The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution began here.

• The United States

• Canada

• England

• France

The first factories were textile mills which produced this.

• Cotton cloth

• wool cloth

• furniture

• jewelry

Define the Industrial Revolution.

• When production moved from factories to homes.

• When production moved from homes to factories

• When production decreased

• When production stopped

According to the video, today, we have the following because of the Industrial Revolution.

• blueberries in the winter

• free public education

• solar power

• all of the above

According to the video, in the United States today, what percentage of the population are farmers?

• 80%

• 50%

• 10%

• 1%

One of the early inventions of the Industrial Revolution was the steam engine. It was first used to do what?

• move trains

• move cars

• pump water from mines

• plow fields

The invention of the steam engine improve which of the following?

• transportation

• factory production

• both transportation and factory production

• neither transportation nor factory production

What substance fueled the Industrial Revolution and was abundant and close to the surface in England?

• diamonds

• coal

• cotton

• oil

Machines lowered the cost of producing goods.

• true

• false

Children were used in factories because they were ____.

• small

• cheap labor

• less likely to be injured

• in need of day care