Industrial Revolution
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Inventions/Inventors
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Woman's Suffrage and Voting
100

The country where the Industrial Revolution began? 

(The birthplace)

Great Britain (northern England)

100

What is the name given to the later part of the Industrial Revolution, which spread from Great Britain to the continent of Europe and North America?

Hint: What did we call it here in America? 

The Second Industrial Revolution

100

What 2 inventions did Eli Whitney create during the Industrial Revolution?

Hint: one invention could easily replace broken parts


cotton gin and interchangeable parts

100

In the 18th Century how did people make goods and what was the economy based on what?

(Two answers)

people made goods by hand and agriculture/farming

100

Why were woman not allowed to vote?

They were considered not educated enough.

200

What is the Industrial Revolution? 

process of developing machine production and goods; changed the way people worked.

200

When someone refuses to work this is called work? 

Strike

200

Alexander Graham Bell is the inventor of what?

telephone

200

What groups of people made up two-thirds of the cotton industry's workforce by 1833?

women and children

200

What was the 19th amendment?

an amendment that gave women the right to vote 

300

What is the name given to the type of industry in which people produced goods in their own homes before factories were built?

Cottage Industry

300

DAILY DOUBLE 

This was the first industry to use factories and industrialize in Britain.

Hint: This industry had the following three inventions: spinning jenny, water-powered loom, steam engine

textile industry (cotton/cloth)

300

DAILY DOUBLE 

What invention revolutionized communication during the Industrial Revolution?

Who invented it? 

(Two questions)

telegraph

Samuel B. Morse

300

List 3 benefits of industrialization:

creation of middle class, increase in jobs, more affordable products, urbanization

300

What year were women given the right to vote?

1920

400

DAILY DOUBLE

Name four negative effects of the Industrial Revolution. 

2 from industrialization in the city 

and 

2 from working in the factories.


pollution, crime, disease, health issues, over crowding, tenements, poor living conditions, poor sanitation, low wages, long hours, dangerous work condition, few breaks, dusty, dangerous machinery, child labor

400

What is the term used for the movement of people from the countryside to the cities during the Industrial Revolution?

urbanization

400

What invention was improved by James Watt that was the most important invention of the Industrial Revolution - used to drive machinery in factories and locomotives?

steam engine

400

Most people lived in what kinds of buildings?

Hint: they like little rundown apartments

tenement buildings

400

What does NAWSA stand for? 

A) National American Woman's Suffrage Association

B) No Animals Were Saved Anytime 

C) National American Woman's Suffrage Action

A) National American Woman's Suffrage Association

500

This invention helped build cities, primarily buildings, and resulted in large profits for the inventor.

steel

500

DAILY DOUBLE 

Which 2 presidents supported women’s right?

President Theodore Roosevelt and President Woodrow Wilson 

500

What were the 3 biggest inventions created during the Industrial Revolution?

steam engine, spinning jenny, cotton gin, telegraph, factory system

500

The War of ______ partly inspired the Americans to create better machinery and transportation.

War of 1812

500

Who helped Susan B. Anthony with drafting the 19th amendment?

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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