Inventive Inventions
This invention by James Watt improved an earlier model and became essential to powering factories and trains.
What is the steam engine?
During the Industrial Revolution, many people moved from here to cities in search of work.
What are rural areas?
This group of people were no longer allowed to work in underground mines after the 1842 Mines Act.
What is children?
The telegraph’s success in sending messages over long distances eventually led to the invention of this.
What is the telephone?
This basic food item became a staple for factory workers because it was cheap and easy to make.
What is bread?
This machine, invented by James Hargreaves, allowed one worker to spin multiple threads at once.
What is the spinning jenny?
Urbanisation made it easier for governments to offer this public service, helping improve reading and writing.
What is public education?
The 1833 Factory Act made it illegal for children under this age to work in textile factories.
What is 9 years old?
Improvements in metalworking and steam engines during the Industrial Revolution helped lead to the invention of this personal form of transport
What is the automobile (or car)?
The invention of this food preservation method allowed food to last longer and be transported further.
What is canning?
This invention, created by Eli Whitney, separated seeds from cotton much faster than by hand.
What is the cotton gin?
This type of housing became more common as cities grew and more workers lived close to factories.
What are tenements?
This important law passed in 1870 gave children in England access to this for the first time.
What is the 1870 Education Act?
Coal-powered machines drove early IR inventions, but concerns about pollution eventually led to the development of this cleaner energy source.
What is renewable energy)?
This hot drink became extremely popular among workers, often replacing alcohol and offering a cheap source of comfort.
What is tea?
This communication device, developed by Samuel Morse, allowed messages to be sent long distances using electrical signals.
What is the telegraph?
Urban growth led to the development of this essential infrastructure, improving daily life and public health.
What are sanitation systems?
These were introduced to cities to help fight fires, reduce crime, and increase safety for growing urban populations.
What are emergency services (police & fire)?
The need to control factory machines more precisely helped develop this system, which is now used in computers and robotics.
What is automation?
Wealthier families during the Industrial Revolution could afford this luxury food that symbolised social status and was imported from colonies.
What is sugar?
Richard Arkwright developed this water-powered invention that revolutionised the textile industry.
What is the water frame?
Between 1750 and 1900, Europe's urban population increased by roughly this percentage.
What is 300%?
The ___ Hours Act of 1847 limited the working day for women and children to this many hours.
What is Ten?
Steam-powered engines used in mining eventually evolved into these large machines that can now dig and move earth on modern construction sites.
What are excavators?
A common working-class breakfast might include bread and this cheap, filling spread made from animal fat.
What is dripping or lard?