Industrial Revolution Unit

Question 1

About what years did the Industrial Revolution take place in the U.S.?

Answer 1

1790-1900

Question 2

Who invented the flying shuttle?

Answer 2

John Kay

Question 3

What did the flying shuttle do?

Answer 3

Made it much quicker to weave cloth on a loom

Question 4

Who invented the spinning Jenny?

Answer 4

James Hargreaves

Question 5

What did the spinning Jenny, water frame, and spinning mule do?

Answer 5

Make it faster and more efficient to spin yarn.

Question 6

Which of the following did NOT contribute to inventing spinning machines?

Answer 6

Thomas Editson

Question 7

Who is credited with creating the first viable steam engine in 1776

Answer 7

James Watt

Question 8

Why did it take 25 years after the steam engine was first patented for the steamboat to emerge?

Answer 8

Watt’s original patent didn’t expire until 1800

Question 9

What invention made steamboats fall out of use?

Answer 9

Locomotive

Question 10

Who created the Rhode Island mill system?

Answer 10

Samuel Slater

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a defining characteristic of the Rhode Island system?

Answer 11

Workers were paid very well and worked only 8 hours/day

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT a defining characteristic of the Waltham-Lowell system?

Answer 12

Workers tended to commute to the city frmo their family farms every day

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT true of Francis Cabot Lowell?

Answer 13

He was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Question 14

How did Francis Cabot Lowell obtain the designs for his power looms?

Answer 14

He secretly memorized the designs while touring British factories

Question 15

What is the “Waltham” part of the “Waltham-Lowell system”?

Answer 15

The town in, MA where Francis Cabot Lowell built his first mill

Question 16

About how old were most of the workers in the Lowell mills?

Answer 16

15-30

Question 17

What is a doffer

Answer 17

a young child worker who replaced the full bobbins on a spinning machine with empty ones.

Question 18

About how much did the Lowell mill girls work before they got labor protections?

Answer 18

14 hrs/day, 6 days/week

Question 19

What was the name of the labor union formed by the Lowell mill girls?

Answer 19

Factory Girls Association

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT a reason why the Lowell mill girls went on strike in the 1830s?

Answer 20

They were not allowed to keep working if they got married

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT a typical characteristic of a New England textile mill?

Answer 21

Located far away from sources of water

Question 22

When did the first railways develop in Europe?

Answer 22

17th century

Question 23

What is a canal?

Answer 23

Manmade channel connecting bodies of water

Question 24

What was unique about the Erie Canal?

Answer 24

It was the first canal connecting inland waterways to the Atlantic Ocean

Question 25

What is one of the impacts the Erie Canal had on transportation in the U.S.?

Answer 25

Schools began to offer engineering degrees to train professionals

Question 26

In what year did John Stevens develop the first steam-powered locomotive?

Answer 26

1826

Question 27

Which of the following was the first major railroad?

Answer 27

Baltimore and Ohio

Question 28

Which major city became the world's first rail hub?

Answer 28

Boston

Question 29

In which city did the world's longest railroad in 1833 begin?

Answer 29

Charrelston, SC

Question 30

Who invented the cotton gin?

Answer 30

Eli Whitney

Question 31

What did the cotton gin do?

Answer 31

Made it easier to pick the seeds out of raw cotton

Question 32

Which of the following did NOT contribute to America's "cotton fever" in the early 19th century?

Answer 32

A boll weevil invasion in 1802 destroyed much of the domestic cotton crop

Question 33

In what way did the invention of the cotton gin increase the practice of slavery in the U.S.?

Answer 33

It was easier and more profitable to make cotton, so people wanted to grow more of it

Question 34

Who is typically credited with inventing the electric telegraph?

Answer 34

Samuel Morse

Question 35

What is Morse code?

Answer 35

A system of dots and dashes used in telegraphs.