Key Inventions
Which transportation innovation greatly improved travel during the Industrial Revolution?
The steam locomotive (or train)
What was the typical age for children to start working in factories during the Industrial Revolution?
7-8
Name the 3 continents connected by the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Africa, America, and Europe
Which U.S President abolished slavery?
What increased rapidly during the Industrial Revolution, leading to crowded cities?
Population
What invention, developed by James Watt, was key to powering factories and trains during the Industrial Revolution?
The steam engine
Name one major health risk for workers in textile factories during the Industrial Revolution.
Lung diseases (e.g., from inhaling cotton dust)
What was the term for the sea journey taken by enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americas?
The Middle Passage
Name 2 ways slaves resisted slavery.
Which group benefited most financially from the Industrial Revolution?
Factory owners
What machine invented by Eli Whitney sped up cotton production and increased demand for slave labour in the United States?
The cotton gin
In which type of area did most new factories get built during the Industrial Revolution?
Urban (cities)
What was the name of the triangular trade route, connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
The Triangular Trade
Which 1833 act abolished slavery throughout the British Empire?
The Slavery Abolition Act
What was a common environmental problem caused by factories during the Industrial Revolution?
Air and water pollution
Which invention by Samuel Morse in 1837 allowed people to send messages quickly over long distances?
The telegraph
Name the 2 most common diseases experienced in the Industrial Revolution due to the lack of sanitation.
Cholera and Typhus
Name and describe the two ways slaves would be sold/bought in America.
Scramble (slaves in a circle, buyers paid a prepaid amount, alarm went off, buyers ran in and grabbed as many as possible)
Auction (sold to the highest bidder)
What network assisted enslaved people in escaping to freedom in the United States?
The underground railroad
What term describes the shift from domestic, home-based production to large-scale factory production?
Industrialisation
What device revolutionised the textile industry by allowing one worker to spin many threads at once?
The spinning jenny
What movement formed to allow workers to protest for better wages and working conditions during the Industrial Revolution?
What goods did European traders typically exchange for enslaved Africans at African ports?
Guns, textiles, and alcohol
Who was the American abolitionist and former enslaved person who became a leading voice against slavery in the US?
Frederick Douglass
How did the growth of factories during the Industrial Revolution change the roles of women and children in society?
Many women and children started working in factories, often with low pay and poor conditions.