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Industrial Revolution

Authored by Franklin Hatfield

History, Social Studies

8th - 10th Grade

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Industrial Revolution
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A machine that uses fuel to create compressed steam for power. Thomas Newcomen built the first crude but workable one in 1712. James Watt vastly improved his device in the 1760s and 1770s. It was then applied to machinery.

Railroad

Spinning Jenny

Bowling Ball

Steam Engine

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A machine that could spin several threads at once.

Railroad

Spinning Jenny

Bowling Ball

Steam Engine

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run.

Railroad

Spinning Jenny

Bowling Ball

Steam Engine

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Created by Jethro Tull, it allowed farmers to sow seeds in well-spaced rows at specific depths; this boosted crop yields.

Railroad

Seed Drill

Spinning Jenny

Steamboat

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A boat invented by Robert Fulton harnessing the power of a steam engine, made it easier and quicker to transport goods and people.

Steamboat

Railroad

Speed boat

Clipper Ship

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A device for rapid, long-distance transmission of information over an electric wire. It was introduced in England and North America in the 1830s and 1840s.

Steamboat

Camel

Pony Express

Telegraph

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Tool invented by John Deere to cut into tough soil so farmers could open up huge uncultivated areas.

Guillotine

Steel Plow

Grim Reaper

Grandma's Cleaver

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