What was the primary change in the way goods were made during the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the United States?

Production moved from large, centralized mills back into small, private homes.

Manufacturing shifted from being done in individual homes to large, centralized factories.

Most people stopped farming and became independent artisans in cities.

The government took control of all major production facilities and workshops.

What was Samuel Slater's key contribution to the start of industrialization in America?

He invented a new method for weaving cloth more quickly.

He brought knowledge of British textile machine designs to the United States.

He created the factory system that combined all steps of production.

He established the first patent laws to protect American inventors.

Lowell's factories focused only on spinning cotton into thread.

Lowell's system combined all the steps of making cloth, from spinning to weaving, in one building.

Lowell's mills were smaller and designed for rural areas.

Lowell was the first to use waterpower to run machinery.

individual artisans work together in a shared space.

all manufacturing processes are consolidated under a single roof.

workers produce goods at home and sell them to a central buyer.

the government owns and operates all large-scale mills.

It allowed them to work from home and set their own schedules.

It decreased the demand for unskilled labor in cities.

It required them to move from farms to work in a central location for wages.

It gave them ownership over the machines they operated.