The American Industrial Revolution

Who started the Industrial Revolution in the United States?

• Eli Whitney

• Samuel Slater

• Richard Arkwright

• Francis Cabot Lowell

Answer explanation

Samuel Slater memorized the plans for several thread spinning machines and brought them to the U.S.

What was a cause of the Industrial Revolution?

• The need to produce more finished goods following the War of 1812.

• The cotton revolution

• The use of machines to plant and harvest crops.

• The growth of cities

What part of the United States was the location of most factories?

• Midwest

• The South

• New England

• The North

Answer explanation

Most factories were in New England due to the fast moving rivers.

What was one of the inventions from the Agricultural Revolution?

• Telegraph

• Mechanical Reaper

• Steam Engine Locomotive

• Steamboat

Answer explanation

The mechanical reaper made the harvest of crops faster.

What group of people were considered factory workers?

• Chinese immigrants

• Unmarried women

• Irish immigrants

• Small time farmers and farmhands

What was the significance of the Supreme Court case Gibbens vs. Odgen?

• a state cannot tax a federal institution

• created judicial review

• the federal government will control interstate trade

Industrialization is the process of using _______ and factories to produce goods.

• transportation

• machines

• people

• interchangeable parts

Interchangeable parts were created by

• Robert Fulton

• James Watt

• Eli Whitney

• Samuel Slater

Urbanization is the movement of people from the rural (country) to

• farms

• the metropolis

• the suburbs

• urban centers

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