Inventors & Innovations
The most important engine of the era, it ran on gaseous water instead of horses.
Steam Engine
Children were often used to fix machines because they had these.
Small Hands/Fingers
Because there were no toilets, people often threw their waste into this.
Street/River
This black rock was dug out of the ground to burn for fuel.
Coal
Before factories, most people worked on a ________.
Farm
hese "iron horses" ran on tracks and carried people between cities.
Trains / Locomotives
This is the name for the money you get paid for doing a job.
Wages
This is the thick, black "fog" caused by smoke from factory chimneys.
Soot / Smog
The name for the deep holes in the ground where coal is found.
Mines
This country is where the Industrial Revolution first started.
Great Britan
Before steam took over, most early factories were built next to rivers to use this type of power.
Water Power/Water Wheels
If a worker was late or worked too slowly, the boss might do this to them.
Fine them / Hit them / Fire them
Many families had to live together in just one of these.
Room
These animals were often kept underground to pull heavy carts of coal.
Pit Ponies
Items became ________ because they were now made by machines instead of by hand.
cheaper
spinning" invention allowed one worker to spin multiple threads at once, speeding up textile making.
Spinning Jenny
This was the main "rule maker" in the factory that told you when to start and stop.
Factory Bell / Clock
This is the name for the movement when everyone moved from farms to the city.
Urbanization
This was the most dangerous thing that could happen inside a coal mine.
Explosion / Collapse
These man-made "rivers" were built to move heavy goods on boats
Canal
He improved the steam engine, making it efficient enough to power whole factories.
James Watt
These were the tiny, dangerous spaces in chimneys that children were forced to climb.
Flues
This sick feeling in the stomach was caused by drinking dirty water.
Cholera
These children sat in the dark all day to open and close wooden doors in the mines.
Trappers
This queen ruled England for most of the Industrial Revolution.
Queen Victoria