Agriculture/Other
What country had the first industrial boom?
Britain
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
Thomas Edison Invented:
Light Bulb
Who invented an engine that could power larger vehicles?
Rudolf Diesel
Henry Ford invented:
Assembly Line
Entrepreneurs supplied rural families with raw wool and cotton.
Domestic System
Brought workers and machines together in one place to manufacture goods
Factory System
Who introduced the concept of vertical integration and standard oil?
John D. Rockefeller
Who invented a road surface made of crushed rock?
John McAdam
Made a code that sent messages by electric impulses
Samuel Morse
Crop Rotation was invented by?
Charles Townshed
What invention allowed one person to spin several threads at once?
Spinning Jenny
Who developed the first steam powered locomotive called the rocket?
George Stephenson
Who invented an internal combustion engine fueled by gasoline?
Gottlieb Daimler
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What did Jethro Tull invent?
Seed drill
Who invented the flying shuttle?
John Kay
Their work led to the construction of electric generators.
Michael Faraday
Name two problems with growing cities:
-Living conditions grew worse
-Poorly built houses
-Inadequate water and sewage system
-Inadequate Garbage system PIGS!
-disease
-Not great neighbours
Name three gains that workers got that improved their work environment:
-Wages rose
-proper ventilation
-machines equipped with safety devices
-new electric lighting
-factory codes for minimum standards of safety and sanitation
-insurance funds (sick leave, etc.)
Name what the Enclosure movement did and name two things that it led to:
-Changed land ownership
-larger farm
- forced small farmers to move to city to seek employment
- increase in food production led to increase in
population.
Who invented the spinning jenny and who perfected it?
-James Hargreaves
-Richard Arkwright
Who developed the steam engine? First person who built it less efficient. The other made it more efficient
-Thomas Newcomen
-James Watt
Name four conditions of working in a factory during the Industrial Revolution
-Poor Ventilation
-Monotonous noise assaulted ears
-No Safety Devices
-Long hours
-Child labour
-No paid holidays, vacations, or sick leave
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Name four improvements of city life:
-adequate water and sewage systems
-building codes
-narrow streets to wide boulevards
-large parkspolice force
-lights
-electric streetcars, subway systems