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Chapter 2, Lesson 3 Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main effect the Industrial Revolution had on workers in the Northeast Region?

a)

Fewer people worked in their homes.

b)

More people worked in the fields.

c)

More people worked in small shops.

d)

Few people worked in cities.

2.

What was the first industry in the United States?

a)

Shoes Industry

b)

Furniture Industry

c)

Cloth Industry

d)

Tools Industry

3.

What is a raw material?

a)

Materials that are made of cotton.

b)

Materials that are made by factories.

c)

Materials that are invented by businessment.

d)

Materials that can be made into something else.

4.

What was the problem with factories powered by river currents?

a)

The factory owners couldn't find rivers.

b)

The flow of rivers decreased during dry season.

c)

The rivers were evaporating.

d)

The factories were built too far away from rivers.

5.

What was the impact of the development of factories during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Factories could produce goods faster because of special machines.

b)

Workers were forced to live in the factories.

c)

Even though the working hours were long, the working conditions at factories were safe.

d)

Goods became more expensive because they were made in factories.

6.

Who worked in the textile factories in Lowell, Massachusetts?

a)

Only men

b)

Men and women

c)

Only women

d)

Women and children

7.

Which statement is NOT a result of steam power introduced during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

"The steam from the boiling water caused pressure to move mechanical parts."

b)

"By 1871, more than 45,000 miles of railroad tracks crisscrossed the country and allowed good and raw materials to be shipped faster."

c)

"Before long, steamboats traveled on rivers everywhere, reducing travel time."

d)

"To move goods east to west, people built artificial rivers, called canals."

8.

Inventor of the flat-bottomed paper bag

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Margaret E. Knight

c)

Elias Howe

d)

Thomas Edison

9.

Inventor of the sewing machine

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Margaret E. Knight

c)

Elias Howe

d)

Thomas Edison

10.

Inventor of the incandescent light bulb

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Margaret E. Knight

c)

Elias Howe

d)

Thomas Edison

11.

Inventor of the telephone

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Margaret E. Knight

c)

Elias Howe

d)

Thomas Edison

12.

What is one positive change that happened because of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Children went to work in factories.

b)

Factory waste affected the air and rivers.

c)

A new group of workers that earned more money developed.

d)

People living in fast-growing cities required more clean drinking water.

13.

Why did cities in the Northeast grow during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Many factories were built in cities where people moved to so they can work in the factories.

b)

Immigrants arrived in the Northeast from other countries to work at factory jobs.

c)

Steamboats and railroads brought materials and factory-made goods in and out of cities in the Northeast.

d)

All of the above