Industrial Revolution Unit Review

Match each term with the correct description.

• Created a fast trade route between the Midwest and Northeast

• Erie Canal

• Memorized the blueprints of a textile mill in England and built his own mill in the United States

• Samuel Slater

• Concept that allowed workers to assemble and repair machines much quicker

• Industrial Revolution

• The Factory System, Immigration, and Steam Powered Engines could summarize this era.

• Interchangeable Parts

Match each term with the correct description.

• Powered by steam engines, this lowered the cost of transportation of goods and people by water across the United States

• Steamboats

• Immigrated to the United States because of a potato famine, religious persecution of Catholics, and job opportunities

• Irish Immigration

• Powered by steam engines, this lowered the cost of transportation of goods and people by land across the United States

• War of 1812

• Contributed to the start of the Industrial Revolution due to a British blockade

• Railroads

What effect did technological innovations have on the economy? Choose the best completion: They changed the way goods were ______.

• produced

• taxed

• priced by the government

• imported from Europe

How did the factory system impact the Industrial Revolution? Choose the best completion: The factory system impacted the Industrial Revolution by ______.

• concentrating production in factories where workers specialized in tasks

• returning production to individual homes using handcraft methods

• reducing the use of machines in manufacturing

• stopping immigration to industrial cities

Which region was impacted the most by the cotton gin?

• the South

• the Northeast

• the Midwest

• the Pacific Northwest

During the Industrial Revolution, which pair correctly completes the sentence: ______ of cash crops and ______ innovations contributed to the growth of slavery in the South.

• profitability; technological

• abundant; mechanical reaper

• large; sewing machine

• new; rivers

Which sequence correctly completes the sentence: Characteristics of Industrialization would include an ______ of natural resources, ______ inventions being created, ______ transportation across the United States, and a ______ population of workers.

• abundant; new; improved; large

• large; hand; rivers; improved

• new; technological; water; factories

• improved; abundant; new; profitability

Which geographic feature impacted the Northeast part of the United States because it was used to power factories before electricity?

• rivers

• mountains

• deserts

• plains

Which set of words best completes the sentence: The factory system arose during the ______ era. This system replaced the cottage industry in which individuals made most items by ______ and within their home or a workshop nearby. Industry became concentrated into large ______ where workers specialized in certain tasks. Early manufacturing centers were powered by ______, which is why many were located in the northeastern part of the United States.

• Industrial Revolution; hand; factories; water

• Industrial Revolution; mechanical reaper; rivers; cotton gin

• War of 1812; hand; canals; steam engines

• Industrial Revolution; sewing machine; workshops; telegraph

Which combination correctly completes the sentence: ______, ______, and ______ led to increased production during the Industrial Revolution.

• interchangeable parts; the factory system; steam power

• rivers; mountains; deserts

• hand tools; cottage industry; telegraph

• Erie Canal; Irish immigration; War of 1812