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WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution Test Summer 2025
Total questions: 107
Worksheet time: 54mins
In what country did the Industrial Revolution first begin?
US
Great Britain
Japan
Germany
True or False: Most of the employees working at Lowell Mills were women.
True
False
Who developed the first commercially successful steamboat operation?
Samuel Slater
Robert Fulton
Thomas Edison
Eli Whitney
What canal connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River?
Hudson Canal
Panama Canal
Erie Canal
Suez Canal
True or False: The Industrial Revolution had little impact on the daily lives of most Americans.
True
False
According to many historians, the Industrial Revolution in the United States started in what state?
Rhode Island
New York
California
Texas
Who is credited with opening the first textile mill in the United States?
Robert Fulton
Samuel Slater
Thomas Edison
James Brown
According to the article, what war inspired the United States to begin to build up its industrial capacity?
Civil War
War of 1812
Spanish American War
The Clone Wars
What nickname were the employees at Lowell Mills called?
Factory Folks
Millers
Lowell Mill Girls
Spinners
What 1837 invention changed communications in the United States?
Phonograph
Assembly line
Television
Telegraph
Before the factory system, where were most goods manufactured?
Overseas
China
By the Government
In homes and workshops
Why did machinery make factories necessary?
It was large
It needed power
Needed many workers
Expensive
All of the above
What characteristic of the factory system needed each part to be built to the same measurements?
Centralized workspace
Unskilled workers
Standardized parts
Division of labor
True or False: Many early factories had dangerous working conditions.
True
False
Where did people begin to move during the Industrial Revolution in order to work in factories?
Country
Cities
Farms
Islands
Why did many factories hire women and children?
Worked for Low Pay
Most women were highly educated
Women are stronger
Because men were lazy
What characteristic of the factory system caused workers to come together in the same building?
Centralized workspace
Unskilled workers
Standardized parts
Division of labor
True or False: Many factory workers lived in dormitories at the factories.
True
False
What characteristic of the factory system enabled each worker to perform a simple repeated task?
Centralized workspace
Unskilled workers
Standardized parts
Division of labor
The factory system allowed business owners to hire what type of worker at a low wage?
Highly trained
Unskilled
Educated
Experienced
What new power technology was used by Robert Fulton to power boats?
Electricity
Wind
Nuclear
Steam
Who invented a new type of steam engine in 1781 that allowed the steam engine to be used in factories?
Henry Bessemer
Nigel Chiddick
Thomas Edison
James Watt
What process allowed steel to be mass-produced at a lower cost?
Edison Process
Assembly Process
Bessemer Process
Singer Process
True or False: Trains were one of the most important modes of transportation during the Industrial Revolution.
True
False
Before steam power was invented, what were the early power sources of the Industrial Revolution?
Water and wind
Solar Power
Gas
Electricity
What invention was developed by Samuel Morse?
Telegraph
Light bulb
Steam Engine
Spinning Jenny
What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?
IPhone
Telegraph
Light Bulb
Telephone
Who invented the first practical incandescent light bulb?
James Watt
Kianni Washington
Thomas Edison
Eli Whitney
Which statement best describes working conditions during the Industrial Revolution?
Extremely safe
Few hours with high pay
Well Regulated
Dangerous
What is it called when a group of workers refuses to work?
Layoff
Stay Home
Homerun
Strike
True or False: Workers often worked long hours and under dangerous conditions during the Industrial Revolution.
True
False
True or False: Factories took it upon themselves to insure the safety of their workers.
True
False
Which of the following was an unsafe working condition found during the Industrial Revolution?
Dust filled air
Bad Lighting
Fire hazards
All of the above
What was a common problem caused from people living so close together?
Disease
Chemical spills
Child Labor
Long work hours
What did the Factory Act of 1819 try to do?
Create a minimum wage
Shorten the workweek
Prevent child labor
Improve factory lighting
What was the group called when workers organized to try to improve working conditions?
Union
Club
Team
Party
True or False: Children were sometimes hired because they could fit into small spaces.
True
False
What problems did government regulations try to fix?
Business profits
Unsafe working conditions
Product Quality
Employee efficiency
True or False: Children who worked were kept safe and away from dangerous machinery.
True
False
How young did some children begin to work during the Industrial Revolution?
Four years old
Nine years old
Tweleve years old
Sixteen years old
Government regulations during the Industrial Revolution protected children in what ways?
Putting an age limit on when they could work
Limiting the types of jobs they could do
Limiting hours
There were no regulations
What law was passed in 1938 to help protect workers and prevent child labor?
There were no laws passed to protect workers
Disability Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
Social Security Act
Did children make a lot of money for their work?
Yes, they were paid like adults
No, they were paid little
Which of the following was a typical job worked by children?
Breaking up coal
Selling newspapers
Chimney sweeps
Working on Machines
All Listed Jobs
True or False: Child labor was fairly common during the Industrial Revolution.
True
False
What was the main reason that businesses liked to hire children?
