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Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Until the 1800s, how did most families get the items they needed for daily life?
a)
They made tools, clothing, materials, and food by hand.
b)
They bought them from factories.
c)
They bought them on the Internet.
d)
They bought them from stores.
2.
The _______________ is the name for the change from goods being made by hand at home to making them by machine in factories.
a)
French Revolution
b)
Machine Revolution
c)
Industrial Revolution
d)
Technological Revolution
3.
Who invented the cotton gin?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
James Madison
c)
George Washington
d)
Eli Whitney
4.
How did the cotton gin change cotton production in the South?
a)
Cotton was made faster.
b)
Cotton became the most important cash crop in the United States.
c)
It could clean more cotton in minutes than a whole group of workers could clean in a day.
d)
all of the above
5.
_______________ are pieces made to fit many machines or tools.
a)
Interchangeable parts
b)
Fixed parts
c)
Limited parts
d)
New parts
6.
Why did river travel improve during the 1800s?
a)
because of the invention of the steam engine
b)
because of the invention of stagecoaches
c)
because of the invention of the reaper
d)
because rivers were getting faster every year
7.
What was a nickname given to the steam locomotive?
a)
Steamy
b)
Iron Wagon
c)
Iron Horse
d)
Steam Horse
8.
What did Samuel Morse invent?
a)
the steam engine
b)
the steamboat
c)
the telegraph machine
d)
the telephone
9.
Samuel F. B. Morse invented the telegraph. Which area of life was improved by this invention?
a)
communication
b)
farming
c)
industry
d)
transportation
10.
The use of the ____________________ made it possible to make goods with many pieces faster and more cheaply.
a)
stage coach
b)
reaper
c)
interchangeable parts
d)
cotton gin
11.
The invention of the ____________________ increased the production of cloth.
a)
cotton gin
b)
reaper
c)
interchangeable parts
d)
stage coach
12.

How were the textile mills powered?

a)

using an army of men to push the wheel

b)

wind power

c)

water power

d)

by plugging the machines into the outlets in the walls

13.

What were the loom (machines) in the mills making?

a)

meat balls

b)

shoes

c)

steel

d)

fabric (cloth)

14.

Who were the "Mill Girls"?

a)

female workers who came to work for the textile corporations in

b)

doughnut makers in the bakery

c)

responsible for winding-up windmills on farms

d)

nurses in the hospital

15.
Which situation is most likely to lead to the lowest prices?
a)
There is only one producer making the good.
b)
Businesses secretly agree to share their profits.
c)
Competition between businesses is prohibited.
d)
Several producers compete to sell goods to the public.
16.

Mr Rinearson goes to the ticket booth to buy tickets for a TCU game. Mr. Rinearson is told that the game is sold out and no tickets are available. Which best explains why there are no TCU Baseball tickets available?

a)

The school forgot to print enough tickets.

b)

The supply of tickets was greater than the demand.

c)

The school charged too much money for each ticket.

d)

The demand for tickets was greater than the supply.

17.
This term refers to how much of a good or service consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.
a)
Demand
b)
Compettition
c)
Supply
d)
Equilibrium Price
18.
The desire or willingness a consumer has to purchase a good or a service is called?
a)
shortage
b)
supply
c)
price
d)
demand
19.
The amount of goods or services available is called?
a)
supply
b)
demand
c)
producer
d)
consumer
20.

A drought has made this year's tomato harvest smaller than usual. What will probably happen to the overall supply of tomato sauce?

a)

The supply will probably go up

b)

The supply will probably go down

21.

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

a)

To make China more powerful.

b)

To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

c)

To make Native Americans move off their land.

d)

To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

22.

What does transcontinental mean?

a)

to travel across a continent

b)

to travel from one continent to another continent

c)

to travel north and south

d)

to travel to transport goods

23.

How did people travel before the Transcontinental Railroad was built?

a)

bikes and scooters

b)

boats and planes

c)

horses and cars

d)

boats and wagons

24.

Why was the Pony Express organized?

a)

The relay of national news could be made faster.

b)

California would be tried to the free states of the East.

c)

To carry letters between family and friends.

d)

All of these are correct.

25.
What was the Erie Canal used for?
a)
Disney cruises
b)
Test battle ships
c)
Drinking water for the city of Buffalo
d)
Ship goods faster and cheaper to the Atlantic Ocean
26.
What is the name of the
man-made waterway that connects Lake Erie to the Hudson River
and then to the Atlantic Ocean
a)
Panama Canal
b)
Buffalo River
c)
Niagara Falls
d)
Erie Canal
27.
What invention is this?
a)
Cotton Gin
b)
Spinning Jenny
c)
Steam Engine
d)
Steam Boat 
28.
Robert Fulton invented the
a)
Steam Boat
b)
Steam Engine
c)
Steam Powered Locomotive
d)
Steam Powered Reaper
29.

Factories that made thread and cloth were known as

a)

Fabric Mills

b)

Textile Mills

c)

Spinning Mills

d)

Cotton Mills

30.
What crop became "King" in the South as a result of Eli Whitney's invention?
a)
Tobacco
b)
Ice Cream
c)
Cotton
d)
Corn
31.
Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?
a)
the north
b)
the south
c)
the west
d)
Alaska
32.

Which region of the U.S. was known for its large plantations?

a)
b)
c)
33.

Which region of the U.S. was known for its large cities?

a)
b)
c)
34.

Which region of the U.S. was known for its many factories?

a)
b)
c)
35.

Which region of the U.S. was known for textile mills?

a)
b)
c)

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