Industry and Reforms

The word “revolution” most nearly means:

• A minor change in how something works
• Aperiod in history where people fight back
• A dramatic change in the way something works

An economy is a system that includes three things. Which does not belong?

• Jobs (Production)
• Language (How we communicate)
• Consumption (Things we use)
• Wealth (Monety

“Industry” is defined as:

• the process of converting raw materials into finished goods
• the process of converting finished goods into raw materials
• the process of taking cotton and creating clothes
• the process where businesses create jobs to hire people

Which of the following can be classified as a “finished good?”

• Cotton
• Oil
• Timber
• Table

Which of the following is considered a “raw material?”

• Gasoline
• Automobile
• Cotton
• T-shirt

Early factories relied on _________ for power:

• Water
• Whale Oil
• Gasoline
• Coal

The Industrial Revolution didn’t start in the United States. Where did it start?

• Canada
• England
• France
• Mexico

Even though it was made a crime to share factory knowledge, this man left and built the first factory in America.

• Samuel Morse
• Samuel Slater
• James Hargreaves
• Nicholas Appert

Where was the first factory built in the United States?

• Quahog, R
• Providence, RI
• Pawtucket, RI
• Boston, MA

Because workers in factory performed low-skills jobs, and because there were thousands of immigrant workers needing work, what effect did this have on wages?

• Wages were high
• Wages were high, but workers had to work very hard
• Wages were extremely low
• Wages were average, but workers were given sick days