WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
The Industrial Revolution originated in
United States
Canada
China
Britain
Which machine allowed workers to make more than one spool of yarn at a time?
cotton Gin
rolling Mill
power loom
spinning jenny
Invented a machine that mechanically wove thread into cloth
James Hargreaves
Edmund Cartwright
Eli Whitney
Samuel Salter
Invented a machine that created mulitiple threads at once
James Hargreaves
Edmund Cartwright
Eli Whitney
Samuel Slater
Developed the concept of interchangeable parts (for the manufacture of muskets)
James Hargreaves
Edmund Cartwright
Eli Whitney
Samuel Slater
What provided a boost to American industries?
War of 1812
Slavery
Revolutionary War
gold
The first factories were built in which region of the US?
Northeast
South
West
Midwest
How young were children who worked in factories?
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
The workers at Lowell, Massachusetts, were mostly
women
inventors
German immigrants
enslaved African Americans
What became an important source of industrial and home heating power?
steam
fire
water
coal
Untreated sewage and garbage in the towns led to
Smallpox
Influenza
Cholera
Pneumonia
How long were the shifts for the workers in the factories?
6 hours
8 hours
10 hours
12 hours
As more factories were built, what happened to the economy?
the economy grew
the economy shrank
the economy was not affected
Why did Britain want to keep its technological innovations, or new technologies, secret?
Britain did not want rival nations to copy their machines
Britain wanted to sell the machines
Britain planned to use the technology for war
