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Early Industry and Inventions Chapter 11 Section 1

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  • Q1
    When did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain?
    late 1800s
    early 1700s
    late 1700s
    30s
  • Q2
    What happened during the Industrial Revolution?
    factory machines replaced hand tools
    both of these
    large scale manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work
    30s
  • Q3
    What did women do before the Industrial Revolution?
    worked in factories
    Spun thread and wove cloth in the home
    30s
  • Q4
    What made it possible for unskilled workers to make cloth?
    the sewing machine
    the Spinning Jenny and Power Loom
    30s
  • Q5
    What brought many workers and machines together under one roof?
    cottage system
    factory system
    30s
  • Q6
    Why were most factories built near water?
    so ships could access them easily
    as a source of power
    30s
  • Q7
    What did a lot of people do during the Industrial Revolution?
    left farms and moved to the city
    went to farms where the work was
    30s
  • Q8
    Many people wanted the United States to Industrialize.
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q9
    So why did the United States start to Manufacture their own goods and industrialize?
    They were forced to under the factory Production Act of 1812
    During the War of 1812 the British kept goods from reaching the U.S.
    30s
  • Q10
    Why did America start to build factories in New England (Boston Area)?
    rivers for power
    All of these
    access to shipping
    it had willing workers
    30s
  • Q11
    Who hired whole families to work in the first spinning mill in in Rhode Island in 1790?
    Robert Fulton
    Samuel Slater
    30s
  • Q12
    What did the Lowell Mills do?
    employed farm girls who lived in company owned boarding houses
    Created pottery and ceramics
    30s
  • Q13
    What else did the Lowell Mills do?
    employed farm girls
    both of these
    spun cotton into yarn
    30s
  • Q14
    What were later factories powered by?
    Steam
    Electricity
    30s
  • Q15
    What did the U.S. Government want Eli Whitney to make in 1798?
    10,000 muskets (guns)
    A device to process cotton
    30s

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