Work Force
Describe the differences between the two social classes during the industrial revolution.
Industrial Working class: poor, factory workers, common for children to have to work.
______ Rotation helped farmers more efficiently produce mass quantities of food.
Crop
Creator of the Cotton Gin.
Eli Whitney
______ of food production = ________ of Population
Increase / Increase (other synonyms are accepted)
Much of the working class had no choice but to live in this type of housing in the cities. This housing was cramped and typically had no running water or sewage system available.
Tenements
Samuel Morse invented this in 1843 and it revolutionized long distance communication.
The Telegraph
This individual invented and improved this steam engine that revolutionized transportation.
James Watt
Because of the population increase, where did people end up moving to and why?
The cities to find work
As a result of the conditions and unfair practices of factories, many workers formed labor _________. These groups worked together to get better working conditions and higher pay.
Unions
Advancements like the steam engine allowed for the revolutionization of transportation with these new modes of transportation
The telephone was invented by this individual.
Alexander Graham Bell
What were some of the impacts of the changes in transportation?
People were able to travel more easily to cities, Businesses could move goods to market faster, small towns pop up at railroad stops, railroads connect the country.
If you were a working class individual and got injured on the job (in a textile mill, mine or steel factory) what do you think happened to you? Explain.
This invention allowed workers to spin up to 8 threads of yarn at once.
The spinning jenny
People were moving from the country to the cities in mass quantities. What is this called?
Urbanization
What are some larger effects of the industrial revolution that have impacted the world planet wide?
Waste pollution, over consumption of fossil fuels, and air pollution.
These people were affordable and cheap labor. It was one of the reasons that wealthy business owners did not care if you quit or got fired as you were easily replaced.
Immigrant workers.
This invention doubled the amount of weaving a worker could do in one day.
Flying shuttle
This nation was the first to have their industrial revolution.
England
Industrialization caused nations to use up mass quantities of their natural resources. This paved the way for nations to start embracing these ideas.