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The Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name

Class

Date

1.

What is the Industrial Revolution?

a)

farming to factories

b)

from hands to machines

c)

rural to urban

d)

north = factories = industries

e)

people moved to plantations in the south

2.

What did Henry Bessemer invent?

a)

steam engine

b)

cotton gin

c)

steel plow

d)

bessemer steel process

3.

What was The Clermont?

a)

food

b)

steamboat

c)

steel plow

d)

a canal

4.

What was the mechanical reaper used for?

a)

transportation - to transport goods

b)

agriculture - to harvest grain

5.

What did the cotton gin do?

a)

harvest grain

b)

transport supplies

c)

removed seeds from fibers

d)

pump water

6.

What was the purpose of the steam engine?

a)

pump water to help vehicles run

b)

make thread

c)

connected NY to the Hudson River

d)

all of the above

7.

How did interchangeable parts help the U.S. economy?

a)

mass production of goods

b)

less production of goods

8.

__1.__ invented the __2.__ to make farming easier by breaking tough soil.

a)

1. John Deere

2. steel plow

b)

1. Cyrus Mccormick

2. steel plow

c)

1. John Deere

2. mechanical reaper

d)

1. Robert Fulton

2. mechanical reaper

9.

________ _______ invented the telegraph.

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

James Watt

10.

What did James Hargreaves invent that made thread to make clothes?

a)

spinning jenny

b)

cotton gin

11.

Where did the Erie Canal run through?

a)

Lake Erie to Hudson River in New York

b)

Maryland to Illinois

c)

Pennsylvania to Indiana

d)

Mississippi River to Ohio River

12.

Samuel Morse invented the telegraph for communication using what is called ___________ _________.

a)

Morse Code

b)

Textile Mill

13.

What is Morse Code?

a)

Process of transmitting signals through a wire

b)

Spinning thread using a machine

14.

-Led to increased commerce (trade) and westward expansion

-First highway built by the federal government

a)

The National Road

b)

The State Road

c)

The Cumberland Road

d)

The Great Road

15.

The First Railroad--

a)

Improved the movement of goods and people

b)

Made transporting of goods harder and more expensive

16.

a)

FASTER, EASIER, CHEAPER

b)

HARDER, SLOWER, MORE EXPENSIVE

17.

a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

18.

a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

19.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

20.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

21.

What is transportation?

a)

movement of goods from one place to another

b)

making thread at a faster rate

22.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

23.

Roads and railroads were used to connect --

a)

the south to the north

b)

the east to the west

24.

Railroads--

a)

improved movement of goods and people

b)

connected the east to the west

c)

decreased time to transport goods

d)

decreased the cost of transporting goods

e)

increased time to transport goods

25.

Most machines used steam and were water-powered.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Transportation such as railroads were built to make it easier to transport goods from the northeast to the rest of the U.S.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Canals such as the Erie Canal made transporting goods ____________.

a)

Less expensive

b)

More expensive

28.

Textile mills were mostly worked by ___________ and children.

a)

Women

b)

Slaves

29.

Textile Mills were used to make ___________.

a)

Clothes

b)

Steel

30.

The (a) Girls worked the textile mills in Massachusetts.

31.

Who invented the The Clermont Steam Boat?

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

John Deere

32.

Steel made from the Bessemer Steel Process was used to build --

a)

Railroads

b)

Cotton Gins

33.

A lot of things made at once.

a)

Mass production

b)

Minimized production

34.

Increased slaves, increased profit, saved time.

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Steel Plow

c)

Mechanical Reaper

d)

Spinning Jenny

35.

• Blasting tunnels through mountains
• Building bridges across rivers
• Leveling hills and filling in hollows

These environmental modifications were made in order to construct

a)

permanent housing for immigrants in urban areas

b)

canals that linked the Midwest to the Northeast

c)

a transcontinental railroad

d)

a harbor on the Mississippi River

36.

Inventor of the Mechanical Reaper

a)

Cyrus Mccormick

b)

Henry Bessemer

c)

John Deere

d)

Samuel Morse

37.

Textiles =

a)

Cloth

b)

Crops

38.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

39.

a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

40.

Used for communication by transmitting signals through a wire

a)

b)

c)

d)

41.

Machine used to harvest grain

a)

b)

c)

d)

42.

Which of the following machines made agriculture (farming) easier?

a)

b)

c)

d)

43.

Which were used for the transportation of goods and people?

a)

b)

c)

d)

44.

The manufacturing of goods ______ time to produce.

a)

increased

b)

decreased

c)

did not allow

45.

(a) Railroad = Across the continent, connected the east to the west

46.

Produced a mass production of steel

a)

b)

c)

d)

47.

Which are true about the Erie Canal?

a)

Increase of cities in the north = urbanization

b)

Located in the northeast of the U.S.

c)

Linked Lake Erie to Hudson River in New York

d)

Made it less expensive for the transportation of goods and people

e)

Increased time to transport goods and people

48.

Led to urbanization in the northeastern part of the U.S.

a)

b)

c)

d)

49.

Connected the east to the western lands of the U.S.

a)

b)

c)

d)

50.

What do the 3 I's stand for?

a)

Inventions

b)

Innovations

c)

Industries

d)

Intolerable

e)

Interference

51.

Which describes an urban area?

a)

b)

c)

d)

52.

Which describes a rural area?

a)

b)

c)

d)

53.

Describe the Industrial Revolution

a)

an increase in jobs

b)

urbanization (people moved to cities)

c)

led to capitalism ($$)

d)

goods produced more efficiently

e)

people moved from cities to rural areas (farm life) in the south

54.

Identical pieces that can be used in any machine = mass produced

CHOOSE 2

a)

b)

interchangeable parts

c)

d)

railroad

55.

Which innovation was used to make thread into clothes? CHOOSE 2.

a)

b)

textile mill

c)

d)

mechanical reaper

56.

Innovation used to break through tough soil

CHOOSE 2

a)

b)

steel plow

c)

d)

telegraph

57.

The First National Road--

a)

b)

Used for transportation

c)

Also called the Cumberland Road

d)

Connected the northeast to the west

e)

Located in New York

58.

The American System--

a)

Tariffs to protect American businesses

b)

Develop internal improvements by building roads and canals

c)

Build economy by trading with each other - North/South/West

d)

Keep a national bank

e)

Have friendly relations with Native Americans

59.

What is the free-enterprise system?

a)

people have the freedom to start and own a business

b)

LITTLE GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE!

c)

people can make own economic decisions (buy and sell)

d)

the government controls what businesses the people can have

e)

60.

An economic system with LITTLE GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE!

a)

free-enterprise system

b)

mercantilism

c)

communism

d)

mixed economy

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