Significant Dates
1908
Henry Ford produces the first T Ford.
List 3 diseases that were common during the Industrial Revolution.
Cholera, Typhoid, Typhus, Smallpox, Tuberculosis.
What country did the Industrial Revolution start in?
The industrial Revolution started in Britain.
1878
Thomas Edison invents the first electric light.
List 3 reasons why workers formed unions to protest.
Higher rate of pay, safe working conditions, shorter working hours, basic education and healthcare.
List 3 negatives of the Industrial Revolution
Poor working conditions, poor living standards, overpopulation, an influx in crime rates, child labor, pollution, diseases and sickness.
1825
First stem engine railroad and first camera invented.
What plague occurred during the Industrial Revolution.
The Bubonic Plague.
List 3 benefits of the Industrial Revolution.
Job Opportunities and production levels increased, it developed the economy, it led to the emergence of machines, communication and transport improved dramatically, telegraphs and railroads emerged.
1903
Wright brothers make the first airplane flight.
per year, how many people died or got injured during the Industrial Revolution.
35,000 people died working in factories, and 500,000 people were injured annually.
When did the Industrial Revolution start and end?
The Industrial Revolution started in 1760 and ended in 1840.
1854
India's first cotton mill is built.
Why were diseases so common during the Industrial Revolution?
Diseases were so prominent during the Industrial Revolution due to a chronic lack of hygiene, little knowledge of sanitary care and little to no knowledge of where the diseases came from, or how to cure them.
What did James Watt do that was so important during the Industrial Revolution?
James Watt was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer who greatly improved the steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.