Industrial Revolution
What was the industrial revolution?
A. A period focused on decreased use of technology.
B. A period of rapid technological improvement / economic changes.
C. A period of rapid expansion from cities to rural communities.
B. A period of rapid technological improvement / economic changes.
_____ used the threat of physical punishment to force enslaved workers into working on plantations.
A. monopolies
B. overseers
C. factory workers
D. doctrines
B. overseers
Transportation methods, such as __, __, & __ made it easier/cheaper/faster to ships goods & people across the US. Pick 3.
A. canals
B. roads
C. telegraphs
D. railroads
A. canals
B. roads
D. railroads
In what industry did the Industrial Revolution start in the United States?
textile industry
Which of the following was NOT a way that enslaved African Americans resisted the demands of slavery?
A. They learned to read and write.
B. They worked slowly on purpose and broke tools on purpose.
C. They created their own cultures and spirituals.
D. They sued overseers for cruel and unusual punishment.
D. They sued overseers for cruel and unusual punishment.
Eli Whitney is credited with creating ___ and __. Pick 2.
A. cotton gin
B. steamboats
C. interchangeable parts
D. telegraph
A. cotton gin
C. interchangeable parts
What system is being described?
--Created by Samuel Slater
--Part of New England's textile industry
--Used families, including kids, as workers
--Used waterpower in its factories
Rhode Island System
The cotton gin caused the demand for ______ to increase and caused it to spread across the South.
slavery
Samuel Morse’s __ sent messages over electrical wires using a series of long and short pulses known as ___.
A. cell phone; Samuel Code
B. text messages; AT&T Code
C. telegraph; Morse Code
C. telegraph; Morse Code
What system is being described?
--Created by Francis Cabot Lowell
--Part of New England's textile industry
--Used young, unmarried women as workers
--Used waterpower in its factories
--Provided workers with housing and activities
Lowell System
The economies in the North and in the South relied on __: Textile mills in the North needed this crop grown in the South.
A. tobacco
B. rice
C. indigo
D. cotton
D. cotton
The ___ made it easier, faster, and cheaper for Midwestern farmers to ship their crops to cities in the Northeast.
A. Telegraph
B. Cotton Gin
C. Erie Canal
D. Hot Air Balloon
C. Erie Canal
How did the cotton gin affect the economies of the North and the South?
A. The South could now use Northern-grown cotton in their textile factories.
B. The Western Frontier could now receive cotton shipped from Britain.
C. The North could now use Southern-grown cotton in their textile factories.
D. The Northwest Territory was closed off to cotton growers.
C. The North could now use Southern-grown cotton in their textile factories.
This invention made cotton the most valuable cash crop grown in the South & helped the textile industry in the North grow.
A. Eli Whitney's interchangeable parts
B. Isaac Singer's sewing machine
C. John Deere's steel plow
D. Eli Whitney's cotton gin
D. Eli Whitney's cotton gin
____’s steamboats revolutionized river travel and made shipping quicker/cheaper.
A. Francis Cabot Lowell
B. John Deere
C. Eli Whitney
D. Robert Fulton
D. Robert Fulton