Child Labor
How much did the factory workers pay the orphan children?
Zero dollars
What power source did the Industrial Revolution inventions mostly use?
Water wheel or steam power
How many hours of school did the children have to have each day once the Factory Act was passed?
What kind of new engine allowed things like trains to get around the country?
Steam engine
How many hours did children 9-13 have to work each day after the Factory Act was passed?
8 hours.
When was the Factory Act passed? (can be within five years of the right answer)
1833
What invention was a multi-spindle spinning frame used in textile industries?
Spinning Jenny
What job did the youngest children have which involved them going under machines to get loose cotton?
Scavenger
When did the Industrial Revolution start? (can be within five years of the right answer)
1760
What invention let people use cotton a lot more because it let them get it ready faster?
Cotton Gin
What job did the children have that involved them gathering loose threads hanging over machines?
Piecer