Industrial Revolution

What was the Industrial Revolution?

• A time when people stopped using machines

• A time when machines changed how people worked

• A war between England and France

Why did people move to cities during the Industrial Revolution?

• To find jobs in factories

• To become farmers

• To go on vacation

How did the steam engine change factories?

• It helped factories move near rivers

• It allowed factories to work faster and in more locations

• It made factories smaller

What were two effects of the seed drill?

• More food and a population boom

• New cities and pollution

• More schools and better education

What was one problem with life in cities during the Industrial Revolution?

• People had too much free time

• Poor living conditions and disease

• Too much clean water

How did the Industrial Revolution change transportation?

• Made travel slower

• Created steam-powered trains and faster travel

• Banned cars and horses

Which of these inventions was made during the Industrial Revolution? (Choose two)

• Seed drill

• Steam engine

• Smartphone

Why did workers demand better conditions in factories?

• Because they wanted to work longer hours

• Because factories were dangerous and paid poorly

• Because they liked the factories

Match the vocabulary words with their definitions: Manufacture, Child Labor, Mass Production, Assembly Line, Tenements

• Mass Production

• Poorly built and overcrowded urban apartments for factory workers

• Assembly Line

• To make by hand or machine; to change raw material into a new product

• Manufacture

• The use of children in industry or business, especially when illegal or inhumane

• Child Labor

• Process of making large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply

• Tenements

• An arrangement in factories where a product moves from worker to worker, each doing a single task

Match the vocabulary words with their definitions: Bedraggled, Bobbin, Flash Pan, Malnourished, Mangled, Tripod.

• Malnourished

• Messy, dirty, or untidy; disheveled

• Bobbin

• In an old-fashioned camera, a small tray to hold powder that is ignited to create the light for the camera’s flash

• Mangled

• A spool or reel that holds the thread inside a sewing machine or loom

• Bedraggled

• Unhealthy and weak from not eating enough or from poor nutrition

• Flash Pan

• Severely deformed or damaged from being crushed, torn, or cut