Industrial Revolution People Flashcards

(27 cards)

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Charles Townshend

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Turnips

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Robert Bakewell

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Bred stronger horses and fatter sheep

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3
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Jethro Tull

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Developed the seed drill

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4
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John Kay

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Flying shuttle

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5
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James Hargreaves

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Spinning Jenny

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6
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Richard Arkwright

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Water frame

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Samuel Crompton

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Spinning mule, combo of the water frame and spinning Jenny

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8
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Edmund Cartwright

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Power loom , ran on horse, water, or steam power

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9
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Eli Whitney

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Cotton gin , interchangeable parts

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10
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James watt

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Steam engine

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11
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Henry Bessemer

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Inexpensively produced steel from iron

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12
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John Mcadam

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Road making system

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13
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Richard trevithick

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Steam powered locomotive(the rocket), carriage

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14
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Robert Fulton

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First practical steamboat

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15
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Samuel slater

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“The traitor” sold spinning knowledge

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16
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Fredrick Taylor

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Division of labor

17
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Henry ford

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Assembly line

18
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Samuel Morse

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Telegraph, Morse code

19
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Guglielmo Marconi

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Wireless telegraph turned to the radio

20
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Alexander Graham Bell

21
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Michael Faraday

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Electric generator

22
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Thomas Edison

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Phonograph, incandescent lightbulb

23
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Gottlieb Daimler

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Internal combustion engine off gasoline

24
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Rudolf Diesel

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Internal combustion engine off oil

25
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Streamlined dirigible/blimp
26
Wilbur and Olive Wright
Wright brothers, flew motorized airplane
27
Joseph Breck
Tried to cure baldness, led to line of hair care products