Chapter 8 Review

1. Chapter 8 Review By Mr. Reece The Industrial Revolution

2. Shear Terms to Know To cut wool off a sheep

3. Spin Terms to Know To make sheep’s wool into yarn

4. Loom Terms to Know A large frame used to make cloth

5. Vendors Terms to Know People or companies that provide a service or goods

6. Strike Terms to Know A period of time in which workers refuse to work until their demands are met

7. Mill Terms to Know A place of business where raw cotton, grain or lumber is made into useful products

8. Boom Terms to Know A sudden increase in production

9. Immigrants Terms to Know People coming to America from other countries

10. Andrew Carnegie Terms to Know Became one of the wealthiest men in the world

11. Union Terms to Know Group of workers who join together to help each other

12. Factory Terms to Know A place where industry takes place

13. Multiple Choice What was true of immigrants in 1840? A. They destroyed America’s business. B. They made America’s business successful C. The stole some of the American’s best jobs

14. Multiple Choice What was true of child labor during the American Industrial Revolution? A. There were rules about how long children could work B. Children usually earned only a $1.20 a day C. Some children were injured by the machinery

15. Multiple Choice During the American Industrial Revolution what was true of the nation? A. It became more “city” than “country” B. It became more “country” than “city” C. It developed equally in the city and the country

16. Multiple Choice During the American Industrial Revolution, what cause industries to spring up almost overnight? A. the invention of a new, improved spinning jenny B. the beginning of the Civil War C. a sudden loss of interest in buying land in the West

17. Multiple Choice After the steam engine was invented, A. The demand for cotton went down B. Lumbermen built bigger mills and hired more workers C. All the hand weavers began using engine-driven looms