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WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins
Who invented the cotton gin?
Elias Howe
Eli Whitney
Cyrus McCormick
Thomas Edison
What was the "nickname" for an engine?
gin
ginny
power mot
motto
What does annex mean?
to separate
opposite
to join with
a business
Supply, according to the "Supply and Demand" section, is....
when everyone can buy whatever supplies they want
how much people want to buy it.
when you are able to make economic choices
the amount of a product that a business has for sale.
How many pounds could a cotton gin process in a day?
nearly 55 pounds
nearly 45 pounds
nearly 60 pounds
nearly 75 pounds
Demand is how much people want to buy it.
True
False
I don't know
Freedom of Choice?
a business has the right to keep the leftover money
All people can choose for themselves how to earn, spend and save their money.
The owner of a business controls and is responsible for his business at all times.
People have the right to own a property like businesses or homes.
The time period of GREAT change in the US was know as the...
The Industrial Revolution
Manifest Destiny
Era of Innovation
Era of Inventions
The industrial Revolution was a time when hundreds of new inventions and products...
made life easier for people
made life harder for people
made too much clothes
People went from working on farms to living in cities because...
the city was more fun
there was more WORK opportunity in the city, like factories.
they were shutting down all farms
Who built the power looms and what did these machines do?
Eli Whitney, and these machines could turn cotton fibers into cloth
Robert Fulton, and these machines powered the factories
Rudolf Diesel, these machines powered the factories
Francis Lowell and his partners and these machines could easily turn cotton fibers into cloth
What is owner control?
All people can choose for themselves of how to earn, spend, and save their money.
The owner of a business controls and is responsible for his business.
People have the right to own homes or businesses
Businesses can keep leftover money.
A free enterprise system can be called a free trade economy or capitalism.
True
False
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Cyrus Field
Nikola Tesla
Factories would NOT pollute the environment because they were burning coal and oil.
True
False
Many believe that the industrial revolution did not cause an increase in slavery.
True
False
