According to graph 1, what is correlated to the increased use of fossil fuels?
Extreme poverty
The Industrial Revolution spread throughout this country before spreading to the world
What is Great Britain?
Life in factory towns was dirty. In fact, iron smelting in northwest England emitted so much pollution that the region was nicknamed THIS....
What is the "black-country."
According to graph, after 1960 about what year does use of coal sharply decrease? What fuel appears to sharply increase at this point?
Coal decreases about 2010. Natural Gas use sharply increases about this time.
The name of this inventor and his 1793 invention that caused the spike on graph below...
What is Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin?
In 1793, this man used his knowledge of Arkwright factory secrets to bring industrialization to Pawtucket, Rhode Island and the U.S.
Who is Samuel Slater
Daily Double - These groups in which individuals organized into a collective in order to obtain better working conditions, pay, hours and benefits.
For double points: What is another term for a work stoppage...
What are labor unions?
What is strike?
According to the graph which civilian occupation led had the highest number of fatal work injuries?
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
The American used system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items...
mass production
True or False: According to the graph, an increase in cotton production allowed the US's reliance on slavery to decrease over time.
False: With more cotton production the enslaved population continued to increase in the US.
In this element of mass production, parts were put together by various workers in a factory. Each worker performed one step in the process, before the product moved on to the next worker. With this division of labor, workers can make many items quickly. Henry Ford used it to mass produce his Model T car, making it much cheaper.
Assembly line
According to the graph which two occupations have the highest fatality rate per 100,000 workers. Name 1 and 2.
What is logging workers and fishing workers.
What did the Luddites do one night in Nottingham, England in 1811?
Attacked textile factories, burning them and breaking the machinery within.