Child Labour
This job required children to work in mines
Allowed for clothing to be more easily mass-produced
What is a sewing machine?
Transported goods were carried in this machine
What is a train?
Steam power relied on this resource
What is the water?
The Ten Hours Act of 1847 restricted the amount of working hours
What is ten hours?
Vapour is used to generate heat and electricity
What is a steam engine?
This invention allowed for trains to travel wherever tracks could be built
What is a railroad?
The steam-powered railway locomotive was invented by this person
Device that was used in place of manual textile production
The average amount of time a child spend working
What is 16 hours?
Powered by a water wheel
Railroads were made possible because of this invention
The lead inventor(s) of steam power
Who was James Watt, Thomas Savery, Richard Trevithik, Thomas Newcomen?
Allowed for seeds to be sowed easier
Working with these machines resulted in loss of limbs or death
What are textile mills?
Another name for the multiple spindle machine
What is a Spinning Jenny?
Used for transporting large quantities of goods that roads could not handle yet
What are modern canals?
Person who is credited with the invention of the steamboat
Who is Robert Fulton?
A group that advocated better working conditions
What are labour unions?
This famous author openly criticized child labour
Who was Charles Dickens?
Produced mass productions of low-cost steel
What is a Bessemer process?
Fees that were implemented wto travel on newly improved roads
What are turnpike trusts?
Used all over England to pump out water stuck in certain places
Act that established the maximum age of a worker
What is the Factory Act of 1833?