They were strong
They were educated
They worked for low wages
They worked fast
What happened to many girls who worked in matchstick factories?
They lost their hair
They lost their teeth
They got lung cancer
They became blind
True or False: Over 50% of workers in some British factories were under the age of 14 in the early 1800s.
True
False
Where did breaker boys work?
Tabaco Farms
Steamships
Railroads
Coal Mines
How many hours a week did the typical breaker boy work?
10
20
40
60
How do you think the breaker boys got their nickname?
Because they broke up pieces of coal
Because they broke so many bones working
Because they were always broke
Because they worked the breaks on streetcars
Where did matchgirls work?
In restaurants
In matchstick factories
As telephone operators
In clothing stores
What dangerous chemical did matchgirls work with?
Cyanide
Nicotine
Phosphorous
Chlorine
True or False: Newsies were independent workers who ran their own businesses.
True
False
What job did Newsies do?
Wrote news stories
Interviewed politicians
Carried messages around town
Sold newspapers
All Choices
What type of people became Newsies?
Children
Boys
Poor kids
Orphans
All Choices
What was the name of the leader of the Newsies during their strike in 1899?
Billy the Kid
Orphan Annie
Kid Blink
King News
In what city in Massachusetts did a large number of women first begin to work in the mills?
Boston
Lowell
Springfield
Cambridge
What was the background of most of the mill girls?
Farmers' daughters
Older women who never married
Orphans from England
Rich city girls
Why did factory owners like to hire women?
Because they worked harder than men
To help women enter the workforce
To meet government regulations
Because they could pay them less than men
True or False: Most of the supervisors in the factories were also women.
True
False
What did the women of Lowell Mills do in 1836 when the company raised their rent?
They destroyed the factory
They went on strike
They started their own factory
They took other jobs
True or False: Women were paid less because their wages were looked at as extra money.
True
False
What movement started when women began to work outside the home?
Women's Rights Movement
Child Labor Movement
Disability Movement
Minimum Wage Movement
Who recruited thousands of women to become nurses during the Civil War?
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Stanton
Dorothea Dix
Mary Todd Lincoln
Around how much a week did a woman working at a mill make in the mid-1800s?
$3
$15
$50
$100
What amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote in 1920?
2nd
13th
14th
19th
Why did labor unions first form?
To protect the rights of business owners
To protect the rights of workers
To protect the rights of customers
All of the above
What were working conditions like during the Industrial Revolution?
Safe
Comfortable
Easy
Dangerous
What did workers want when they went on strike?
Higher wages
Better working conditions
Fewer hours
All Choices
What typically happened to individual employees who complained about working conditions?
They were given raises
They were fired
They were listened to
They quit
What is it called when a group of workers decide to not go to work?
Strike
Holiday
Day off
No show
True or False: Strikes during the Industrial Revolution were always peaceful.
True
False
What major strike began in Martinsburg, West Virginia after the B&O Railroad company cut wages?
Pullman strike
Factory Workers Strike
Great Railroad Strike
Virginia Strike
What did the Lowell Mill Girls call a 'strike' in 1836?
Switch off
Turn out
Stay home
sitting
True or False: Labor unions are illegal in the United States today.
True
False
What form of transportation eventually became more important to the Industrial Revolution?
Horses
Airplanes
Railroads
Covered wagons
What Great Lake did the Erie Canal connect to the Hudson River?
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
What invention helped boats to travel much faster upstream against the current of a river?
Cotton gin
Assembly line
Steam engine
Telegraph
How long did it take to travel across the United States prior to the Industrial Revolution?
14 days
Months
Hours
1 to 2 days
True or False: Canals were used to connect rivers, lakes, and oceans using manmade waterways.
True
False
What railroad connected the east coast and west coast of the United States?
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Stockton and Darlington Railroad
Overland Express
First Transcontinental Railroad
True or False: Transportation became slower and more difficult as a result of the Industrial Revolution.
True
False
What was a typical form of transportation before the Industrial Revolution?
Animal
Steamboat
Airplane
Railroad
What canal connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River?
Erie canal
Grand canal
Panama canal
Suez Canal
What new mode of transportation allowed people to travel across the country in a much shorter amount of time?
Telegraph
Cotton Gin
Nuclear power
Railroad
An area or region outside of town or in the countryside.
Rural
Urban
Bessemer Process
An industry where the manufacture of products is primarily in homes by people using their own tools and equipment.
Luddites
Labor Union
Group of textile workers in England who felt their jobs were threatened by textile machines and factories. They broke into factories and destroyed the machines.
Breaker Boys
Luddites
Lowell Girls
Division of labor
refers to the total number of workers in a company.
An organization of workers, usually in the same trade or profession, that is formed to protect the workers' rights.
means sharing profits equally among all workers.
when each worker has a specific task or role they perform.
Labor Union
A machine that allowed a worker to spin multiple spools of yarn at the same time. It was invented by James Hargreaves.
An organization of workers, usually in the same trade or profession, that is formed to protect the workers' rights.
a type of cloth or woven fabric.
when each worker has a specific task or role they perform.
