Child Labour
A child who cleaned chimneys.
What is chimney sweep?
Invented the steam engine.
Who is James Watt?
Invention that transports trains?
What is railroad?
People moved from the countryside to...
Urban areas.
Before the Industrial Revolution, the primary fuel source in Britain was...
What is coal?
Age when children started to work.
What is 3-7 years old?
Invention that spun wood at an accelerated rate.
What is spinning jenny?
Invention used in coal mines?
What is steam engine?
Amount of hours workers would work in a day.
What is 15 hours?
Before Britain used coal as a fuel source, they used...
What is charcoal?
Subjectively the worst job a child can work.
What is powder monkey?
Person who thought of using coke as fuel instead of coal.
Who is Abraham Darby?
America needed to make way for foot traffic. As a result, they made...
What is roads?
First industry that was mechanized.
What is textile industry?
Person who made modifications to the steam engine.
Who is James Watt?
People sent their children to work because?
They did not have enough money to raise them at home.
Great invention that saved many people's lives.
What is medicine?
During the war of 1812, Britain and America needed new systems of moving cargo and troops on ships. As a result, they built...
What is canals?
Underpaid their workers and made them work ridiculously long shifts.
Around what time was the first steam engine invented?
Early 1700's.
Why did children often get injured or die?
There were no safety regulations for their jobs, so it was often dangerous.
What did people do once they realised drinking unclean water can lead to diseases?
They created sewage systems.
Invented the original telegraph.
Who is Samuel Morse?
What did the workers do once they realised that their employers needed them to keep their business running?
They went on strike (or work stoppages).
Because of the steam engine, what material could be produced more quickly?
What is iron?