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What were steam engines replacing?

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Water wheels

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When did the steam engine start replacing water wheels?

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1800

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What steam engines being used for

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Used to power factories

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Where did factories relocate?

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Near raw material, workers, and ports

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Cities began to grow where?

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Around factories built near central England’s coal and iron mines

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What were the methods of transportation before the industrial revolution?

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-Canal barges pulled by mulls
-Ships powered by sails
-Horse drawn wagons, carts, and carriages

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What were the methods of transportation after the industrial revolution?

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-Trains
-Steam ships
-Trollies
-Automobiles

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What did Rober Fulton create

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Steamboat

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What did Thomas Telford and John McAdam create

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Macadamized roads

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What did George Stephenson create?

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Locomotive

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What did Gottlieb Daimler create

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Gasoline engine

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What did Rudolf Diesel create

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Diesel engine

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What did Orville and Wilbur Wright create

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Airplane

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What did Samuel F.B. Morse create

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Telegraph

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What did Samuel F.B. Morse create

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Telegraph

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What did Alexander Graham Bell create

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Telephone

17
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What did Cyrus W. Field create

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Atlantic cable

18
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What did Guglielmo Marconi create

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Radio

19
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What did Lee de Forest create

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Radio tube

20
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What did Vladimir Zworykin create

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Television

21
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What did European cities go through

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A period of urbanization because of the factory system

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What did the period of urbanization in Europe cause

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Cause living conditions to be terrible

23
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How many hours did average worker work

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14 hours for 6 days

24
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What was a dangerous industry

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Coal mines

25
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Who became the middle class

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Factor owners, shippers, and merchants

26
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Who was the upper class

A

Docters, lawyers

27
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Who was the lower class

A

factory overseers

28
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What did the luddites do

A

Destroyed machines in factories and rioted

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