BRITISH PRODUCTION & TRANSPORTATION
In 1712 Thomas Newcomb invented this to pump water from coal mines.
What is the Steam Engine?
This reduced child labor hours and allowed inspectors to issues fines for violation.
What is the Factory Act of 1833?
These three inventions increased the speed and efficiency of manufacturing cloth.
(for points, name 2)
What are:
the Flying Shuttle
the Spinning Jenny
the Water Wheel
Interaction between girls and boys in factories without family supervision led to this policy.
What is Workplace gender division?
Transportation costs fell sharply as these connected the British interior to the Atlantic.
What are canals?
This 1842 act prohibited women and children under the age of 10 from working underground.
What is the Mines Act of 1842?
This invention, aptly named "the Rocket" and capable of speeds up to 16mph, linked the Port of Liverpool to Manchester.
What is a steam locomotive?
This shortened the workday for teens and women.
What was the Ten Hours Act of 1847?
This American invention allowed for easier navigation on waterways.
What is the steamship?
Women's employment in jobs such as clerks, typists, teachers, nurses, and telephone operators became known as:
What is white-collar work?