Industrial Revolution

A key factor in the rapid growth of business

• lack of immigrant work

• advances in transportation

• high cost production

• continued government interference

The mass production of goods by large factories resulted in

• greater costs for production

• less efficient means of production

• higher prices for customers

• lower prices for customers

With industrialization growing rapidly, it

• forced people from the crowded cities

• created a need for more workers

• put an end to immigration

• encouraged business owners to start charities

fabric that is woven

• technology
• textile
• economy
• industrialization

Why were railroads so important during this time?

• they moved goods more quickly and less expensively over greater distances
• they were fun to ride on to go visit family in other states
• people could ride on railroads to get to their jobs in another city

Who invented the telegraph?

• Elias Howe
• Eli Whitney
• Samuel Slater
• Samuel Morse

Which statement is true?

• Children were not allowed to work in the mines during the Industrial Revolution

• Work conditions were closely controlled by the government.

• There were no labor laws that prevented children from working

• Children were allowed to work but they were treated fairly.

What technology revolutionized farming in the west? 

• Steel plows, mechanical reapers, and windmills
• Morse code
• Internet
• Hydroelectricity

What did the Homestead Act of 1861 allow settlers to do?

• Go to war with Native Americans
• Own the land that they settled on after 5 years
• Establish the sharecropping system
• Make peace with the Native Americans

What were Boom Towns?

• Towns that were developed when gold and silver was found in a particular place. 
• Towns that were abandoned after the gold and silver mines were depleted.
• Towns where dynamite was found
• Towns where loud sounds were often heard.