Industrial Revolution Flashcard

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What was the Industrial Revolution?

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A rapid change in how people moved, lived, and made things

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What is the factory system?

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A system that allowed more things to be made faster and cheaper

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What is a centralized workplace?

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A factory where all workers gather to make something

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What is mass production?

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Making identical products in large quantities using machines

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What is division of labor?

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Each worker having a specialized job as part of the process

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Who invented the telephone?

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Alexander Graham Bell

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What is a patent?

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A document stating who invented something and gives them rights to its profits.

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What did Thomas Edison invent in 1879?

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The light bulb

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How did the light bulb affect factories?

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Factories could operate at night

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Where did the Wright brothers fly the first airplane in 1903?

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Kitty Hawk, North Carolina