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Discovery Education:
Living During the Industrial Revolution
(Honors/Merit, updated 2015, 20 min.)
Life before the IR
1. The approximate decade that the IR began was the ______.
A. 1760s
B. 1810s
C. 1830s
____ out of 23 = ____%
D. 1840s
2. _________________________ is the country where the IR began. (If you miss it, it will say it again later.)
A. Russia
B. England
C. Spain
D. the U.S.A.
Textile Manufacturing
3. An example of a “cottage/domestic industry” would be:
A. mass producing textiles B. making home-made goods like cloth
Revolutions in the Textile Industry
4. How were the earliest textile machines of the IR powered?
A. solar power
B. wind power
C. an assembly line
C. water power
Factories and Growth of Industrial Cities –
5. Under the newly invented factory system, for the first time in history, people began to schedule their
days according to _________________________________________________________________.
The Industrial Revolution Comes to America
6. _____________________ stole English secrets and brought English textile machinery designs to the
U.S.A.
A. John Deere
B. Samuel Slater
C. John Adams
D. Eli Whitney
The Cotton Gin
7. The cotton gin is a truly American contribution to the IR, invented by:
A. John Deere
B. Samuel Slater
C. John Adams
D. Eli Whitney
Interchangeable Parts
8. Although he did not invent interchangeable parts, this man is credited with developing a system that
revolutionized their use in 1789 when he received a contract from the US government for 10,000
muskets.
A. John Deere
B. Samuel Slater
C. John Adams
D. Eli Whitney
New England’s IR
9. While the American South became dependent on slave labor for their agricultural economy, New
England and the northern part of America became the center of this kind of economy.
A. manufacturing/factories
B. tobacco
C. cars
D. mining/blacksmithing
Factory Work
10. Many of the factories in America in the early 1800s were employed largely by children. But by the
mid 1800s, up to 80% of the employees were made up of:
A. teenagers
B. unmarried women
C. unmarried men
D. immigrants
11. The typical number of hours in a textile factory work-week in the U.S.A. in the 1870s was:
A. 30 hours
B. 40 hours
C. 50 hours
D. 60 hours
12. As the 1800s rolled into the 1900s, these workers (#10) were replaced by:
A. teenagers
B. unmarried women
C. unmarried men
D. immigrants
Steam Power
13. ___________ was NOT improved by the use of steam engines in the 19th century.
A. Transportation
B. Farming
C. Air quality
D. Manufacturing
14. __________ did not increase after the IR.
A. Factories B. Production of goods
C. Population of rural areas D. Environmental pollution
After Film: The Big Picture/Cause and Effect
15. What was the negative effect of the IR on cottage industries?
16. What was one effect of the factory system on family life and society?
17. The cotton gin did the work of an estimated 50 people/slaves. How did the invention of the cotton
gin affect slavery in the U.S.?
18. What was/is one benefit of using interchangeable parts?
Post Video Questions: Circle One
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