The Industrial Revolution Flashcards
. Give estimated start and finish dates for the Industrial Revolution
1750-1900s
What happened to Britain’s population during the Industrial Revolution?
the population of England nearly tripled with no loss in wages
What was the name of the system when people worked in their homes?
putting-out system
What was the name of the system when people worked in large communal mechanised buildings?
Factory System
Name three machines invented during the Industrial Revolution.
The Power Loom,The Watt Steam Engine, The Cotton Gin
What did Alexander Graham Bell invent in 1896?
The first practical telephone
Name three engineering achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Clifton Suspension Bridge, Paddington Station the ss great britian
Why is Richard Arkwright associated with the Industrial Revolution?
devised a simple but remarkable spinning Machine
What name is given to the workers’ housing built around factories during the Industrial Revolution?
Workhouse
What was positioned at the end of the street of workers’ houses that all the families shared?
A communal privy
The outbreak of which disease killed thousands of people in London in 1858.
Cholera
Apart from Q39, state three diseases from which people died during the Industrial Revolution.
smallpox, typhus, and tuberculosis
What point was Hogarth making when he published Gin Lane?
That gin shouldn’t be cheap so less people would drink it as often
State three problems with working conditions in Industrial Britain.
unsafe, unsanitary and inhumane.
State three developments with transport during the Industrial Revolution.
First Roads were improved, then Canals were built and finally the Railway was developed
