Inventions
Key Figures
Societal Changes
Impacts
Important Dates
100

Powered factories, mills, and transportation

What is the Steam Engine?

100

Famous for his advancements in vehicle production

Who is Henry Ford?

100

Pre-Industrial Society was mostly

What is rural and agrarian?

100

More goods available at lower prices

Better housing and sanitation in cities

Access to new technologies

What is improved standard of living?

100

Time period of the Industrial Revolution

What is the late 1700s to 1800s?

200

Multiple Spindles worked at once, by hand

What is the Spinning Jenny?
200

Invented the steam engine

Who is James Watt?

200

Industrial Society was mostly

What is Urbanized?

200

Rapid advancements in science and technology

New inventions like the telephone and light bulb

Improvements in transportation and communication

What is Technological Progress?

200

The invention of the steam engine?

1769

300

Mechanized the weaving process

What is the Power Loom?

300

Invented the Spinning Jenny

Who is James Hargreaves?

300

From Kitchens to Factories

What is the role of women?

300

Increased air and water pollution from factories

Deforestation and resource depletion

Health issues for urban populations

What is Environmental pollution?

300

When the Spinning Jenny was created

When is 1764?

400

Popularized by Henry Ford in the early 20th century

What is the Assembly Line?

400

Invented the Power Loom

Who is Edmund Cartwright?

400

Rise of the middle class

Growth of working class

Increased wealth disparity

What is Social Class Change?

400

Long working hours (often 12-16 hours a day)

Dangerous machinery and lack of safety measures

Low wages and job insecurity

What is poor working conditions?

400

The invention of the Power Loom

When is 1784?

500

Factory owners often made these to for their workers

What is a company town?

500

Famous Railroad Tycoon in the United States

Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?

500

mass movement of people from rural areas to cities

What is urbanization?

500

Children as young as 5 working in factories and mines

Limited access to education

Health problems from hazardous work environments

What is Child Labor?

500

Popularization of the assembly line

when is the early 20th century?