Inventions & Inventors
This machine sped up the process of spinning thread in textile factories.
These were often hired because they were cheap labor and easier to control.
Who are women and children?
He is known as the “Father of the Industrial Revolution.”
This revolution increased production using machines instead of hand labor.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This innovation made travel and trade faster using steam power.
What are railroads?
This invention used water power to spin cotton faster in factories.
What is the water frame?
Factories were often unsafe, leading to frequent injuries and this outcome.
What are accident or injuries?
This economist supported free markets and capitalism in The Wealth of Nations.
This was a major cause: people moved from farms to cities for jobs.
What is urbanization?
This canal connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
This invention improved steam engines and made them more efficient.
Who is James Watt?
Workers often worked this many hours per day during the Industrial Revolution.
What is 12-16 hours?
This thinker warned that population growth would outpace food supply.
This system is based on private ownership and profit.
What is capitalism?
This engine powered trains and factories.
What is steam engine?
This machine made weaving cloth faster and easier.
What is the power loom?
This term describes crowded and dirty city living conditions.
What are slums or ghettos?
This economist created the “Iron Law of Wages.”
Who is David Ricardo?
This caused cities to become very dirty and smoky.
What is pollution?
Railroads helped businesses by doing this to goods.
What is transporting goods cheaper or faster?
This invention removed seeds from cotton quickly, boosting production.
What is the cotton gin?
This movement aimed to improve workers’ rights and conditions.
What are labor unions?
This social critic argued that workers were exploited under capitalism.
Who is Karl Marx?
This was a positive effect: goods became cheaper and more available.
What is mass production?
This innovation allowed goods to be shipped across water more efficiently.
What are steamships?