THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION OF AMERICA #26
Industrial Revolution - correct answer A series of improvements in industrial technology
that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.
Textiles - correct answer Cloth products.
Richard Arkwright - correct answer British inventor of the water frame , which helped
revolutionize textile production.
Samuel Slater - correct answer "Father of the Factory System" in America who escaped
Britain with the memorized plans for the textile machinery and put into operation the first
spinning cotton thread in 1791.
Technology - correct answer The tools used to produce items or to do work.
Eli Whitney - correct answer An American inventor who developed the cotton gin. Also
contributed to the concept of interchangeable parts that were exactly alike and easily
assembled or exchanged.
Interchangeable parts - correct answer Identical components that can be used in place
of one another in manufacturing.
Mass production - correct answer Process of making large quantities of a product
quickly and cheaply.
What was the first industry to begin to use machines to manufacture goods? - correct
answer Textiles was the first industry to begin to use machines to manufacture goods.
In what ways might life for workers change as a result of Industrial Revolution? - correct
answer The workers may lose their jobs, have to move from working on farms or in
homes to working in factories, and poor working conditions.
In what part of the United States were most mills located? - correct answer Most of the
mills were located in the Northeast.
How did the ideas of Samuel Slater and Eli Whitney affect manufacturing in the United
States? - correct answer Ideas of Slater and Whitney led to spread of mills, the growth
of the american textile, mass production, and cheaper manufacturing goods.
Whose contributions do you think were more important—Slater's textile machines or
Whitney's interchangeable parts? Why? - correct answer Whitney's interchangeable
parts because it reduced the amount of parts having to be handmade and saved time
and energy. It also allowed more parts to be made at a quicker rate.
Industrial Revolution - correct answer A series of improvements in industrial technology
that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.
Textiles - correct answer Cloth products.
Richard Arkwright - correct answer British inventor of the water frame , which helped
revolutionize textile production.
Samuel Slater - correct answer "Father of the Factory System" in America who escaped
Britain with the memorized plans for the textile machinery and put into operation the first
spinning cotton thread in 1791.
Technology - correct answer The tools used to produce items or to do work.
Eli Whitney - correct answer An American inventor who developed the cotton gin. Also
contributed to the concept of interchangeable parts that were exactly alike and easily
assembled or exchanged.
Interchangeable parts - correct answer Identical components that can be used in place
of one another in manufacturing.
Mass production - correct answer Process of making large quantities of a product
quickly and cheaply.
What was the first industry to begin to use machines to manufacture goods? - correct
answer Textiles was the first industry to begin to use machines to manufacture goods.
In what ways might life for workers change as a result of Industrial Revolution? - correct
answer The workers may lose their jobs, have to move from working on farms or in
homes to working in factories, and poor working conditions.
In what part of the United States were most mills located? - correct answer Most of the
mills were located in the Northeast.
How did the ideas of Samuel Slater and Eli Whitney affect manufacturing in the United
States? - correct answer Ideas of Slater and Whitney led to spread of mills, the growth
of the american textile, mass production, and cheaper manufacturing goods.
Whose contributions do you think were more important—Slater's textile machines or
Whitney's interchangeable parts? Why? - correct answer Whitney's interchangeable
parts because it reduced the amount of parts having to be handmade and saved time
and energy. It also allowed more parts to be made at a quicker rate.
