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WorksheetsImportant People of the Industrial Revolution
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
Who created the cotton gin?
Samuel Slater
Eli Whitney
Robert Fulton
Phyllis Wheatley
The cotton gin made Eli Whitney rich and famous.
True
False
During the Industrial Revolution, the south was known for:
Slavery
Cotton
Factories
Steam Engine
In 1830 the United States produced about how many bales of cotton per year?
300,000
750,000
1,000,000
250,000
About how many pounds of cotton could a single slave separate in one day, before the cotton gin was created?
5 pounds
1.5 pounds
1 pound
2 pounds
Who was given the nickname "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" from Andrew Jackson?
Eli Whitney
Samuel Slater
Robert Fulton
George Washington
Why was Samuel Slater given the nickname "Slater the Traitor"?
Because he was an apprentice, and no one liked him.
Because he traded ideas with the British.
Because he was learning a new trait.
Because he stole the British's ideas of a textile mill and brought it to the US and designed his own.
What does textile mean?
a type of cloth or woven fabric
a type of text message
a type of rock
a type of tile
Which of these are true about Mill girls:
they are older ladies watching over the children
they are young girls working in textile mills
they worked 12 hours a day/ 6 days a week
their wages were almost 3 times what they could make as a personal servant
Samuel Slater designed the first textile mill. It had 72 spindles powered by 9 children using foot pedals.
False
True
Before the invention of the steamboat, boats were made out of what?
metal
steel
logs
aluminum
Who invented the first steamboat?
Eli Whitney
Robert Fulton
Benjamin Fanklin
Samuel Slater
What was the name of the steamboat Fulton built and designed?
The Mayflower
The Hudson
The Titanic
The Claremont
In what year was the first steamboat in Tennessee?
1821
1831
1850
1801
How was the steamboat a useful resource during the Industrial Revolution?
It helped by transporting people from place to place
It helped by transporting materials
It made traveling a lot harder
It gave people entertainment on the weekends
"Lots of people gathered on the banks of the Hudson River to see "Fulton's Folly." What does the word Folly mean in this sentence?
full
boat
failure
foolishness
