Question | Answer |
1.What is the name of the event during which the invention of machines changed the way that manufactured goods were produced? | Industrial Revolution
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2.In what part of the United States did the Industrial Revolution begin? | Northeast
| 3.Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in the northeastern United States? | because there were a lot of water sources and coal and iron deposits
| 4.What invention helped to make the cleaning of cotton faster and easier? | cotton gin
| 5.What idea did Eli Whitney develop which allowed for the mass production of identical machine made parts? | interchangeable parts
| 6.What invention helped to make the harvesting of wheat easier? | mechanical reaper
| 7.Who invented the steel plow? | John Deere
| 8.What improvement in transportation made it easier to travel upstream? | steamboat
| 9.The completion of what structure connected Buffalo, New York to the Hudson River? | Erie Canal
| 10.What is the movement of people from the farms to the cities called? | urbanization
| 11.Who were the typical workers in the factories? | young women and children
| 12.What individual memorized the way that the British built their spinning machines and then came to America and built a factory? | Samuel Slater
| 13.What individual developed the factory system and produced cloth from start to finish? | Francis Cabbot Lowell
| 14.What were some of the effects of increased urbanization in the cities as a result of the Industrial Revolution? | increased crime, overcrowding, and poverty
| 15.How did the War of 1812 contribute to the industrialization of the United States? | the war disrupted trading so Americans were forced to manufacture their own goods
| 16.What economic system helped the United States industrialize? | Free Enterprise
| 17.How did interchangeable parts impact industrialization? | it allowed for the mass production of goods (faster, easier, and cheaper)
| 18.What inventions helped to improve the area of agriculture? | steel plow, cotton gin, and mechanical reaper
| 19.What inventions helped to improve the area of communication? | telegraph and telephone
| 20.Who developed the telegraph? | Samuel F.B. Morse
| 21.Who invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts? | Eli Whitney
| 22.What invention allowed for several threads to be spun at once thus allowing for many threads to be made faster and cheaper? | spinning jenny
| 23.What invention made steam power available for mechanical purposes? | steam engine
| 24.What was a negative effect of the cotton gin? | it led to an increase in slavery
| 25.What are textiles? | cloth |