Industries
What were the main three industries of the Industrial Revolution?
Agriculture,Transportation, and Textiles
Who made the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
What were the two regions mainly affected by the Industrial Revolution?
The North and the South
What invention made it easier to travel?
Trains/ locomotives/ steam engines
What class was in charge of the factories and plantations during the Industrial Revolution?
The Upper Class
What was the main industry of the North?
Textiles/ Factories
Who created the factory system?
Francis Cabot Lowell
What region was heavily involved with the Lowell factory system?
The North
What invention made it easier for people to pick cotton?
The cotton gin
What class was composed of the main workers in the Industrial Revolution?
The Lower Classes
What was the main industry of the South?
Agriculture/ farming/ cash crops
Who created the Mechanical Reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
What other region was affected by the Industrial Revolution and how?
The West as increases in transportaion allowed for more people to move to the West quicker, and for more trade to occur.
What invention made it easier to clear fields for crops?
The Steel-Tipped Plow
What social class was 'created' in the Industrial Revolution?
The Middle Class
What industry was most utilized by the West?
Transportation, as the creation of the steam engine and the train, helped people travel to the West easier.
Who created the Spinning Jenny?
James Hargreaves
Why did the South's population not grow as quickly as the North's?
The South was more focused on agriculture instead of expanding transportation, so there were fewer ways for people to travel there. Also, there were fewer financial opportunities for people in the South, due to a lack of factories.
The Lowell Factory System was what?
The system was designed so that every step of the manufacturing process was done in one place by young adult women instead of men. This made making items more efficient than going to different craftspeople for each thing.
How were women affected by the Industrial Revolution?
Women gained more financial freedom/opportunities for work. More independence from men.
What industries were promoted by growth in New York City?
The textiles and transportation industries as the creation of new train systems and canals brought in more workers for the textile industry/ factories.
The creation of the Erie Canal was the idea of who?
DeWitt Clinton, the Governor of New York.
What region had major developments in transportation?
The North as places like New York City built revolutionary canals that helped people travel faster and trade quicker.
What was the most crucial invention of the Industrial Revolution and why?
The cotton gin as it completely changed the agriculture industry and greatly expanded slavery in the U.S.
What group of people did not benefit from the Industrial Revolution?
Enslaved people