Industrial Revolution in America

How did the move from farm to factories change peoples lives?

• land owners had to share their land

• urbanization was a myth

• cities grew as people moved to work in factories

• the cottage industry thrived

When you use machines to make goods it is called:

• Capitalism

• Factors of Production

• Collective Bargaining

• Industrialization

What industry was revolutionized by inventions like the spinning jenny, the power loom and the steam engine?

• Textile Industry

• Coal Industry

• Steel Industry

• Transportation Industry

Which of the following is social affect of the Industrial Revolution?

• the increase in air pollution

• people dying from lack of food

• an increase in deaths by road accidents

• the rise of the industrial middle class and industrial working class

What did the assembly lines do for manufactured goods?

• goods were made quicker and cheaper

• goods were made quicker but not cheaper

• less goods were made

• it took longer for goods to be made but they were cheaper

Urbanization is when

• people move from the city to the farm

• the creation of farming towns

• people move from the farm to the city

• the improvement of living conditions

Select the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution:

• Pollution

• Overcrowded cities

• Poor working conditions

• Increase in wages

How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?

• Made goods and services more expensive & harder to ship
• Made goods and services cheaper & easier to ship
• Gave people safer transportation
• Opened new land for exploring and settlements

Railroads moved ___-_________ to factories.

• finished prodcuts
• raw materials

Women were paid ____ than men for doing the same work.

• more
• less