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Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An invention created by Eli Whitney that increased the need for slavery in the South

a)

Spinning Jenny

b)

Cotton Gin

c)

Steamboat

d)

Telegraph

2.

Invention that made sailing along rivers easier

a)

Steamboat

b)

Interchangeable Parts

c)

Telegraph

d)

Cotton Gin

3.

A type of economy with little government interference.

a)

Communism

b)

Socialism

c)

Darwinism

d)

Free Enterprise

4.

The growth of manufacturing and industry in the United States characterizes the-

a)

Great Awakening

b)

Free Enterprise System

c)

Industrialization

d)

Communism

5.

The Cotton Gin __________ slavery in the South.

a)

Increased

b)

Decreased

6.

Most factory workers were

a)

Women

b)

Children

c)

Migrants

d)

All of these are true

7.

Which of these were an effect of the construction of the Erie Canal?

a)

Transporting of goods

b)

New raw materials became readily available

c)

People started to settle new areas

d)

All of these

8.

Moving to cities from farms for better paying jobs is-

a)

Industrialization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Free Enterprise

d)

None of these

9.

How did the War of 1812 help start the Industrial Revolution?

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10.

Interchangeable Parts made manufacturing ________ much more efficient.

a)

Guns

b)

Liquor

c)

Telegraph

d)

Steamboat