Unit 3 Review

Inventions

100

Which invention by James Watt improved steam engine efficiency?

Answer: What is the modern steam engine?

200

• 300: What was the significance of the telegraph in the Industrial Revolution?
  
  

Answer: What is it allowed for faster communication over long distances?

300

• What machine invented by Eli Whitney revolutionized the cotton industry?
  
  

Answer: What is the cotton gin?

400

• Who invented the spinning jenny, which increased yarn production?
  
  

Answer: Who is James Hargreaves?

500

• What invention by George Stephenson is considered the first successful steam locomotive?
  
  

Answer: What is the Rocket?

Women & Children

100

• What was one of the main reasons children were employed in factories during the Industrial Revolution?
  
  

Answer: What is the need for cheap labor?

200

• 200: What hazards did women face while working in textile mills?
  
  

Answer: What are poor working conditions and low wages?

300

• What movement sought to improve the rights and working conditions for women and children?
  
  

Answer: What is the labor movement?

400

• : What movement sought to improve the rights and working conditions for women and children?
  
  

Answer: What is the labor movement?

500

• What was the impact of the Industrial Revolution on women's roles in society?
  
  

Answer: What is women began to work outside the home and gain more independence?

Imperialism

100

• What is the term for a stronger nation taking over a weaker nation?
  
  

Answer: What is imperialism?

200

• Which continent was heavily affected by European imperialism in the 19th century?
  
  

Answer: What is Africa?

300

• What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?
  
  

Answer: What is to regulate European colonization and trade in Africa?

400

• Which country was known for having a vast empire that included parts of India and Africa?
  
  

Answer: What is Great Britain?

500

• What economic motive drove imperialism during the Industrial Revolution?
  
  

Answer: What is the need for raw materials and new markets?

19th Amendment

100

• : What did the 19th Amendment grant to women in the United States?
  
  

Answer: What is the right to vote?

200

• In what year was the 19th Amendment ratified?
  
  

Answer: What is 1920?

300

• : Which movement helped pave the way for the 19th Amendment?
  
  

Answer: What is the women's suffrage movement?

400

• Who was the president when the 19th Amendment was passed?
  
  

Answer: Who is Woodrow Wilson?

500

• What was one major argument against women's suffrage?
  
  

Answer: What is the belief that women were not suited for politics?