Chapter 20: Industrial Revolution

Question 0

Richard Arkwright (water frame)

Answer 0

Made the water frame spinning machine that was powered by water or horse.
Cotton industry

Question 1

The Agricultural Revolution

Answer 1

Started in Britain

Changes in methods of farming and stock breeding led to significant increase in food production

Question 2

James Hargreave (spinning jenny)

Answer 2

Made the spinning jenny which enabled spinners to produce yarn in greater quantities

Question 3

Samuel Crompton (mule)

Answer 3

Combined aspects of the spinning jenny and water frame to increase yarn production even more

Question 4

James Watt

Answer 4

Created the steam engine which pumped 3 times as quickly as previous engines

Question 5

Henry Cort

Answer 5

Developed the system of puddling to burn impurities out of iron to produce higher quality iron

Question 6

Jethro Tull

Answer 6

he expanded farming methods by using a hoe to keep soil loose and using a drill to plant rows of seeds

Question 7

Richard Trevithick

Answer 7

Pioneered the first steam engine powered locomotive on an industrial rail line
5 miles per hour

Question 8

George Stephenson (rocket)

Answer 8

First locomotive on public railways
Went from Liverpool to Manchester
16 miles per hour

Question 9

Great Exhibition of 1851

Answer 9

The worlds first industrial fair held in the Crystal Palace
Exhibited products made in the industrial revolution
showed human domination over nature

Question 10

The Crystal Palace

Answer 10

Held the Great Exhibition
Enormous structure made entirely of glass and iron
A tribute to british engineering skills

Question 11

Credit Moblier

Answer 11

Large public banks that accepter deposits from many and invested large scale on railroads, mining and heavy industry

Question 12

The Irish Potato Famine

Answer 12

A blight struck the potato crops which were the main source of food for the Irish and so many many people died of starvation

Question 13

Britians Poor Law Commision

Answer 13

They produced detailed reports about the living conditions of the working class.

Question 14

Edwin Chadwick

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An urban reformer
Obsessed with eliminating poverty
Wanted cleaner more sanitary cities
Advocated a system of modern sanitary reform with efficient sewers and piped water

Question 15

Cholera

Answer 15

A deadly disease that was rampant in the filthy cities of the working class
Scared the middle classes

Question 16

Bourgeoisie vs. Proletariat

Answer 16

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Question 17

Trade Unions

Answer 17

Formed by skilled workers of a craft

Wanted to gain benefits from employers and preserve job positions

Question 18

The Factory “working class”

Answer 18

Lived very close the the factories
All members of the family worked
Bad living conditions
Bad working conditions

Question 19

Robert Owen

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Wanted to demonstrate the benefits of cooperative rather than competitive living to unions
Started the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union

Question 20

The Luddites

Answer 20

Skilled craftspeople in the midlands and northern England who resented industrialization

Question 21

Chartism/Peoples Charter

Answer 21

An attempt by British workers to improve their conditions

Wanted to be peaceful and constitutional but would use force

Question 22

The Factory Acts

Answer 22

Limited work hours
Age limits
Education for kids required
Factory inspectors were appointed

Question 23

Ten Hours Act of 1847

Answer 23

Reduced child work day to 10 hours

Women were also given 10 hours

Question 24

Coal Mines Act of 1842

Answer 24

Eliminated the employment of boys under ten and women in mines
Men got less hours