Textile
Referring to town or the city.
process that enabled the mass-production of inexpensive steel.
a type of cloth or woven fabric.
when each worker has a specific task or role they perform.
Spinning Jenny
Referring to town or the city.
process that enabled the mass-production of inexpensive steel.
a type of cloth or woven fabric.
machine that allowed a worker to spin multiple spools of yarn at the same time. It was invented by James Hargreaves.
Urban
Referring to town or the city.
process that enabled the mass-production of inexpensive steel.
industry where the manufacture of products is primarily in homes by people using their own tools and equipment..
machine that allowed a worker to spin multiple spools of yarn at the same time. It was invented by James Hargreaves.
Breaker Boy
worker in a coal mine whose job was to break up coal into similar size pieces, remove any impurities from the coal. Many of these workers were between the ages of 9 and 12.
process that enabled the mass-production of inexpensive steel.
device that separates the seeds from cotton fiber.
machine that allowed a worker to spin multiple spools of yarn at the same time. It was invented by James Hargreaves.
Cotton Gin
worker in a coal mine whose job was to break up coal into similar size pieces, remove any impurities from the coal. Many of these workers were between the ages of 9 and 12.
process that enabled the mass-production of inexpensive steel.
device that separates the seeds from cotton fiber.
machine that allowed a worker to spin multiple spools of yarn at the same time. It was invented by James Hargreaves.
Bessemer Process
worker in a coal mine whose job was to break up coal into similar size pieces, remove any impurities from the coal. Many of these workers were between the ages of 9 and 12.
process that enabled the mass-production of inexpensive steel.
device that separates the seeds from cotton fiber.
machine that allowed a worker to spin multiple spools of yarn at the same time. It was invented by James Hargreaves.
Child Labor
worker in a coal mine whose job was to break up coal into similar size pieces, remove any impurities from the coal. Many of these workers were between the ages of 9 and 12.
During the Industrial Revolution poor children were often put to work in factories, worked long hours in dangerous conditions and made low wages. Wasn't outlawed in U.S. until 1938.
device that separates the seeds from cotton fiber.
lasted from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. This period saw manufacturing of products like textiles move from the home to factories.
Working Class
worker in a coal mine whose job was to break up coal into similar size pieces, remove any impurities from the coal.
During the Industrial Revolution poor children were often put to work in factories, worked long hours in dangerous conditions and made low wages. Wasn't outlawed in U.S. until 1938.
A group of people that work for wages, usually in factories or doing manual labor.
lasted from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. This period saw manufacturing of products like textiles move from the home to factories.
First Industrial Revolution
worker in a coal mine whose job was to break up coal into similar size pieces, remove any impurities from the coal. Many of these workers were between the ages of 9 and 12.
During the Industrial Revolution poor children were often put to work in factories, worked long hours in dangerous conditions and made low wages. Wasn't outlawed in U.S. until 1938.
device that separates the seeds from cotton fiber.
lasted from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. This period saw manufacturing of products like textiles move from the home to factories.
Second Industrial Revolution
A period that took place from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s. It was a period of technical advancement and movement to the mass-production of goods.
During the Industrial Revolution poor children were often put to work in factories, worked long hours in dangerous conditions and made low wages. Wasn't outlawed in U.S. until 1938.
device that separates the seeds from cotton fiber.
lasted from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. This period saw manufacturing of products like textiles move from the home to factories.
Factory System
Method of manufacturing goods developed during the Industrial Revolution where products were made in large factories using division of labor and machinery.
During the Industrial Revolution poor children were often put to work in factories, worked long hours in dangerous conditions and made low wages. Wasn't outlawed in U.S. until 1938.
device that separates the seeds from cotton fiber.
lasted from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. This period saw manufacturing of products like textiles move from the home to factories.
Interchangeable Parts
Method of manufacturing goods developed during the Industrial Revolution where products were made in large factories using division of labor and machinery.
During the Industrial Revolution poor children were often put to work in factories, worked long hours in dangerous conditions and made low wages. Wasn't outlawed in U.S. until 1938.
when a product is made up of parts that are all built to exact specifications. This way parts can be easily replaced or repaired.
lasted from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. This period saw manufacturing of products like textiles move from the home to factories.
Lowell Girls
Method of manufacturing goods developed during the Industrial Revolution where products were made in large factories using division of labor and machinery.
Women who worked in the textile mills in Massachusetts. The majority of the workers in these mills were women.
when a product is made up of parts that are all built to exact specifications. This way parts can be easily replaced or repaired.
lasted from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. This period saw manufacturing of products like textiles move from the home to factories.
An engine that uses steam to produce power. James Watt invented a practical and efficient version of the in 1781.
Cotton Gin
Textile
When a large group of workers refuses to work. Was mostly illegal during the Industrial Revolution.
Breaker Boys
Luddites
Labor Union
A way of transmitting messages along a wire using electrical signals. It was invented by Samuel Morse.
Textile
Bessemer Process
Strike
