The Winds of Change

Key – Winds of Change

1. capitalist – people with money to invest in business in order to make a profit

2. Industrial Revolution - making goods by machine not by hand

3. factory system – bringing workers and machines together in one place to produce goods

4. mass production – the manufacture of goods in large amounts

5. interchangeable parts – parts that were exactly alike, so that when a part broke it could be easily replaced

6. Morse code – system of dots, dashes, and spaces produced by the telegraph that were read as words

7. capital - money to invest in business in order to make a profit

Matching: Match the following invention with the inventor. You may use inventors more than once.

__E___5. spinning jenny a. Elias Howe (and Isaac Singer)

__F___6. water frame b. Samuel Morse

__G___7. water-powered loom c. John Deer

__H___8. cotton gin d. Cyrus McCormick

__H___9. interchangeable parts e. James Hargreaves

__C___10. steel plow f. Richard Arkwright

__D___11. mechanical reaper g Edmund Cartwright

__A___12. sewing machine h. Eli Whitney

__B___13. telegraph

14. List three effects of the steam engine (possible answers)

a. revolutionized transportation

b. boosted business

c. increased trade

d. factories could be built anywhere

15. Who was Samuel Slater and why is he important? He was an English mechanic who memorized the plans for building a factory and brought the plans to the United States.

16. List the inventions that helped northern industry – spinning jenny, water frame, water-powered loom, interchangeable parts, sewing machine, telegraph, steam engine

17. List the inventions that helped the farmer, including the plantation owner – steel plow, mechanical reaper, cotton gin, telegraph

18. What inventions helped both the farmer and factory owner? steam engine, telegraph

1 19. List three effects of the Industrial Revolution. (possible answers) more goods produced, increased trade and travel, growth of cities

20. What do all revolutions have in common? (possible answers) change, improvement, key leaders