Technology
This invention by James Watt revolutionized the use of power in factories.
What is the steam engine?
Many factory workers suffered from these health issues due to exposure to dangerous machinery and poor air quality.
What are respiratory problems, cancer, and physical injuries?
Industrial pollution contributed to the development of these environmental issues.
Air and water pollution
This type of industry was one of the first to be transformed during the Industrial Revolution.
Textiles
The Irish Potato Famine occurred in this decade.
1840s
Name two areas where steam engines were used
Ships, factories, trains
The movement to improve wages, working conditions, and hours by banding together.
Labor Union movement
This farming based 'revolution' helped increase food production, leading to population growth and urbanization.
The Agricultural Revolution
Richard Oastler was an advocate of the Ten Hours Bill - what issue was he trying to address?
He was trying to address long working hours
Where did the potato blight come from originally?
It came from North America
This invention by James Hargreaves allowed workers to spin multiple threads at once, increasing textile production.
What is the spinning jenny?
Workers often organized these collective actions to demand better wages and working conditions.
What are strikes?
This term refers to the growth of cities due to industrialization.
Urbanization
This was a major effect of the Child Labor laws passing. Children were now required to do what?
Education/attend school
Irish people migrated on "coffin ships" to these countries..(name 2)
USA, Australia, England, Scotland
This transportation innovation connected industrial centers and facilitated trade.
What are railroads?
In industrial Britain, many factories relied on this group of workers, who often faced discrimination and harsh conditions.
Who are immigrants?
Entertainment and leisure time became increasingly available to the middle class, name one form of entertainment that appeared
Theaters
When women's' groups were not able to get suffrage, some women, known as 'suffragettes' turned to violent, militant action. This is called...
Civil Disobedience
Name one cause of the Irish Potato Famine
This machine, invented by Eli Whitney, made cotton production much faster
The Cotton Gin
This term describes cramped, poorly ventilated buildings where many industrial workers lived.
What are tenements?
This British city became a major industrial hub due to its textile factories and access to coal.
Manchester
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle was important for this reason
It raised awareness for the issues of the meatpacking industry, labor abuses, food safety
Describe the Malthusian Model - Thomas Malthus's theory of overpopulation...
Make sure to include the idea of 'natural population' limits in your answer
Surplus of food leads to overpopulation, leads to lack of food, leads to famine and poverty
KEY WORD: Carrying Capacity