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Module 13: The North

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The invention of new machines in Great Britain led to the beginning of the

a)

Civil War

b)

War of 1812

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Lowell System

2.

Textiles are

a)

technology

b)

interchangeable

c)

tools

d)

cloth items

3.

The efficient production of identical goods:

a)

interchangeable parts

b)

mass production

c)

cotton gin

d)

strikes

4.

He was a skilled British mechanic who built textile machines:

a)

Samuel Slater

b)

Francis Cabot Lowell

c)

Richard Arkwright

d)

Eli Whitney

5.

The efficient production of large number of identical goods.

a)

cotton gin

b)

interchangeable parts

c)

textiles

d)

technology

6.

A mill worker who founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association:

a)

Francis Lowell

b)

Susie Slater

c)

Sarah G. Bagely

d)

Cindy McCormick

7.

Groups that tried to improve workers pay and working conditions:

a)

textiles

b)

Republican Party

c)

women textile workers

d)

trade unions

8.

The strategy of hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks was called:

a)

Lowell system

b)

Rhode Island system

c)

Slater system

d)

Arkwright system

9.

After a slow start in manufacturing, the U.S. made rapid improvements during the

a)

War of 1812

b)

Revolutionary War

c)

Battle of Tippecanoe

d)

Trail of Tears

10.

He paid his workers in credit rather than cash:

a)

Francis Cabot Lowell

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

John Deere

d)

Samuel Slater

11.

He built a system that encouraged young women to work in the textile mills:

a)

Samuel Slater

b)

Francis Cabot Lowell

c)

Cyrus McCormick

d)

Samuel Morse

12.

The inventor of the water frame that created dozens of cotton threads at once.

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Isaac Singer

c)

Samuel Slater

d)

Richard Arkwright

13.

He came up with the idea of mass producing guns:

a)

Cyrus McCormick

b)

John Deere

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Robert Fulton

14.

Fought to obtain a 10 hour day:

a)

Sarah G. Bagley

b)

Samuel Slater

c)

Francis Cabot Lowell

d)

Richard Arkwright

15.

What is the area of the U.S. where the Industrial Revolution began?

a)

Northeast

b)

Northwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Southwest