Industrial Revolution

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What invention improved thread production?

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spinning jenny

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Supply of money is best known as __________.

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capital

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This machine, powered by coal, made it possible to locate factories anywhere, including away from rivers.

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steam engine

Front

Which economic system is based on industrial production?

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industrial capitalism

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The fencing of meadows and fields, which kept peasants from using them for grazing and forced many to move to towns for work, was known as the __________.

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enclosure movement

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What helped make Great Britain the starting place for the Industrial Revolution? Options: fewer peasant farmers, improved transportation, more open farmland, smaller crops.

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improved transportation

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Why were Britain's entrepreneurs successful in starting businesses, and thus the Industrial Revolution?

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Entrepreneurs had money to invest in new businesses.

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One of the first important products for Britain's manufacturers was

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cotton cloth.

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How did the steam engine change the entire factory system when textiles were being produced?

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Factories spread all over the country, close to workers.

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Why did the iron industry expand during the Industrial Revolution?

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Iron was used to build trains and railroads.