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Industrial Revolution

True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

1. 

Cottage industries replaced textile factories after the Industrial Revolution.
 

2. 

Interchangeable parts were developed by Eli Whitney.
 

3. 

Most of the new textile machines of the 18th Century were invented in the USA.
 

4. 

Cotton gins were used to remove seeds from cotton fibers.
 

5. 

In the 19th Century, steam engines were mainly used to remove pollutants from the air.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

6. 

The first machines of the Industrial Revolution used ______.
a.
Nuclear energy
c.
Combustion engine
b.
Steam
d.
Ethanol
 

7. 

Industrialization caused people to move ________.
a.
From other countries to the U.S.
c.
From rural areas to cities
b.
From cities to rural areas
d.
Both A and C are correct
 

8. 

The Industrial Revolution started in ______.
a.
France
c.
England
b.
Russia
d.
United States
 

9. 

To prevent people from stealing inventions, the federal government issues _______.
a.
citations
c.
patents
b.
merits
d.
degrees
 

10. 

To increase productivity, a company may _________.
a.
Fire workers
c.
Use less machines
b.
Train workers better
d.
Spend more money
 

11. 

The ________ was completed in 1869 and linked the transportation networks of the East and West.
a.
Transcontinental Railroad
c.
Intercontinental Subway System
b.
World Wide Web
d.
Interstate Highway system
 

12. 

An example of a cottage industry is ___________.
a.
power looming
c.
making interchangeable parts
b.
building steam machines
d.
hand weaving
 

13. 

_______ was not improved by the use of steam engines in the 19th Century.
a.
transportation
c.
air quality
b.
farming
d.
manufacturing
 

14. 

___________ did not increase after the Industrial Revolution.
a.
factories
c.
population of rural areas
b.
production of goods
d.
environmental pollution
 

15. 

The region of ______, in the USA, was where industrialization was first concentrated.
a.
the Southern States
c.
New England
b.
the Pacific Northwest
d.
California
 

Matching
 
 
Match the term with the correct definition below
a.
Guilded Age
h.
Thomas Edison
b.
Reconstruction
i.
Samuel Morse
c.
Industrial Revolution
j.
Immigration
d.
Freedman’s Bureau
k.
Urbanization
e.
George Westinghouse
l.
Patent
f.
Lewis Latimer
m.
Productivity
g.
Henry Bessemer
n.
Entrepreneur
 

16. 

Period of widespread replacement of manual labor by machines
 

17. 

Name given to period after Reconstruction of unprecendented expansion and population growth. 
 

18. 

A legal document giving an inventor exclusive rights over his invention for a period of time
 

19. 

Shift of population from rural areas to urban areas
 

20. 

Movement of people into another country
 

21. 

Amount of products produced compared to the amount of goods and labor used to produce it
 

22. 

One who assumes risk for a business operation with the expectation of making a profit.  Most business owners.
 

23. 

Invented the telegraph and code
 

24. 

Invented the light bulb and phonograph.  America’s greatest inventor
 

25. 

African-American inventor that perfected the light bulb.
 

26. 

Created an efficient steel making process
 

27. 

Developed alternating current for electric distribution
 

28. 

Period after Civil War of rebuilding the Union and helping freed black people.
 

29. 

Agency created to help poor Southerners cope with aftermath of war.  Aimed especially at helping freed slaves.
 

Short Answer
 

30. 

List FOUR results of the Industrial Revolution
 



 
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