Samuel Slater is known for...

Being a thief who memorized how to build a textile machine.

Traditional manufacturing methods...

...did not produce enough goods to meet the need.

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Industrial Revolution

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An review of key vocabulary and concepts found in Chapter 12 in the United States History Textbook Beginning to 1877

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1
Having factories in cities was beneficial because...
The large population made workers available.
The pay could be low since so many workers were available.
All of the above.
The transportation costs were reduced.
2
Craftspeople are workers who...
All of the above
Work with their hands to create products for sale.
May start their own enterprise.
May work with apprentices.
3
Children worked...
Long hours for equal pay.
In dangerous conditions...
Short hours for little pay.
At tasks their parents were doing.
4
Samuel Slater is known for...
Being an inventor.
Being a thief who memorized how to build a textile machine.
Being an American business man.
Being a prosperous farmer.
5
Eli Whitney was famous for...
Invented the Cotton Gin
Mass-produced guns using interchangeable parts.
All of the above.
Believed in the division of labor.
6
Traditional manufacturing methods...
...were too productive.
...were adequate for the demand.
...did not produce enough goods to meet the need.
...relied on machines.
7
The Lowell System
Hired mostly families.
Hired apprentices after they graduated.
None of the above.
Hired unmarried women.
8
Most people in Europe and America lived and worked ______ .
... in the country
... in cities.
none of the above.
... in the suburbs
9
Trade Unions protected the rights of....
The Factory Workers.
The Farmers.
No one.
The Factory Owners.
10
The Industrial Revolution earned it's name because...
All of the above.
Involved new ways of producing many products.
Made few individuals very wealthy.
The change was world wide.
11
Richard Arkwright is known for...
Inventing the water frame.
Inventing textiles.
Inventing the steamboat.
...Inventing the telegraph.
12
John Deere and Cyrus McCormick both invented machines that helped...
Factory workers
The Police
Railroads
Farmers
13
Entrepreneurship is when...
You start a business.
You take a risk on a new idea.
All of the above.
You invest your money hoping to make a profit.
14
The Rhode Island System
Hired only African-Americans
Employed only machines.
Used families as the workers
Preferred apprentices
15
Samuel Slater hired workers who were...
All of the above,
Apprentices
Men
Women and children.
16
In the 1800's, the North's future is tied to...
Locomotives (Trains)
Agriculture
Industrialization
Steamboats
17
Sarah G. Bagley was famous for...
Being a reformer.
Leading Men in a Labor Union.
All of the above.
Leading Strikes.
18
Samuel Morse Invented
The Telegraph
Morse Code
The Steam Engine
The Water Frame
19
Wages of factory workers went _______ as a result of an influx of immigrants.
Varied, depending upon the product.
Stayed the same
Up
Down
20
How were machines powered during this age?
Wood and Coal
All of the above.
Steam
Flowing water

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