inventors
This Scottish inventor greatly improved the steam engine in the late 1700s.
Who is James Watt?
This machine used steam power to perform work and became a symbol of the Industrial Revolution
What is the steam engine?
These buildings brought workers and machines together to manufacture goods
What are factories?
Steam-powered trains traveled on these metal tracks
What are railways?
This movement of people from rural areas to cities increased during industrialization
What is urbanization?
This inventor created the spinning jenny, allowing workers to spin multiple threads at once.
Who is James Hargreaves?
This invention by Eli Whitney made separating cotton fibers from seeds much faster
What is the cotton gin?
Many factory workers during the Industrial Revolution worked this number of hours per day
What are 12–16 hours?
This transportation innovation dramatically sped up travel and shipping
What is the steam locomotive?
This social class grew as factory owners and businesspeople became wealthier
What is the middle class?
This American inventor developed a practical electric light bulb
who is Thomas Edison
This textile invention automated weaving cloth.
What is the power loom?
This group of workers often labored in factories despite being very young
Who are children?
These waterways, often dug by hand, connected cities and industrial centers
What are canals?
Poor living conditions and overcrowding were common in these rapidly growing areas
What are industrial cities?
He built the first successful steam locomotive used on a public railway
Who is George Stephenson?
This process, developed by Henry Bessemer, made steel production cheaper
What is the Bessemer Process?
This industry was among the first to become heavily mechanized
What is the textile industry?
This steam-powered vessel transformed water transportation
What is the steamboat?
These organizations formed to improve wages and working conditions
What are labor unions?
This inventor patented the power loom, which mechanized weaving
Who is Edmund Cartwright?
This communication technology used electrical signals over wires to send messages long distances
What is the telegraph?
Workers who damaged machines because they feared losing jobs were called these
Who were the Luddites?
The opening of this railway in 1830 connected Liverpool and Manchester
What is the Liverpool and Manchester Railway?
The Industrial Revolution began in this country during the late 18th century
What is United Kingdom?