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Industrial Revolution - Timeline

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did Karl Benz invent the first internal combustion engine for the first automobile

a)

1710

b)

1793

c)

1775

d)

1885

2.

Thomas Newcomen invented a steam engine pump for what purpose and in what year?

a)

To build the world's first steam train engine - 1775

b)

To pump water from mines - 1710

c)

To increase factory production in the textile industry - 1765

d)

To replace Luddites workers in the Textile Industry - 1876

3.

What is the name of this machine (pictured opposite) that increased production of 1 worker to 8 times?

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Screw Propellor

c)

Spinning Jenny

d)

Alexander Graham Bell invention

4.

In what year was the screw propellor invented?

a)

1876

b)

1775

c)

1839

d)

1973

5.

In what year was the Cotton Gin invented and by whom?

a)

William Murdoch - 1792

b)

James Watt - 1775

c)

Eli Whitney - 1793

d)

Thomas Newcomen - 1710

6.

Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone, in what year was this?

a)

1710

b)

1793

c)

1792

d)

1876

7.

Pictured opposite is James Watt adaption of Thomas Newcomen's steam engine. He made it more efficient. What year did he invent this important machine?

a)

1775

b)

1765

c)

1876

d)

1885

8.

William Murdock uses coal gas to light houses, in what years was his invention created?

a)

1710

b)

1876

c)

1792

d)

1793

9.

In what year did the Factory Act come into effect in Britain. It legislated that children from 8 years and younger were not allowed to work in factories.

a)

1710

b)

1793

c)

1833

d)

1876

10.

In what year did the London Working Men's Association (LWMA) draft the 6 point plan. One of their demands was for all men to have the right to vote.

a)

1793

b)

1710

c)

1838

d)

1810