WORLD HISTORY INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION TEST LATEST 2025 UPDATE GRADED A+

WORLD HISTORY INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION TEST LATEST 2025 UPDATE GRADED A+ Industrial Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER- The era when the use of power-driven machinery was developed. (1700's) Origin of the Industrial Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER- Great Britain Factors of the Industrial Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER- Exploration and Colonialism, Sea power, Political Stability, Government Support and Growth of Private Investment. "Research and Development" - CORRECT ANSWER- Experiments funded by private businesses for creating better products. Jethro Tull - CORRECT ANSWER- Invented the seed drill, a machine that made planting grain more efficient. (1701) Enclosure Movement - CORRECT ANSWER- The process by which British landlords consolidated or fenced in common lands to increase the production of cash crops. The Enclosure Acts led to an increase in the size of farms held by large landowners. Through many farmers off the land Went to the city, looking for jobs. Factors of Production - CORRECT ANSWER- The essential elements that a nation needs to achieve economic success. 3 Factors of Production - CORRECT ANSWER- Land-natural resource, Labor-growing population, and Capital- funds for investment in business. "Human Capital" - CORRECT ANSWER- People with abilities and skills needed in industry. Cotton Industry - CORRECT ANSWER- A craft occupation performed in the home. Industrialization - CORRECT ANSWER- The process of changing to power driven machinery. Eli Whitney - CORRECT ANSWER- American inventor of the cotton gin, a machine that removed the seeds more efficiently. (1793) James Hargreaves - CORRECT ANSWER- English inventor of the spinning jenny. (1764) Richard Arkwright - CORRECT ANSWER- Inventor of the water/spinning frame, spun stronger and thinner thread. (1768) John Kay - CORRECT ANSWER- Inventor of the flying shuttle, doubled weaving speed. This invention made many people lose their job. John Kay ends up dying in poverty. (1733) Edmund Cartwright - CORRECT ANSWER- Inventor of the power loom, a larger and faster weaving system. (1785) Samuel Crompton - CORRECT ANSWER- Inventor of the spinning mule, a combination of the spinning jenny and water frame. It produced stronger thread in less time. (1779) James Wyatt - CORRECT ANSWER- Inventor of the first successful steam engine. (1769) Richard Trevithick - CORRECT ANSWER- Used a steam engine to power the 1st locomotive; steam powered trains. Robert Fulton - CORRECT ANSWER- American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship called the Clermont. Great Britain - CORRECT ANSWER- Outlawed the export of certain machines and didn't allow some skilled craftsmen from leaving the country. → Result: Industrial Revolution took mainly in Great Britain. Alexander Hamilton - CORRECT ANSWER- U.S Treasury Secretary, wrote "Report on Manufactures". Argued that industrialization would help the United States gain economic independence from Great Britain. (1791) Samuel Slater - CORRECT ANSWER- He memorized the way that the British made machines and he brought the idea to America. He made our first cotton spinning machine. Known as the "Father of American Industry" Francis Cabot Lowell - CORRECT ANSWER- Founder of the Mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, used the power of the waterfall to run his machinery. Often hired young and single women, and provided them with good wages and clean housing. William Cockerill - CORRECT ANSWER- A British engineer, who brought industry to continental Europe. Founded a textile factory in Belgium in 1807. Belgium - CORRECT ANSWER- 2nd most industrialized European country after Great Britain. Benefits of weavers working @ home - CORRECT ANSWER- Weavers controlled their schedule and product quality. Able to make decisions on when to work and when to rest. Disadvantages of weavers working @ home - CORRECT ANSWER- Fire or flood that destroyed the homes equipment could ruin a family. Demand of technical skills, took long to learn. Required strength. Working Conditions - CORRECT ANSWER- Long work hours, lack of ventilation, poor sanitation, noisy, and inadequate food. Common throughout the late 1700s and into the 1800s. Northwestern Region of England - CORRECT ANSWER- Nicknamed the "black country". An American visitor called the region "black by day and red by night". Manchester - CORRECT ANSWER- British city, symbolized the problems of Industrialization. City was unsanitary, some neighborhoods had only 2 toilets for every 250 residents; disease spread rapidly. 6 out of 10 children died before the age of 5.