WorksheetsAmerican Industrial Revolution Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which definition fits the use of the word "revolution" in the first paragraph?
turning or movement on an axis
replacement of a government
act or state of circular movement
extensive or drastic change
Which invention best fits this definition: "standard-sized parts for all muskets allowed them to be mass-produced"
interchangeable parts
profile lathe
power tools
sewing machine
Who invented the cotton gin?
Thomas Blanchard
Charles Gin
Eli Whitney
Edwin Drake
Canal boats in the 1800's were operated by:
steam power
animal power
sailing on the current in the canal
gasoline and oil motors
Who was a famous steamboat captain who became a popular author about the Mississippi River region in the 1800's?
Robert Fulton
Mark Twain
Huck Finn
Dewitt Clinton
The peak of the "Canal Era" was in:
1807
1817
1825
1840
Robert Fulton and Robert Livingstone are famous for:
the design of the Erie Canal
the creation of a new kind of blasting powder
constructing the first steamboat in the United States
the invention of the steam engine
A canal "lock" is a device that allows canal boats to:
travel upstream
travel across rivers and ravines
travel over elevated places
lock up the freight securely
The first roads in America were roads built in the 1700's called:
macadam roads
toll roads
turnpikes
post roads
A "toll road" is:
a road where a fee is collected for using in
a road paved with a macadam surface
the name given to any road built by a government
a federal road, rather than a state road
Why is it called a "turnpike"?
because of the sharpened pole they used to stop carts until a fee was paid
because when you paid the fee you had to make a turn in the road
because the fee you paid was called a pike
because the first turnpike was owned by Pike
Most railroads, and the National Road, were built in:
New England
the South
the North
the Pacific Northwest
In what year was the amount of canal mileage and railroad milage equal?
1834
1840
1854
1864
One reason that there was not much train traffic between the northern and souther states before the Civil War was:
the South had no railroads at all
railroad companies refused to lay track in slave regions
Southern states relied mainly on canals
rail gauges (the width of the rack) differed between the regions.
The "Baltimore & Ohio" was:
the longest canal in the United States
the first turnpike built by the federal government
the first railroad in the United States
the name of the first locomotive built in the United States
Which technology put canals and steamboats out of business
Canals
Trains
Roads
Steamboats
What technology is described: powered by steam; a back or side paddle-wheel
Canals
Steamboats
Trains
Roads
Technologies in the early 1800s not only changed transportation bu revolutionized what as well?
black rights
the Constitution
women's rights
communication
A telegrapher was a person who could send and read:
a newspaper article
a message in Morse Code
a telegraph
electricity
The first telegraph line in 1844 went from:
New York to Boston
Washington, D.C. to Baltimore
Boston to Baltimore
the East coast to California
In the 1830s, to increase circulation and ad sales, newspapers added news of:
human interest
governmental
sports
military
P.T. Barnum used what form of media to gain visitors to his American Museum?
radio
telegraph
popular novels
newspapers
Steam powered paper production, steam driven presses, and the telegraph all helped create:
the penny press
the weekly newspapers
the paperback novel
the circus
What are two steps of harvesting wheat
reaping
threshing
beating
dashing
sowing
Which mode of transportation is described: "mules pulled flat bottomed boats"
Canals
Steamboats
Trains
Roads
