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STAAR Review (Industrial Revolution)
Test Description: Industrial Revolution
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What invention increased the slave trade and the amount of cotton planted?
A
mechanical reaper
B
cotton gin
C
steel plow
D
interchangeable parts
2) What invention opened the West up to settlement by providing safe transportation?
A
Railroad
B
Steamboat
C
Horse and Buggy
D
Steel Plow
3) Which invention made communication faster and easier?
A
Railroads
B
Erie Canal
C
Steamboat
D
Telegraph
4) What did the Erie Canal connect?
A
The Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico
B
Great Lakes to New York
C
The Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
D
The New England Colonies to the Middle Colonies
5) What event resulted in the United States starting an Industrial Revolution?
A
The American Revolution
B
The War of 1812
C
The Civil War
D
The French and Indian War
6) Who invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts?
A
Eli Whitney
B
Cyrus McCormick
C
John Deer
D
Benjamin Franklin
7) All of the following statements are true about the Industrial Revolution except.
A
Cities grew up around the factories
B
Women were finally given the right to vote
C
Goods were made faster and cheaper
D
Women were hired into the factories for the first time.
8) Who invented the Steamboat?
A
John Deer
B
Robert Fulton
C
Samuel Morris
D
Eli Whitney
9) Why was the War of 1812 responsible for the start of the Industrial Revolution?
A
We were fighting with our number one trade partner (England)
B
Thomas Jefferson would not let our trade ships leave the harbors
C
The government passed a law that said we could no longer buy foreign goods
D
Spain and France were fighting each other and would not trade with the U.S.
10) How did most factories get their electricity?
A
from the sun
B
from a large wheel pulled by horses
C
from fast moving rivers
D
from a generator
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