This man invented the Telegraph--a communication device which uses electric urrent traveling through a wire to make a series of clicks at the opposite end.
Who is Samuel Morse?
100
This revolution had to occur before the Industrial Revolution could occur.
What is the Agricultural Revolution
100
This system of production was replaced by the "Factory System"
What is the Domestic System?
100
Charles Goodyear created this process to transform natural rubber into a more durable, longer lasting material
What is Vulcanization
100
This is the name for a man made water way that allows barges to easily transfer goods from one water source to another.
What are canals?
200
This man created the first WIDELY USED and PRACTICAL steam engine.
Who is James Watt.
200
This occupation employed approximately 80% of people prior to the Agricultural Revolution
What is farming?
200
These 3 factors make up the factory system of production
What are:
Interchangeable (or standardized) Parts
+ Division of Labor
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Assembly Line
200
This man (not the band) invented the Seed Drill, which efficiently planted seeds in straight rows.
Who is Jethro Tull?
200
These two Scotts developed many roadways in Great Britain.
Who are Telford & McAdams
300
Eli Whitney created this invention to clean seeds and debris from cotton balls.
What is the Cotton Gin?
300
This series of laws fenced off "commons" and drove many small farmers from their farms to the cities.
What is the Enclosure Movement.
300
This collection of people control production in a purely communist system.
What is the public sector/the government.
300
This process used forced air to produce large quantities of steel cheaply and efficiently.
What is the Bessemer Process?
300
These associations of workers formed to empower workers seeking better pay, hours, or working conditions.
What labor unions?
400
This device, created by John Kay, moves weft thread across a loom quickly.
What is a "Flying Shuttle"
400
This practice of changing what crops were grown in a field in a given year was pioneered by Charles "Turnip" Townsend, and greatly increased agricultural production.
What is crop rotation.
400
This sector controls production of goods in a purely capitalist system
What is the private sector.
400
This is the name for the very first first steam engine that ran on rails, invented by Richard Trevithick.
What is the Penydarren?
400
This social class--made up of highly skilled workers--emerged in the Industrial Revolution to manage factories?
What is the Middle Class?
500
This is the name of Robert Fulton's first steam boat.
What is the "Clermont?"
500
These 3 natural resources (Land) in Britain caused Industrialization to happen there first.
What are iron (for machines), Coal (for steam power) and water (for transportation in the form of rivers, harbors, and canals).
500
These three things are the factors of production
What are Land, Labor, and Capital
500
This invention allowed workers to produce thread up to 8 times faster than previous methods.
What is the Spinning Jenny?
500
This term describes a situation when a company gains complete control of a good or service