Industrial Revolution Basics
This country was the first to experience the Industrial Revolution
What is Great Britain?
This type of business required many hours of hard work and had fixed schedules.
What are factories?
He invented the spinning jenny.
Who is James Hargreaves?
He led the fight in Parliament to end the British slave trade.
Who is William Wilberforce?
Chartism was a movement promoting religious reform.
False.
This invention provided consistent and reliable power for factories before gasoline engines.
What is the steam engine?
Workers formed these groups to seek better wages and working conditions.
What are trade unions?
He invented the flying shuttle, making weaving faster.
Who is John Kay?
This group was the first known religious denomination to oppose slavery.
Who are the Quakers?
Many Christians supported abolition because they believed slavery was an abuse of fellow image-bearers.
True.
New timesaving machines meant these areas needed fewer workers, causing people to move to cities.
What are farms?
True or False: Families spent more time together because of new work patterns.
False.
He improved the steam engine.
Who is James Watt?
He edited the American abolitionist newspaper The Liberator.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
The Industrial Revolution made social change possible.
True.
This document protects an invention and prevents others from duplicating it
What is a patent?
This act placed limits on child labor in 1833.
What is the Factory Act?
He developed the puddling process to remove impurities in iron.
Who is Henry Cort?
This evangelist convinced William Wilberforce to stay in Parliament.
Who is John Newton?
The Mines Act limited the hours men could work in mines.
False. (It limited women & children)
These two regions began their industrialization with help from British machinery, laborers, and investors.
What are Continental Europe and North America?
British cities during the Industrial Revolution were known for this feature, except for shrinking populations.
What are shrinking populations?
He invented the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
He published the first known article in the American colonies supporting the freeing of slaves.
Who is Thomas Paine?
Gasoline engines provided reliable early power for the Industrial Revolution.
False. (The steam engine did)