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The Industrial Revolution
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- 1List 2 important discoveries from the industrial revoulutionThe spinning Jenny and electricity
- 2What could the spinning jenny do?It enabled one man to operate several spools of cotton at once rather than just one. This was one of the first examples of mass production
- 3Why did people migrate from rural to urban areas?In search of jobs since Europe was transforming from an agricultural to industrial society
- 4When and by who was the steam engine inventedIt was invented in 1776 by James Watt
- 5What was the fastest growing city during the industrial revolution?London, it was the fastest growing city by the 19th century
- 6Where did the civillians live during the industrial age?They lived in crammed tenament blocks close to the factories they worked in
- 7Why was it hard to have privacy in tenament homes?Many families lived under the same roof
- 8What were the most common diseases in tenament house?Cholera and typhus
- 9What were girls jobs during the industrial age?They worked as harrers in the coalmines
- 10How did they do it?They pulled a cart by using a chain secured around there waist
- 11What were the working conditions like?They were 12 to 14 hours and there were no safety rules whatsoever
- 12Why were children employed?They were employed for tasks that needed small hands and nimble fingers
- 13What did the children work as?They would be hewing coal
- 14Why were convicts transported to Australia and not America?America became independant
- 15What was the most common crime?Theft
- 16When did America gain independance?In 1776
- 17What was Australia known as in the Industrial age?Working mans paradise
- 18Why was it known as this?People were payed high wages and worked less hours
- 19What happened in Australia in 1890?An economic depression began leading to closing businesses and risking unemployment
- 20What did workers do to counter this?They formed trade unions
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- Flashcards on The Industrial Revolution, created by Khalid Badaso on 03/02/2017.
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