Agriculture
Why were farmers able to increase food production?
Improved farming machinery
Which was the first industry to revolutionize during the Industrial Revolution?
Textile
Why was coal important to the Industrial Revolution?
Provided fuel to produce iron
Eli Whitney invented this item to separate seeds from cotton fibers:
Cotton Gin
What did labor unions protest?
Working conditions & standards of living
How did wealthy landowners increase food production?
Crop-Rotation (different farming techniques)
Why were women employees preferred compare to men employees in factories?
Paid Less
What was the chief source of power during the Industrial Revolution?
Coal
Karl Benz is noted for using gas to power a motor in this invention:
Automobile
What was the purpose of woman’s suffrage?
Equal pay and the right to vote
How did industrialization change the textile industry?
Created factories which lead to people moving from rural farms to industrial cities
Why were parents okay with child labor?
Needed the Money $$$
Name 2 things that were built for transportation during this time?
Roads & Canals
James Watt invented this item to replace falling water by using steam to run machines
steam engine
What did Luddites protest?
Technology would ruin the future
What were differences between farm work and factory work?
Regulated by a clock, boss in control, working in poor conditions
Why was there a need for clothes?
Population increase, traditional methods were too slow
Name 3 benefit of the steam powered railroads?
Fast, profits, helped other industries
Gugliemlo Marconi invented this items which sent messages without wires
Radio
What did the Chartist protest?
Political rights for the working class
How did the agricultural revolution lead to the industrial revolution?
New farming movements =more food production=population growth=need for more clothes=industrial revolution
What were benefits of the factory system?
More jobs, produced clothing, mass production to make cheaper goods
What resulted because of the steam engine?
Traveling for pleasure, factories turned to steam power, transportation of goods, increase profits, better economy
Jethro Tull invented this item that broke up soil between rows of plants
What did the Marxist protest?
Take control of industry, abolish competition, abolish private property