WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?
a)
Made goods and services more expensive & harder to ship
b)
Made goods and services cheaper & easier to ship
c)
Gave people safer transportation
d)
Opened new land for exploring and settlements
2.
Because children worked in factories
a)
they had less education
b)
they became sick an injured
c)
they worked for less pay
d)
all of the above
3.
The cotton gin was invented by _____, which helped separate seeds from cotton fiber.
a)
Eli Whitney
b)
Henry Ford
c)
Robert Fulton
d)
Edmund Cartwright
4.
Why did people move to cities during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
People were looking for work.
b)
People were looking for farms.
c)
People wanted to buy a house.
d)
People wanted to sell their crops.
5.
This picture shows which problem of the factory system?
a)
unsafe working conditions
b)
urbanization
c)
unfair wages for women
d)
child labor
6.
Using interchangeable parts for creating goods advanced the growth of industry because it-
a)
allowed the continuation of the domestic system
b)
permitted large quantities of goods to be mass produced at lower cost
c)
made it possible for unskilled workers to operate machines
d)
brought an end to the common abuse of factory workers
7.
Free enterprise allowed people and businesses to....?
a)
Own property
b)
be controlled by the government
c)
limit what the consumers can buy
8.
An effect of the increase demand for cotton was?
a)
Interchangeable parts were needed
b)
immigrants who worked for lower wages
c)
The need for more slaves increased
d)
Bigger factories were built
9.
Who invented the steel plow
a)
Cyrus McCormick
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
John Deere
d)
Thomas Jefferson
10.
The Transcontinental Railroad had the following effect:
a)
Reason for the Trail of Tears
b)
Improved agriculture
c)
Made travel and shipping goods easier and cheaper
d)
gave jobs to immigrants
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