Industrial Revolution to the Underground Railroad Review

True or False: The Industrial Revolution was a period in which machinery began to be used to do work that was previously done by hand

• True

• False

Which Inventor and their invention, helped kickstart the Industrial Revolution in the US?

• Eli Whitney - Interchangeable Parts

• John Deere - Steel Plow

• Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin

• James Hargreaves - The Spinning Jenny

What invention began a massive agricultural surge in the South by making a certain crop much more profitable?

• Water Loom

• Cotton Gin

• Steam Locomotive

• Steel Plow

What city's position on the Mississippi River made it ideal for the cotton trade as well as a center for the slave trade?

• Nashville

• Louisville

• Memphis

• Atlanta

Thanks to inventions like the Cotton Gin, the Spinning Jenny and the Power Loom, which industry became the driving force for many economies?

• Textiles

• Transportation

• Agriculture

• Communication

__________________, developed by Eli Whitney, involved machines producing identical parts to a product to be assembled later, which laid the ground work for the system of mass production we have today.

• Cotton Gin

• Steel Plow

• Spinning Jenny

• Interchangeable Parts

In addition to the cotton gin, what two other inventions helped revolutionize the Agricultural industry?

• Spinning Jenny and Power Loom

• Steam Locomotive and Steam Boat

• Steel Plow and Mechanical Reaper

• Telegraph and Morse Code

The Industrial Revolution impacted each region differently. How was the North impacted?

• Embraced the steamboat because of the many navigable rivers

• Factories and manufacturing grew

• Provided raw materials needed for manufacturing

• Shied away from the new rapid transportation of people like railroads

The Industrial Revolution impacted regions differently. How was the South impacted?

• Provided raw materials needed for manfacturing

• Embraced railroad for the rapid transportation of people

• Factories and manufacturing grew

• Shied away from steamboats as they did not have many navigable rivers

In what country did the Industrial Revolution start before spreading to the US?

• Japan

• France

• England

• Germany