The Industrial Revolution (2021)

Last updated almost 5 years ago

37 questions

The Industrial Revolution (2021)

Last updated almost 5 years ago

37 questions

4

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
labor

1

What are textiles?

1

Why were the first factories built next to rivers?

1

Where did the first factories get their workers from?

3

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
power loom or Impossible Machine		first factory machine, spun a strong thick thread
Water Frame		first steam powered maching, made a fine, strong thread
Crompton's Mule

1

Why was the steam engine important?

1

How did steamboats change the transportation of goods?

1

Find a picture/article from an early (1800s) steamboat disaster.

1

How did railroads impact the sale of farm products like meat, fruits and vegatables?

1

How did railroads change the way people lived and worked?

1

Why did coal become such an important resource during the Industrial Revolution?

1

Find an old newstory of a coal mine accident (1800s).

1

Look up early industrial factory accidents. What types of injuries were common in this time?

1

Describe or find a picture of white lunch disease.

1

Describe the trend of work hours shown in this chart from 1850 to present times.

1

Which group was paid more in the Under 16 age groups?

1

Find a quote from Charles Dicken's that might be used to describe the pictures of city life during the Industrail Revolution.

1

Should employers provide housing for their workers?

1

Draw a picture of middle class people and poorer people during the Industrial Revolution. Make sure we can tell the difference between them.

1

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
capital		upstairs people - rich and living in luxury
labor		downstairs people, poor, malnourished, miserable

1

Why were unions formed?

1

What is the purpose of a strike?

1

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Belgium		first European country to industrialize after Britain
American South		mostly agricultrual, provided raw cotton for nothern factories
American North

1

Which country became a world industrial leader after its unification in the 1870s?

1

What was the goal of Japanese industrialization?

1

Why didn't Asian and African colonies industrialize in the 1800's?

8

New inventions and development of factories

9

5

Child labor laws to end abuses
Reformers urging equal distribution of wealth
Social reform movements, such as utilitarianism, utopianism, socialism and Marxism

4

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
labor		includes natural resources, access to water for transportation, or a physical location to build a business
Entreprenuer		workers, skilled and unskilled
capital		money to invest, but in a broad sense can also be time or labor invested
land		people willing to take a risk to start a business

1

Where did the Industrial Revolution start?

1

What are textiles?

1

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Spinning Jenny		machine that allowed one person to spin multiple strands of thread at one time.
Flying Shuttle		machine that allowed one person to weave cloth faster

1

Why were the first factories built next to rivers?

1

Where did the first factories get their workers from?

3

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
power loom or Impossible Machine		first factory machine, spun a strong thick thread
Water Frame		first steam powered maching, made a fine, strong thread
Crompton's Mule		steam powered loom, used to weave cloth

1

Why was the steam engine important?

1

How did steamboats change the transportation of goods?

1

Find a picture/article from an early (1800s) steamboat disaster.

1

How did railroads impact the sale of farm products like meat, fruits and vegatables?

1

How did railroads change the way people lived and worked?

1

Why did coal become such an important resource during the Industrial Revolution?

1

Find an old newstory of a coal mine accident (1800s).

1

Look up early industrial factory accidents. What types of injuries were common in this time?

1

Describe or find a picture of white lunch disease.

1

Describe or find a punishment for workers used in early factories.

1

Describe the trend of work hours shown in this chart from 1850 to present times.

1

Which group was paid more in the Under 16 age groups?

1

Why do you think women made more when they were younger?

1

Why do you think males made more in the 22-46 year age ranges?

1

Find a quote from Charles Dicken's that might be used to describe the pictures of city life during the Industrail Revolution.

1

Should employers provide housing for their workers?

1

Why do you think factory owners build tenements for their workers?

1

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?

1

Draw a picture of middle class people and poorer people during the Industrial Revolution. Make sure we can tell the difference between them.

1

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
capital		upstairs people - rich and living in luxury
labor		downstairs people, poor, malnourished, miserable

1

Who is guarding the door in this picture?

1

Why were unions formed?

1

What is the purpose of a strike?

1

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Belgium		first European country to industrialize after Britain
American South		mostly agricultrual, provided raw cotton for nothern factories
American North		good access to waterways, had investors that built factories

1

Which country became a world industrial leader after its unification in the 1870s?

1

What was the goal of Japanese industrialization?

1

Why didn't Asian and African colonies industrialize in the 1800's?

8

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

9

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

5

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

includes natural resources, access to water for transportation, or a physical location to build a business

Entreprenuer

workers, skilled and unskilled 

capital

money to invest, but in a broad sense can also be time or labor invested 

land 

people willing to take a risk to start a business

Where did the Industrial Revolution start?

Animals

Businesses

Cloth

Doors

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Spinning Jenny		machine that allowed one person to spin multiple strands of thread at one time.
Flying Shuttle		machine that allowed one person to weave cloth faster

steam powered loom, used to weave cloth

Describe or find a punishment for workers used in early factories. 

Why do you think women made more when they were younger?

Why do you think males made more in the 22-46 year age ranges?

Why do you think factory owners build tenements for their workers?

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?

Who is guarding the door in this picture?

good access to waterways, had investors that built factories

Spain

Germany

France

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

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

Reform bills in Parliament and Congress

trade unions formed

Positive Political Effects

Negative Political Effects 

Could be either 