industrial revolution omf i cant do this no more please send help im actually gonna die soon Flashcards
This process of rotating crops to gain greater yield was improved during the Industrial Revolution.
Crop rotation.
This person invented the seed drill that enabled farmers to plant seeds in rows,
Jethro Tull
What was the other thing that Jethro Tull invented? It was a farm implement that dug and loosened the soil in
preparation for planting.
Horse-drawn hoe
This British agriculturalist’s scientific breeding program led to better breeds of animals.
Robert Bakewell.
What was the first British industry to be industrialized?
Textile industry
What did John Kay invent?
Flying shuttle
How does the flying shuttle work?
An attachment controlled through a cord pulled or tugged by a weaver.
What did James Hargreaves invent?
Spinning jenny.
How does the spinning jenny work?
A weaver turns one wheel that spins eight threads at once.
Who invented the spinning mule?
Samuel Crompton.
How does the spinning mule work?
The bunch of fibers gets pulled and twisted then wrapped into the spindle.
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney.
How does the cotton gin work?
It hooks onto the revolving wooden cylinders strained the seeds from the cotton fibers
This Scottish inventor was known for improving the original steam engine design.
James Watt (Matthew Boulton helped him)
This inventor was the original developer of the first steam engines
Thomas Newcomen
John McAdams was the one who thought of layers of crushed compacted stones topped with a smooth surface to replace the roads. T/F
True
This English engineer invented the early railway locomotive
George Stephenson
An English ironmaster who devised the puddling process
Henry Cort
Henry Bessemer discovered that producing iron instead of steel was better because it was more durable and less expensive. T/F
False, he actually discovered steel was better
Who found the first cotton mill in the United States?
Samuel Slater
This produced better quality of threads
Spinning mule
The construction of this structure made the transport of raw materials and manufactured goods faster and cheaper.
inland waterways.
The (blank) of roads transformed the soil-based tracks into more durable roads.
Macadamization.
Who owned the first steel mills in the United States?
Andrew Carnegie.
Who established the Standard Oil Trust?
