Why Industry Grew
The Industrial Revolution began in this country before spreading to other parts of the world
What is Britain?
People moved to cities mainly because they needed these.
What are jobs?
This machine removed seeds from cotton.
What is the cotton gin?
This natural resource was needed to power steam engines.
What is coal?
Cities grew quickly because of these new buildings where people worked.
What are factories?
This invention made it easier to communicate over long distances using morse code.
What is the telegraph?
This type of engine powered trains and factories.
What is the steam engine?
Before industrialization, most people lived in these areas and worked in this type of job.
What are rural areas and farming (agriculture)?
This type of transport helped move goods and people faster.
What is the steam train OR steam boat?
This law forced farmers into cities when wealthy people bought their farmland.
What are the Enclosure Act?
The term for the fast growth of cities as people move from rural areas to work in factories
What is urbanization?
This machine, invented by James Hargreaves, allowed workers to spin multiple threads at once.
What is the spinning jenny?
This farming revolution led to more food and a bigger population.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
Factory workers during the Industrial Revolution had to work under these difficult conditions.
What are long hours, low pay, and unsafe conditions?
New machines in factories helped people do this.
Work more quickly and efficiently.