Industrial Rev

Question 1

What ignited the industrial rev

Answer 1

Agricultural revolution, growth of population, ready supple of capital, provision of natural resources, colonies as a market for manufactured goods

Question 2

Invented the spinning jenny

Answer 2

James Hargreaves

Question 3

Helped in making the spinning of thread faster

Answer 3

Spinning Jenny

Question 4

Edmund Cartwright

Answer 4

Water powered loom

Question 5

James Watt

Answer 5

Steam-powered engine

Question 6

Define Puddling and its creator

Answer 6

Henry Cort; burn away iron impurities

Question 7

Invented the first steam-powered locomotive that ran 8kph

Answer 7

Richard Trevithick

Question 8

The Rocket

Answer 8

Steam powered locomotive which ran for 25 kph

Question 9

Became the first industrialized nation and one of the richest countries of the world; produced one half of world’s coal and manufactured goods

Answer 9

Great Britain

Question 10

Invented the steamboat for easier transportation in the US

Answer 10

Robert Fulton

Question 11

When did USA open its first transcontinental railroad

Answer 11

1860

Question 12

Social Impact of industrialization

Answer 12

Growth of cities w poor living conditions, urbanization, dangerous working conditions and child labor, environmental degration

Question 13

Peopel who bought machines, built factories, developed markets

Answer 13

Industrial Middle Class

Question 14

Industrial working class

Answer 14

Worked 12-16 hrs a day, 6 days a week with no benefits or security of employment and no minimum wage

Question 15

Appeals of the factory act of 1833

Answer 15

No child under 9 could work; 9-13 cant work for more than 8 hrs; 13-18 no work more than 12 hrs

Question 16

A massive change from manual labor to manufacturing, farms and workshops to factories

Answer 16

Industrial Revolution