Technological Innovations
An invention introduced by James Hargreaves that allowed a worker to efficiently spin multiple threads at once.
What is the Spinning Jenny
A typical factory worker during the Industrial Revolution worked this many days per week
6 Days
Who is the most followed person across all social media platforms combined
Cristiano Ronaldo
This invention was made by John Kay in 1733. It doubled the productivity of a thread worker.
What is the Flying Shuttle
The name of the institutions that mill owners hired children for labour
This gas makes up 78 percent of the earths atmosphere
Cotton factories relied on water power but this invention replaced it.
What is the Steam Engine
Children as young as 7 or 8 were sent to work with their shifts starting at 5am, what time did their shift end?
Humans share 60% of their dna with this fruit
Banana
The name of the system Richard Arkwright created which employed 600 workers.
What is The factory system
In a working class house, multiple families were often packed into a basement of this size
10x10 feet
The hottest planet in our solar system isn’t mercury, what is it
Venus
Before Eli Whitney’s invention, one man was able to clean between 1 to 6 pounds of cotton a day. After the invention, three men could clean how many pounds daily according to the video.
50 Pounds
A spinner earned 7-8 shillings. How much of their income was used for renting a house?
6 shillings
What is the largest company
Nvidia