Kinds of Jobs
This job, often filled by young children, involved operating spinning machines in factories, which became common as the textile industry expanded during the Industrial Revolution.
What is a spinning mule operator (or factory spinner)?
This invention, created by Eli Whitney in 1793, revolutionized cotton production and contributed to the growth of the textile industry.
What is the Cotton Gin?
The birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, this country became the first to industrialize in the late 18th century.
What is Britain (or England)?
This term refers to the system of large-scale production where goods are manufactured using machines and often in factories, as opposed to being produced by hand in small workshops.
What is mechanization?
Factory workers often faced these long hours per day.
What are 12-16 hours?
As railways expanded during the Industrial Revolution, this job became essential, overseeing the operation of steam-powered trains that transported goods and passengers.
What is a locomotive engineer (or train driver)?
This early form of mechanized transportation was powered by steam and became one of the most important inventions during the Industrial Revolution.
This city in northern England became one of the first major industrial centers, particularly known for its textile production.
What is Manchester?
This term describes the economic theory advocating for private ownership of the means of production and minimal government interference, which became dominant during the Industrial Revolution.
What is capitalism?
Many of these were hired for low wages and dangerous jobs during the Industrial Revolution.
What are children?
This job involved working in the textile industry, where workers operated weaving machines to produce fabric, and it was one of the primary occupations for women and children during industrialization.
What is a loom operator?
This machine, invented by Edmund Cartwright in 1785, significantly sped up the process of weaving cloth.
What is the power loom?
Cities grew rapidly near these type of facilities.
What are factories?
This term refers to the movement of people from rural areas to cities, which was a direct consequence of industrialization and the growth of factory jobs in urban centers.
These groups were formed to protect worker's rights.
This managerial job became increasingly important as factories grew larger, overseeing the production process, managing workers, and ensuring the efficient use of machinery.
This revolutionary invention, created by James Hargreaves in 1764, significantly increased the speed of textile production by allowing one worker to spin multiple spools of thread at once.
What is Spinning Jenny?
This public health crisis was caused by poor sanitation in crowded cities.
What is Cholera?
Before the Industrial Revolution, most people in Europe lived in these types of communities, characterized by farming, small villages, and limited access to industry.
What are rural communities?
Name the term for overcrowded and unsanitary housing near factories.
What are labor unions?
This profession became vital in the new industrialized cities, where poor living conditions led to disease outbreaks, as these workers provided medical care to the rapidly growing urban population.
What is a nurse or doctor?
This 1856 innovation by Henry Bessemer revolutionized steel production by introducing a more efficient method to convert iron into steel, drastically reducing costs and increasing production.
What is the Bessemer Process?
Name the first city to reach 1 million people due to industrialization.
What is London?
This term refers to the period of social and technological change that occurred in the rural countryside before industrialization, where advances in farming techniques, such as the enclosure movement, led to fewer people needed for agricultural work.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
This 1833 law limited child labor in Britain.