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- 1. Multiple ChoiceUntil the 1800s, how did most families get the items they needed for daily life?They made tools, clothing, materials, and food by hand.They bought them from factories.They bought them on the Internet.They bought them from stores.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe _______________ is the name for the change from goods being made by hand at home to making them by machine in factories.French RevolutionMachine RevolutionIndustrial RevolutionTechnological Revolution
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWho invented the cotton gin?Thomas JeffersonJames MadisonGeorge WashingtonEli Whitney
- 4. Multiple ChoiceHow did the cotton gin change cotton production in the South?Cotton was made faster.Cotton became the most important cash crop in the United States.It could clean more cotton in minutes than a whole group of workers could clean in a day.all of the above
- 5. Multiple Choice_______________ are pieces made to fit many machines or tools.Interchangeable partsFixed partsLimited partsNew parts
- 6. Multiple Choice_______________ is a machine with sharp blades used to cut grain.The sowerThe reaperThe cotton ginThe sewing machine
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhy did river travel improve during the 1800s?because of the invention of the steam enginebecause of the invention of stagecoachesbecause of the invention of the reaperbecause rivers were getting faster every year
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat was a nickname given to the steam locomotive?SteamyIron WagonIron HorseSteam Horse
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Samuel Morse invent?the steam enginethe steamboatthe telegraph machinethe telephone
- 10. Multiple Choice_______________ are people who live in a country in which they were not born.PioneersImmigrantsMerchantsNative Americans
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Look at the time line. What would be a good title for it?How the Cotton Gin Is MadeHow the Erie Canal Was BuiltInventions from the Industrial RevolutionInventors of the Industrial Revolution - 12. Multiple ChoiceSamuel F. B. Morse invented the telegraph. Which area of life was improved by this invention?communicationfarmingindustrytransportation
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe use of the ____________________ made it possible to make goods with many pieces faster and more cheaply.stage coachreaperinterchangeable partscotton gin
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe ____________________ took advantage of improvements in roads to cut travel time between cities.cotton ginstage coachreaperinterchangeable parts
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe invention of the ____________________ increased the production of cloth.cotton ginreaperinterchangeable partsstage coach
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