Inventions
Machine that could spin many threads at once, invented by James Hargreaves.
Spinning Jenny
Made steel production faster and cheaper → boom in railroads and buildings
Bessemer Process
What were the hours of many citizens who worked in the factories?
12-14 hours
Growth of factories
increased urbanization
James Watt improved the _______, which became the main power source for factories and transportation.
Steam Engine
Allowed factories to be built anywhere, not just near rivers
Steam Engine
What was the range of wages for a factory worker a week?
$3-5
Immigrants move to cities.
overcrowded cities and low wages
Eli Whitney's invention that increased production of a cash crop was the _________.
Cotton Gin
Dramatically increased cotton cleaning → more slave labor in the South
Cotton Gin
The employment of children in factories or other industries.
Child labor
Poor worker conditions
The device invented by Samuel Morse that sent messages through the wires was the __________.
Telegraph
Made mass production possible → lowered cost of goods
Assembly Line
When people moved into cities for factory jobs
Urbanization
Child Labor
No education, bad health, more competition
Henry Bessemer created a faster, cheaper way to make _______ using his new process.
Steel
Increased the speed of textile weaving → faster cloth production
Power Loom
A crowded, often unsafe apartment building for factory workers.
Tenements
Cause: invention of lightbulb
Longer work days and artificial lighting