People
Inventions
Vocabulary
What happened?
100

This man created the process called puddling

Henry Cort

100

This was used to smelt iron

Coke

100

This is a person that finds new business opportunities and new ways to make money

Entrepreneur 

100

The Industrial Revolution started where?

Britian

200

This man invented the spinning jenny

James Hargreaves

200

This machine helped increase the speed at which thread was produced

Spinning Jenny

200

A method of production in which tasks are done by individuals in their rural homes

Cottage Industry

200

Industrialization spread rapidly in Europe and the U.S. thanks to _______________.

Railroads

300

This man developed the electric telegraph

Samuel Morse

300

This machine helped created higher-quality cloth than the spinning jenny

Water Frame

300

This is the term for money available for investment

Capital

300

How did railroads guarantee success of the Industrial Revolution?

Goods could be moved faster from the factories

400

This man built the first steam locomotive

Richard Trevithick

400

This machine greatly sped up water transportation

Steamboat

400

This is the economic system based on industrial production

Industrial Capitalism

400

The Industrial Revolution started partly because its rivers provided ___________ and ___________.

Transportation and power

500
This man developed a way to make stronger steel at a cheaper price

Sir Henry Bessemer

500

This machine cut the time needed to send a message across the ocean

Electric Telegraph

500

A system in which society owns and controls the means of production

Socialism

500

What was so significant about coal production?

Coal was needed to produce iron and run steam engines