25 26 Hester Industrial Revolution: Factories

25-26 HESTER Industrial Revolution: Factories

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Molly Hester

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Match the word to it's definition. Use your vocabulary list to help you.

Using machines and factories to make goods faster, cheaper, and in larger amounts instead of making everything by hand at home

Invented by Eli Whitney that quickly and efficiently separates cotton fibers from their seeds

An economic system that allows individuals to buy, sell, and produce goods with minimal government intervention

Development of new or improved technologies, tools, and ideas that improve how people work and live

A type of fabric or cloth commonly used in the manufacturing of clothing and other goods

Industrialization

Cotton Gin

Free Enterprise

Innovation

Textile

Multiple Choice

What was a significant change during the Industrial Revolution in the U.S.?

Transition from handmade production to machine-based manufacturing

Increase in agricultural production

Rise of the internet

Decline of urban areas

Open Ended

Which geographic feature of the New England region supported the growth of factories?

Type response here

Multiple Select

According to this image, what impacts did factories have on living conditions? Check ALL that apply

better housing

pollution

disposal of waste

lack of fresh water

Drag and Drop

The

caused slavery to

because it made

cotton much more efficient.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Cotton Gin

increase

cleaning

telegraph

decrease

growing

Multiple Choice

Who invented the cotton gin?

Eli Whitney

Samuel Morse

Alexander Graham Bell

Thomas Edison

Multiple Choice

Why did Northern factories depend on cotton grown in the South?

Northern factories depended on Southern cotton for textile production.

Factories relied on wool from the North.

Southern cotton was used for food production.

Northern factories produced cotton for export.

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the patent law passed by Congress in 1790?

To protect the rights of inventors

To promote factory production

To regulate textile workers

To limit technological sharing

Multiple Choice

Why is Samuel Slater considered "The Father of the American Industrial Revolution"

He built the first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill

He produced cotton cloth by transforming raw cotton into finished fabric

He was a labor rights activist

He invented the cotton gin

Multiple Choice

What role did Francis Cabot Lowell play in the factory system?

He built the first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill

He produced cotton cloth by transforming raw cotton into finished fabric

He was a labor rights activist

He invented the cotton gin

Open Ended

Who filled unskilled factory positions that required long hours and paid low wages?

Type response here

Multiple Choice

What factors contributed to the growth of the free enterprise system?

High taxes and strict regulations

Low taxes and minimum government regulations

Increased government control

Limited competition

Open Ended

Under a free enterprise system, what determines the price of a good?

Type response here

Multiple Choice

Who benefits in a free enterprise economy?

Producers and consumers.

Only wealthy individuals benefit.

Only the government benefits.

Only large corporations benefit.

Multiple Select

What is the impact of supply and demand on the price of a good or service? (Select TWO answers)

High supply, low demand = price decreases

Low supply, high demand = price increases

High supply, high demand = price stable

Low supply, low demand = price increases

Multiple Choice

What is a corporation?

A corporation is a business with many owners.

A corporation is a non-profit organization focused on community service.

A corporation is a small business owned by a single individual.

A corporation is a type of partnership that shares profits equally among members.

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