Steam engines Flashcards
What were steam engines replacing?
Water wheels
When did the steam engine start replacing water wheels?
1800
What steam engines being used for
Used to power factories
Where did factories relocate?
Near raw material, workers, and ports
Cities began to grow where?
Around factories built near central England’s coal and iron mines
What were the methods of transportation before the industrial revolution?
-Canal barges pulled by mulls
-Ships powered by sails
-Horse drawn wagons, carts, and carriages
What were the methods of transportation after the industrial revolution?
-Trains
-Steam ships
-Trollies
-Automobiles
What did Rober Fulton create
Steamboat
What did Thomas Telford and John McAdam create
Macadamized roads
What did George Stephenson create?
Locomotive
What did Gottlieb Daimler create
Gasoline engine
What did Rudolf Diesel create
Diesel engine
What did Orville and Wilbur Wright create
Airplane
What did Samuel F.B. Morse create
Telegraph
What did Samuel F.B. Morse create
Telegraph
What did Alexander Graham Bell create
Telephone
What did Cyrus W. Field create
Atlantic cable
What did Guglielmo Marconi create
Radio
What did Lee de Forest create
Radio tube
What did Vladimir Zworykin create
Television
What did European cities go through
A period of urbanization because of the factory system
What did the period of urbanization in Europe cause
Cause living conditions to be terrible
How many hours did average worker work
14 hours for 6 days
What was a dangerous industry
Coal mines
Who became the middle class
Factor owners, shippers, and merchants
Who was the upper class
Docters, lawyers
Who was the lower class
factory overseers
What did the luddites do
Destroyed machines in factories and rioted
