Textile Industry Industrializes Flashcards

1
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This began about 1760 in England. It was the process of replacing hand tools with machines

A

Industrial Revolution

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2
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The _____________ was the first to be transformed in the industrial revolution

A

Textile Industry

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3
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In 1733, John Kay made the __________-boat shaped piece of wood could double the amount of work a weaver could do in a day

A

Flying shuttle

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4
Q

In 1764, James Hargreaves invented ___________- one spinner could work eight threads at a time

A

Spinning Jenny

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5
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1769, Richard Arkwright invented the ___________ which allowed them to work the flying shuttle and spinning jenny by water instead of by hand

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Water frame

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6
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In 1799, Samuel Crompton combined the spinning Jenny and the waterframe to produce/make the ___________-It made thread stronger, finer, and more consistant

A

Spinning mule

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7
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In 1787, Edmund Cartwright invented the _______- which ran by waterpower and sped up weaving

A

Power loom

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8
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Who invented the Cotton Gin

A

Eli Whitney

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9
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The first factories were built where?

A

near streams and rivers

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