Basics / Misc
What is defined as the way things are made and sold?
Industry
Money, machines, and buildings used to start a business.
Capital
Who invented the spinning jenny?
James Hargreaves
What was the average life expectancy for male factory workers?
25-30
Did pollution increase or decrease as a result of industrialization?
Increased
Why was the agricultural revolution important?
More food = more workers
What two natural resources were the most important in England's industrial revolution?
Coal and iron
What was James Watt's most important invention?
Steam engine
Name one reason why child laborers were used.
Easy to control
Pay less
Small hands
What caused the population to spike prior to the Industrial Revolution?
Agricultural revolution
The total change in the way things are made and sold.
Industrial Revolution
What was public land used by peasants for farming and hunting called?
Common land
What did Alfred Nobel invent?
Dynamite
What age did many child laborers begin working?
5-7
What is defined as the movement of people from the countryside to towns and cities?
Urbanization
Name both of Eli Whitney's major inventions.
Cotton gin and interchangeable parts
What group protested against the industrial revolution by destroying machines?
Luddites
What did John Deere invent?
Steel plow
When were the Luddites active?
1811-1816
What kind of trade dramatically increased because of industrialization?
International
What invention drilled holes for three rows of seeds at a time?
Seed drill
Disorganized
Economy got better
Harsh penalties
IR created lots of jobs
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
What organizations did workers form to get better conditions?
Labor unions
What two wars were a direct result of the industrial revolution?
World War 1 and 2