Industrial Life
What was the primary fuel source for machinery?
Coal
What is the first Amendment?
Freedom of Speech, religion.
What did James Watt invent?
An effective Steam Engine
how did the social landscape of society change after factories were introduced?
Changed from Rural (farmland) to Urban (city) landscapes
Who supplied the most Coal to businesses during the 1800s?
Britain
What is the 2nd amendment?
Right to bear arms
What did John Hargreaves invent?
spinning jenny
How did the industrial factories change the family structure?
Women and children went to work instead of being at home.
DAILY DOUBLE What was the average work week? (hours and days)
6 days, about 11-14 hours a day
Name of the document added to the constitution
Bill of Rights
What was the first invention created that kicked-off the industrial revolution?
Spinning Jenny
Give me 5 examples of the living conditions within cities during this time
tight living spaces, tenements, shared housing, no plumbing, trash and toxic waste on streets, rodents, sicknesses and diseases, unsanitary conditions, heavily over populated
In what order did these people get paid from most, to lease?
American Men. American Women. Children. White Immigrant men. Colored immigrant men?
American Men, White immigrant men, colored immigrant men, American women, children
What are the first 3 words of the constitution?
We the People
DAILY DOUBLE Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
DAILY DOUBLE Why did they finally end child labor?
Because it was an overall moral reason mixed with that children were the future and needed education.
The great depression happened and the need for adults to find work was much more important.
what was the first source of power for large machinery
water power
What was the 3/5 compromise?
Each slave in slave states counted as 3/5 a person. The population distinguished how many house seats/votes they received.
Who invented the Smallpox vaccine (idea of vaccines in general)
Edward Jenner