THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Who invented the Spinning Jenny?

• William Tell

• George Stephenson

• James Hargreaves

• James Watt

What was mined across England to help produce steam to power factories and trains?

• Coal

• Gold

• Diamonds

• Iron

How long were the shifts children often worked in factories, before the 1819 Factory Act?

• 19 to 20 hours

• 7 to 8 hours

• 4 hours so they could go to scholl

• 12 to 14 hours

How long was the new working day introduced by Robert Owen at his cotton factory in New Lanark?

• 10 hours

• 8 hours

• 4 hours

• 2 hours

Which disease, spread by contaminated water, was there several outbreaks of in the 1800s?

• Covid-19

• Tuberculosis

• Cancer

• Cholera

1901 Factory Act

• Prohibited children under 8 years old to work in factories

• Prohibited children under 4 years old to work in factories

• Prohibited children under 10 years old to work in factories

• Prohibited children under 12 years old to work in factories

Do you think the Industrial Revolution damage the working children of that century...

• Yes

• No

• Yes but it helped industrialization

• I do not know

What system was used to produce textiles before the Industrial Revolution?

• The factory system

• The domestic system

• The Arkwrigth system

• The socialist system