Industrial 1
How did children spend most of their time before the Industrial Revolution?
What is: Doing Chores
He discovered how diseases spread.
Who is: John Snow?
Samuel Morse invented the telephone.
What is: false
How did the Industrial Revolution create unhealthy living conditions?
What is: Cities grew so fast that there want enough good housing or public systems for water or clean water. Contaminated human waste was a part of epidemics.
Why do you think Massachusetts passed a law limiting child labor?
What is: There must have been cases where children were working more than ten hours a day.
Why was John Wilkinson an important figure in the Industrial Revolution?
What is: He Built with Iron?
He discovered a way to preserve food.
Who is:Nicholas Appert?
In 1835 who invented the six shooter?
Who is: Samuel Colt?
Why did workers form labor unions?
What is: They wanted to improve working hours,pay, and working conditions.
How did the Cholera epidemic point out the need for social change?
What is: Most of the millions of people who died from Cholera were poor workers?
Why did people start using coal for fuel in England during the Industrial Revolution?
What is: Trees were scare.
He discovered a way to prevent diseases.
Who is: Edward Jenner?
How does the process of vaccination work?
What is: If a person gets a mild disease, the person may not get a related, more serious disease.
How did textile manufacturing rely on both the American North and South?
What is: Mills were built in the North but the Cotton supply came from the South?
What is a major benefit of using fuel cells in cars?
What is: They don't create pollution?
Which man made the steam engine more practical?
Who is: James Watt?
He discovered how to kill pain during surgery.
Who is: Horace Wells?
What is: It improved their diets by allowing them to eat fruits and vegetables at a time in which they could not be grown fresh.
How did the invention of the cotton in affect slavery in the South?
What is: The cotton gin allowed owners to make huge profits by using more enslave workers, so slavery increased.
Before the Industrial Revolution what was the source of power for tools and transportation?
What is: People or animals?
Which of the following statements correctly describe Samuel Slater?
What is: He established a factory in Rhode Island. He is credited with starting America's Industrial Revolution?
He invented the Cotton Gin.
Who is: Eli Whitney?
Why was a map so important in early efforts to fight Cholera in London?
What is: The map showed that all infected people used one water pump and indicated a way to fight the disease.
What workers were included in the middle class?
What is: managers, supervisors, or other professionals such as lawyers and ministers.
What is the definition of Industrial Revolution?
What is: a period of profound societal and economic change, primarily between the late 18th and early 19th centuries, marked by the transition from hand-made goods to machine-made products in factories.