Machinery
What is the machine used to spin multiple threads at once?
Spinning Jenny
True!!
What impact factory systems have on people who lived near factories in the Industrial Revolution?
Having to either get a job there or leave that area
What product was made the most?
clothes
What is the birthplace of textiles in the Industrial Revolution?
Britain
What was the telegraph?
A machine to send communication to near distant people.
What is the primary source made to create steam so a steam engine can produce energy?
heat/fire
Why did factory people hire kids?
They have lower pay needs
True or false: Britain decreased in population growth due to the Industrial Revolution
False
Which raw material became very popular during the industrial revolution?
cottton
What was the typewriter?
A machine to create
What’s two modes of transport used by the steam engine?
Trains and steam boats
What is a common dangerous working condition in the factories?
Low wages, long workdays and dangerous/unprotected machines
Why did people trade with britain?
Because they had lots of coal and iron
Who invented the spinning jenny?
James Hargreaves
What did the machines replace?
Hands/handcrafta
Who improved the steam engine?
James Watt
What were the two main power sources used in the factory system?
Water & Steam
Was trading difficult for Britain during the industrials revolution? Yes or no?
no
What year was the sowing machine invented? (Decade)
1846/1840’s
What invention by Thomas Edison was made in 1879?
The light bulb
To this day, how much steam power is used now? (in percentage amount)
40-50%
What is the factory system?
where people work in large factories
What were built to connect factories to ports, making it easier to transport goods by boat?
Canals
What is the name of the machine that separates cotton?
cotton gin