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Industrial Revolution in America

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did the move from farm to factories change peoples lives?

a)

land owners had to share their land

b)

urbanization was a myth

c)

cities grew as people moved to work in factories

d)

the cottage industry thrived

2.

When you use machines to make goods it is called:

a)

Capitalism

b)

Factors of Production

c)

Collective Bargaining

d)

Industrialization

3.

What industry was revolutionized by inventions like the spinning jenny, the power loom and the steam engine?

a)

Textile Industry

b)

Coal Industry

c)

Steel Industry

d)

Transportation Industry

4.

Which of the following is social affect of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

the increase in air pollution

b)

people dying from lack of food

c)

an increase in deaths by road accidents

d)

the rise of the industrial middle class and industrial working class

5.

What did the assembly lines do for manufactured goods?

a)

goods were made quicker and cheaper

b)

goods were made quicker but not cheaper

c)

less goods were made

d)

it took longer for goods to be made but they were cheaper

6.

Urbanization is when

a)

people move from the city to the farm

b)

the creation of farming towns

c)

people move from the farm to the city

d)

the improvement of living conditions

7.

Select the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution:

a)

Pollution

b)

Overcrowded cities

c)

Poor working conditions

d)

Increase in wages

8.
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
9.
Railroads moved ___-_________ to factories.
a)
finished prodcuts
b)
raw materials
10.
Women were paid ____ than men for doing the same work.
a)
more
b)
less
11.
How did the Industrial Revolution change the way we create goods?
a)
we made fewer products
b)
we made better quality products
c)
we made products from home
d)
mass production & cheaper goods
12.
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
13.
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
14.
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.
15.
This picture shows which problem of the factory system?
a)
unsafe working conditions
b)
urbanization
c)
unfair wages for women
d)
child labor
16.
Where did the industrial revolution start?
a)
Russia
b)
Japan
c)
Britain
d)
America
17.
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
18.
What had to occur before the Industrial Revolution could take place?
a)
The Economic Revolution
b)
The Glorious Revolution
c)
The Agricultural Revolution
d)
The French Revolution
19.
How did the Agricultural Revolution impact farmers?
a)
New farming methods required more workers on the farm.
b)
New farming methods produced bigger harvests with less farmers.
20.
Which 2 natural resources were the backbone of the Industrial Revolution?
a)
wood and peat
b)
oil and natural gas
c)
coal and iron
d)
cotton and tobacco