Transportation
When was the first steam boat built
In the 1800's
What was successfully laid across the Atlantic and when did it happen
A telegraph cable in 1866
What made factories more advance and replaced hand held tools
Technology
Why did the Middle class, skilled workers, managers, clerks, and accountants move from cities
They were overcrowded, poor sanitation, spread of diseases, and pollution.
People had to fight for their Jobs because they could _____________?
Be easily replaced
Who built the first commercially successful steam boat
Robert Fulton
When did railways become a Cooke-Wheatstone system
By 1840
What were the two systems used
The Domestic system and the Factory system
The overpopulated cities where dirty and _______?
Unhygienic
Children working in factories for little to No money
Child Labour
Another improvement of ships
Wind-powered sails turned into steam-powered boilers
Railways were a what system
They were a Cooke-Wheatstone system
An economic system in which trade, industry and means the means of production are controlled by private owners with the goal of making profits in an economy
Capitalism
What people where living a comfortable life?
Middle Class, Skilled Workers
What was the main cause of death during the industrial revolution
Disease
How were ships improved
Wooden ships became iron then steel ships
Who patented the first commercial electrical telegraph
William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone
Urbanization was when
People left farms to work in cities
When people wanted jobs during the industrial revolution where did they go?
The Northwest
What was the main problem in the cities
Overpopulation
The best ways to get around
Ships, automobiles, and trains
Top ways of communicating
Telegraph, telephone, and radio
The new socio-economic classes
Working class, Middle class, and Wealthy
A squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people.
Slum
The process of making an area more urban.
Urbanization