Standards 31-34: Industrial Revolution Question Preview (ID: 36629)
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Which of the following was NOT an invention that improved transportation during the Industrial Revolution?
a) Train
b) Steamboat
c) Car
d) Canals
Which of the following inventions improved communication by allowing messages to be sent via wire?
a) Telegraph
b) Locomotive
c) Interchangeable parts
d) Water Frame
Who invented the water frame?
a) Richard Arkwright
b) John Deere
c) Eli Whitney
d) Samuel Slater
What machine removed seeds from cotton?
a) Cotton gin
b) Water frame
c) Spinning Jenny
d) Cotton reaper
Who invented the locomotive?
a) Eli Whitney
b) Samuel Morse
c) Peter Cooper
d) John Deere
Who invented the idea of interchangeable parts?
a) Eli Whitney
b) Samuel Slater
c) Samuel Morse
d) John Deere
Who invented the steel plow?
a) Cyrus McCormick
b) Robert Fulton
c) John Deere
d) Samuel Slater
Who invented the telegraph?
a) Samuel Slater
b) Samuel Morse
c) Richard Arkwright
d) Robert Fulton
Who invented the mechanical reaper?
a) Cyrus McCormick
b) Francis Cabot Lowell
c) John Deere
d) Peter Cooper
Who invented the steamboat?
a) Samuel Morse
b) Peter Cooper
c) Robert Fulton
d) Samuel Slater
Who invented the cotton gin?
a) Cyrus McCormick
b) Samuel Slater
c) Richard Arkwright
d) Eli Whitney
Which of the following is NOT an effect of the Industrial Revoluton
a) Better working conditions
b) Improved transportation
c) More cities
d) Increased cotton production
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Industrial Revolution in the United States?
a) War of 1812
b) Embargo Act
c) British Industrial Revolution
d) Revolutionary War
Which of the following is the best definition of the Industrial Revolution?
a) A time period when goods changed from being made in homes and shops to being made in factories
b) A time period where farming the United States became the most popular job
c) A time period where new machines like cars and phones were invented
d) A time period when the United States no longer had to trade with other countries for goods
Which invention turned cotton into thread?
a) Cotton Gin
b) Water Frame
c) Locomotive
d) Mechanical Reaper
What invention made it easier to make and repair machines and weapons?
a) Mechanical reaper
b) Steel plow
c) Cotton gin
d) Interchangeable parts
Which of the following inventions was NOT used on a farm?
a) Mechanical Reaper
b) Steel Plow
c) Cotton gin
d) Waterframe
What invention was used to turn up difficult soil?
a) Mechanical Reaper
b) Steel Plow
c) Water Frame
d) Locomotive
What invention was used to harvest wheat?
a) Mechanical Reaper
b) Steel plow
c) cotton gin
d) Steamboat
Who made up most of the worker in New England textile mills?
a) Young men ages 12-19
b) Young women ages 15-30
c) Children under 12
d) Men ages 20-35
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