The Industrial Revolution (2021)
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37 questions
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| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
labor | arrow_right_alt | includes natural resources, access to water for transportation, or a physical location to build a business |
Entreprenuer | arrow_right_alt | workers, skilled and unskilled |
capital | arrow_right_alt | money to invest, but in a broad sense can also be time or labor invested |
land | arrow_right_alt | people willing to take a risk to start a business |
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Where did the Industrial Revolution start?
Where did the Industrial Revolution start?
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What are textiles?
What are textiles?
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| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Spinning Jenny | arrow_right_alt | machine that allowed one person to spin multiple strands of thread at one time. |
Flying Shuttle | arrow_right_alt | machine that allowed one person to weave cloth faster |
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Why were the first factories built next to rivers?
Why were the first factories built next to rivers?
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Where did the first factories get their workers from?
Where did the first factories get their workers from?
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| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Water Frame | arrow_right_alt | first factory machine, spun a strong thick thread |
Crompton's Mule | arrow_right_alt | first steam powered maching, made a fine, strong thread |
power loom or Impossible Machine | arrow_right_alt | steam powered loom, used to weave cloth |
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Why was the steam engine important?
Why was the steam engine important?
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How did steamboats change the transportation of goods?
How did steamboats change the transportation of goods?
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Find a picture/article from an early (1800s) steamboat disaster.
Find a picture/article from an early (1800s) steamboat disaster.
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How did railroads impact the sale of farm products like meat, fruits and vegatables?
How did railroads impact the sale of farm products like meat, fruits and vegatables?
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How did railroads change the way people lived and worked?
How did railroads change the way people lived and worked?
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Why did coal become such an important resource during the Industrial Revolution?
Why did coal become such an important resource during the Industrial Revolution?
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Find an old newstory of a coal mine accident (1800s).
Find an old newstory of a coal mine accident (1800s).
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Look up early industrial factory accidents. What types of injuries were common in this time?
Look up early industrial factory accidents. What types of injuries were common in this time?
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Describe or find a picture of white lunch disease.
Describe or find a picture of white lunch disease.
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Describe or find a punishment for workers used in early factories.
Describe or find a punishment for workers used in early factories.
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Describe the trend of work hours shown in this chart from 1850 to present times.
Describe the trend of work hours shown in this chart from 1850 to present times.
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Which group was paid more in the Under 16 age groups?
Which group was paid more in the Under 16 age groups?
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Why do you think women made more when they were younger?
Why do you think women made more when they were younger?
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Why do you think males made more in the 22-46 year age ranges?
Why do you think males made more in the 22-46 year age ranges?
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Find a quote from Charles Dicken's that might be used to describe the pictures of city life during the Industrail Revolution.
Find a quote from Charles Dicken's that might be used to describe the pictures of city life during the Industrail Revolution.
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Should employers provide housing for their workers?
Should employers provide housing for their workers?
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Why do you think factory owners build tenements for their workers?
Why do you think factory owners build tenements for their workers?
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If you were a factory owner who provided housing for workers, what kind of rules would you make for the people living and working under you?
If you were a factory owner who provided housing for workers, what kind of rules would you make for the people living and working under you?
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Draw a picture of middle class people and poorer people during the Industrial Revolution. Make sure we can tell the difference between them.
Draw a picture of middle class people and poorer people during the Industrial Revolution. Make sure we can tell the difference between them.
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| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
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capital | arrow_right_alt | upstairs people - rich and living in luxury |
labor | arrow_right_alt | downstairs people, poor, malnourished, miserable |
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Who is guarding the door in this picture?
Who is guarding the door in this picture?
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Why were unions formed?
Why were unions formed?
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What is the purpose of a strike?
What is the purpose of a strike?
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| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
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American North | arrow_right_alt | first European country to industrialize after Britain |
Belgium | arrow_right_alt | mostly agricultrual, provided raw cotton for nothern factories |
American South | arrow_right_alt | good access to waterways, had investors that built factories |
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Which country became a world industrial leader after its unification in the 1870s?
Which country became a world industrial leader after its unification in the 1870s?
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What was the goal of Japanese industrialization?
What was the goal of Japanese industrialization?
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Why didn't Asian and African colonies industrialize in the 1800's?
Why didn't Asian and African colonies industrialize in the 1800's?
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- New inventions and development of factories
- Rapidly growing industry in the 1800s
- Increased production and higher demand for raw materials
- Growth of worldwide trade
- Population explosion and expanding trade
- Exploitation of mineral resources
- Highly developed banking and investment system
- Advances in transportation, agricullture and communication
- Positive Economic Effect
- Negative Economic Effect
- Could be either
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- Increase in population of cities
- Lack of city planning
- Loss of family stability
- Expansion of middle class
- Harsh conditions for laborers, including children
- Workers' progress versus laissez-faire economic attidudes
- Improved standard of living
- Creation of new jobs
- Encouragment of technological progress
- Postive Social Effects
- Negative Social Effects
- Could be either
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- Child labor laws to end abuses
- Reformers urging equal distribution of wealth
- Social reform movements, such as utilitarianism, utopianism, socialism and Marxism
- Reform bills in Parliament and Congress
- trade unions formed
- Positive Political Effects
- Negative Political Effects
- Could be either