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The Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False. The Rural and Urban population increased from 1850 to 1880.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What word describes when people move from rural areas to big cities?

a)

Citification

b)

Urbanizatiion

c)

Expansion

d)

Movement

3.

What powered factories during the mid-late 1800's during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Electricity

b)

Nuclear energy

c)

Solar energy

d)

Waterpower

4.

What is another word for cloth and fabric?

a)

Mills

b)

Enterprise

c)

Textiles

d)

Agrarian

5.

Where region of the United States did the Industrial Revolution begin?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

6.

Which of these was NOT one of the reasons the Industrial Revolution began in the North?

a)

The soil was poor

b)

Increase in slave labor

c)

Farming was difficult

d)

Access to waterways

7.

What countries were involved in the War of 1812?

a)

United States & Great Britain

b)

Great Britain & France

c)

United States & France

d)

Great Britain & France

8.

What was an effect of the British blockade on the United States?

a)

Increase in diseases

b)

Decrease in factories

c)

Decrease in textiles

d)

Increase in manufacturing

9.

Which geographic factor helped the United States to become a major industrial power in the early 19th century?

a)

abundant natural resources like iron ore, coal, timber and water

b)

small land area, making it easier to concentrate economic activities

c)

the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains protected America from attack

d)

good soil for growing cotton in the states of the Lower South