Industrial Revolution Basics
This country was the first to industrialize.
Great Britain
These groups formed to improve wages and conditions.
trade unions
Evangelists reached people by preaching here.
outdoors
Fewer farm jobs caused people to move here.
cities
Industrialization increased availability of these.
goods
This provided power for factories during the Industrial Revolution.
B: This empire helped Britain by providing markets for goods.
steam engine
B:British Empire
This act limited child labor
the Factory Act of 1833
This group first challenged slavery
B:Were slave traders following the Golden Rule?
Quakers
B:No
This machine helped farms need fewer workers.
new machines (or farming machines)
This social class grew and divided into two parts.
B:Did industrialization have positive effects?
the middle class
B:Yes
This term means money invested in a business.
capital
This group violently protested machines.
B:Did factory work tend to be easier than farm work?
the Luddites
B:NOThis movement worked to end slavery
abolition movement
This invention improved farming by planting seeds in rows.
B:What machine improved harvesting grain?
seed drill
B:reaping machine
Industrialization eventually caused this to rise.
wages
These people started and led new industries.
B:What happened to population in Britain during industrialization
entrepreneurs
B:increased
Cities during industrialization were often like this (describe).
crowded and polluted
This famous abolitionist was once enslaved.
B:This organization helped enslaved people escape.
Frederick Douglass
B:Underground Railroad
This machine separated cotton fibers quickly.
cotton gin
More people gained access to this because of industrial growth.
B:Name one positive result of industrialization.
education
B:higher wages, more goods, education opportunities
This gave inventors exclusive rights to their inventions.
patent
This movement pushed for political reform (not religious).
B:Name one negative effect of industrialization.
Chartism
B:pollution, unsafe work, crowded housing
This newspaper supported abolition.
The Liberator
This invention made cloth production faster.
B:What powered many industrial machines
spinning jenny
B:steam engine
Evangelical revival improved society in this way (name one).
less crime, better conditions, less violence