Industrial Revolution 1
The country where the Industrial Revolution began.
Great Britain
What the factory owners needed to oprate their machines
workers
The Industrial Revolution first began when?
Late 1700s
A machine used for spinning wool or cotton
Spinning Jenny
Workers joking together to demand better pay and working condition
Unions
This is what grew in Great Britain at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution _____________
the population
Poor, cheap housing where many Industrial Revolution factory owners lived
tenements
Alexander Graham Bell invented this
Phone
Invented and created during the Industrial Revolution, this advancement allowed for large scale shipping of (a) raw materials such as cotton to factories, and (B) the shipping of finished goods to ports, which were then sent for huge profit around the world.
Railroads
The kind of people who made up the upper class during the Industrial Revolution
Factory Owners
This is the definition of urbanization
A move of the population from the farm areas to the cities
This is dirt pumped into the atmosphere that caused a lot of disease for Industrial Revolution factory workers
Pollution
This social group made up approximately 80% of society during the Industrial Revolution.
Working Class
This is the primary reason why women were hired in factories during the Industrial Revolution
They were paid less than men
The kind of people who made up the middle class during the Industrial Revolution
Factory managers
How people made goods before the Industrial Revolution
Handmade
Burning this made water become steam
Coal
Any ghood that is made from cloth or fiber
Textiles
What is the term for specialised machinery that allowed goods to be produced in much larger quantities.
Mass Production
The amount of hours that people worked in factories and how many days
12-14 hours a day, 6 days a week
How people made goods after the industrial revolution
Machines
This is why Great Britain's population grew so quickly at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution
New farming techniques and technologies
A line of machines and workers in a factory which a product moves along while it is being built or produced.
Assembly Line
This machine separates seeds from the cotton
Cotton gin
2 reasons why children were employed during the Industrial Revolution