by Robert Fulton to power boats?

• Electricity

• Steam

• Gasoline

• Wind

• Nuclear

What invention was developed by Samuel Morse?

• Telegraph

• Spinning Mule

• Steam Engine

• Sewing Machine

• Light Bulb

What process allowed steel to be mass-produced at a lower cost?

• Edison Process

• Assembly Process

• Bessemer Process

• Watt Process

• Singer Process

What was the purpose of the Telegraph during the Industrial Revolution?

• Increased production levels, allowed for the mass production of products efficiently.

• The steam locomotive allowed for people, supplies, and goods to move across the country much faster.

• Enabled long-distance communication.

• Allowed for the cost to transport goods to decrease, and for a tourist industry to develop.

A machine invented by John Deere that could plow through thick soil so people could now farm in the Midwest

• Steel Plow

• McCromick Reaper

• Turbine

• Phonograph

This invention allowed parts to be exchanged or repaired. Also helped assembly lines become efficient by hiring unskilled laborers

• Interchangeable Parts

• Telegraph

• Steel Plow

• Railroad

The Bessemer Steel Process affected westward expansion in the United States by enabling.......

• Railroads to be built in order to carry people and goods westward

• Conestoga wagons to be built in order to carry people and goods to the west

• Interstate canal systems were built to transport goods

• Clipper ships were built to ship goods across the atlantic.

What event began the Industrial Revolution in the United States

• 100 Years War

• War of 1812

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

What invention unintentionally increased the demand for slaves in the southern states?

• Cotton Gin

• Interchangeable Parts

• Steel Plow

• Mechanical Reaper

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• To make China more powerful.

• To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the continent.

• To make Native Americans move off their land.

• To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.