Industrial revolution 1
Where did the Industrial Revolution start?
England
Which invention helped make cloth faster and easier produce?
Spinning Jenny
What was one major change during the Industrial Revolution?
Factories and machines produced goods
The growing cities caused the following problems
Bad sanitation, poor housing and diseases spread rapidly.
Which of the following was a new form of transportation during the Industrial Revolution?
Steam locomotive
Who invented the cotton gin, which sped up cotton production?
Eli Whitney
What was the other invention by Eli Whitney
Interchangeable parts
The people populating were working in these places
Factories
Why did many families move from farms to cities during the Industrial Revolution?
To find jobs in factories and earn money since machines replaced farm work
What were working conditions like for factory workers, especially children?
Long hours, low pay, dangerous conditions, and child labor was common.
The advantage of this new invention was that you easily could replace broken parts.
Interchangeable parts
The amount of hours an average worker worked.
12-16 hours
An invention that revolutionized textile industry by making it possible to spin several threads at once.
Spinning Jenny
Handmade
A method where the workers are standing by a conveyor belt.
Assembly line
This social class came to challenge the wealthy aristocracy during the 1800's
The middle class