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Chapter 12 Review: The North and the Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s.

a)

Transportation Revolution

b)

Manufacturing Revolution

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Production Revolution

2.

Another word for cloth items

a)

telegraph

b)

text message

c)

textiles

d)

time machine

3.

Tools used to produce goods or do work that make your life easier.

a)

Technology

b)

textiles

c)

text messages

d)

parents

4.

parts of a machine that are identical. (Made by Eli Whitney)

a)

mass production

b)

interchangeable parts

c)

identical production

d)

the Eli Whitney system

5.

the efficient production of large numbers of identical goods

a)

interchangeable parts

b)

mass production

c)

textiles

d)

trade unions

6.

Factories hired families and divided work into simple tasks.

a)

Lowell System

b)

Family System

c)

Rhode Island System

d)

Factory System

7.

Water-powered textile mill that employed young women from local farms. The women lived in boarding houses and given meals

a)

Rhode Island System

b)

Women's System

c)

Lowell System

d)

Massachusetts System

8.

Groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions.

a)

Strikes

b)

Factory Union

c)

Textiles

d)

Trade Unions

9.

When workers refuse to work until their employers meet their demands.

a)

Trade Unions

b)

Strikes

c)

Demand System

d)

Textiles

10.

Created the Clermont (a steamboat) and tested the design in France.

a)

Peter Cooper

b)

Francis Cabot Lowell

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

Eli Whitney

11.

invented a small, but powerful locomotive (train) called the Tom Thumb. This was raced against a horse drawn rail car and ALMOST won!

a)

Peter Cooper

b)

Francis Cabot Lowell

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

Eli Whitney

12.

Who perfected the telegraph?

a)

Alfred Lewis Vail

b)

Samuel F. B Morse

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

Eli Whitney

13.

Who create Morse Code?

a)

Alfred Lewis Vail

b)

Samuel F. B Morse

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

Eli Whitney

14.

blacksmith who invented the steel plow

a)

John Deere

b)

Cyrus McCormick

c)

Cormac Smith

d)

Peter Cooper

15.

developed a new harvesting machine- the mechanical reaper- which helped cut down wheat.

a)

John Deere

b)

Cyrus McCormick

c)

Cormac Smith

d)

Peter Cooper

16.

made improvements on Elias Howe's sewing machine

a)

Isaac Singer

b)

Peter Cooper

c)

Cyrus McCormick

d)

Eli Whitney

17.

Businessman from New England who opened a textile mill in Massachusetts.

a)

Francis Cabot Lowell

b)

Samuel Slater

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

Gibbons

18.

a period of rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel because of new methods of transportation (steam engine and steam boat)

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

Transportation Revolution

c)

Manufacturing Revolution

d)

Steam Engine Revolution

19.

The first full-sized commercial steamboat

a)

The Tom Thumb

b)

The Clermont

c)

The USS Constitution

d)

The Clearwater

20.

This court ruled that the government has authority to regulate trade between the states. This also ended the monopolies (control) of waterways.

a)

Gibbons v. O'Hagan

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden

c)

Gladys v. Ogden

d)

Gridlock v. Ogden

21.

A device that could send information (through electric current) over wires across great distances.

a)

Telephone

b)

Telemarketer

c)

Telegraph

d)

Telecalculator

22.

Different combinations of dots and dashes that represent each letter of the alphabet

a)

Telegraph

b)

Technology

c)

Morse Code

d)

Vail Code

23.

In the 1700s, the majority of people in Europe and America made EVERYTHING by what?

a)

machine

b)

hand

24.

Where were most textile mills located?

a)

The South

b)

The North

c)

The East

d)

The West

25.

Did the use of steamboats cause conflicts over water rights?

a)

Yes

b)

No

26.

Where were the first steam powered trains made?

a)

The United States

b)

Great Britain

c)

France

d)

Spain

27.

Which region benefited from the growth of the railroad industry

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

The East

d)

The West

28.

ALL of the following inventions made life easier at home in the 1800s, EXCEPT:

a)

Sewing Machine

b)

Matches

c)

Ice Box

d)

Tooth Brush

29.

True or False: Steam powered factories could be built anywhere

a)

True

b)

False

30.

True or False: The telegraph did not grow with the railroad

a)

True

b)

False

31.

True or False: Transportation Revolution allowed farmers and manufacturers to send goods to distant markets.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

True or False: The Transportation Revolution charged companies a lot of money to ship their goods.

a)

True

b)

False