Industrial Revolution Quiz

Question 1

Eli Whitney

Answer 1

This person developed a new system of interchangeable parts to make guns. They also invented the cotton gin in 1793.

Question 2

National Road

Answer 2

The nation’s first highway joining the eastern US and places west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Question 3

Cotton Gin

Answer 3

This invention removed the seeds from cotton fibers faster than workers doing it by hand.

Question 4

Mass Production

Answer 4

It was the system of producing large amounts of goods at one time.

Question 5

Supply

Answer 5

The amount of a good or service available for sale.

Question 6

Demand

Answer 6

The need or want for a good or service by people who are willing to pay for it.

Question 7

Industrial Revolution

Answer 7

A period of time that changed the way people in the US lived, traveled, and worked.

Question 8

Manufacturing

Answer 8

The making of something on a large scale, using machines.

Question 9

Mechanical Reaper

Answer 9

This invention made cutting wheat faster.

Question 10

Cast-Steel Plow

Answer 10

It was invented by John Deer and it made tilling soil easier.

Question 11

Textiles

Answer 11

A cloth.

Question 12

Samuel Slater

Answer 12

This person started the first American spinning mill.

Question 13

Canals

Answer 13

A method of travel that you could transport more items, it cost less, and it was faster.

Question 14

Erie Canal

Answer 14

One of the most important canals.