Industrial Revolution

The cottage industry system involved manufacturing...

• In the home

• Of steam engines

• Luxury goods

• In small factories

Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?

• Dangerous working conditions

• Low wages

• Safe working conditions

• Widespread pollution

Any fabric that is woven (by machine or hand) is called -

• Technology

• Economy

• Textile

• Rollerblade

A place where people and machines join together to mass produce goods.

• School

• Cooperation

• Urbanization

• Factory system

This machine separated the seed from cotton fibers.

• Spinning Jenny

• Spinning wheel

• Cotton gin

• Steam Engine

Mass production led to:

• Products being more superior in quality

• Laborers received higher wages

• Goods became less expensive

• Industries moved to rural areas

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?

• Made the crime rate decrease

• Make the cities cleaner and safer

• Led to an increase in farm workers

• Led to an increase in population in the cities

What was the purpose of labor unions?

• Negotiate as a group for bigger factories

• Negotiate as a group for better working conditions

• Negotiate as a group for a political revolution

• Negotiate as a group for a social revolution

When workers in a union refuse to work until conditions improve

• Urbanization

• Strike

• Factory System

• Labor Union

One effect of the cotton gin was that ____.

• farmers could plant more cotton in limited space

• the seeds of the cotton plant no longer stuck to the fibers

• the need for enslaved labor decreased

• workers could process more cotton