Industrial Revolution Flashcard

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What is industrialization?

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The development of industry on a large scale

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What is an Assembly Line?

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A line of machines performing specific operations on a product.

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What is urbanization?

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The process of city growth

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What do you think it felt like living in a tenement building?

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Overcrowded and run-down

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What were some of the reasons laborers used children in the workforce?

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To reduce the cost of labor

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Why do you feel the steam engine was such an important innovation of the 20th century?

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It revolutionized manufacturing.

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What were the effects of the Bessemer Process on iron?

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It turned iron into steel

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How do you think factories and the use of machines had an effect on the jobs people were doing during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

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It reduced job opportunities for skilled workers

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Why did people think the cotton gin was such an innovative machine?

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It increased the speed of cotton production

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What did the Spinning Jenny do to help the industrial revolution?

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It increased the speed of textile production