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A list of Jeopardy terms relating to the Industrial Revolution

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19204758Textile IndustryIndustry where the Industrial Revolution began0
19204759Cottage Industry (within their dwellings)Where workers made cloth before the Industrial Revolurtion1
19204760Rivers, StreamsFactories were located next to these.2
19204761FactoriesWhere workers worked, after the Industrial Revolution began.3
19204762Cotton GinCotton-cleaning machine that dramatically increased cotton production4
19204763Flying ShuttleWeaving machine invented in 1733 that doubled a weaver's daily output5
19204764Spinning JennySpinning machine of 1764 named after the inventor's daughter6
19204765James WattScottish engineer who improved the steam engine7
19204766SteamThis replaced water as the major source of power.8
19204767Eli WhitneyAmerican inventor of the cotton-cleaning machine9
19204768Mass ProductionManufacture of standard good in large quantities10
19204769Interchangeable PartsParts that fit any example of a particular product11
19204770Henry BessemerEnglishman who found how to make steel from iron12
19204771SteelMaterial that replaced iron in machines13
19204772CoalMaterial that replaced charcoal for smelting iron14
19204773Cyrus McCormickAmerican inventor of the mechanical reaper15
19204774Enclosure SystemFencing off of formerly common land in England16
19204775John KeyInventor of the weaving machine17
19204776James HargreavesInventor of the spinning machine18
19204777Thomas NewcomenEnglish engineer who developed the first practical steam engine19
19204778Richard ArkwrightEnglish inventor of the water frame for spinning20
19204779Power LoomWeaving machine invented by Edmund Cartwright in 178521
19204780SteamType of power that replaced wind on ships22
19204781Robert FultonAmerican developer of the first successful steamboat23
19204782CanalsWaterways built to connect cities and rivers24
19204783BargesFlat-bottomed boat used on canals25
19204784RailroadsThe Industrial Revolution's chief means of land transportation26
19204785Morse CodeMorse's system of dots and dashes27
19204786Samuel MorseAmerican who developed the telegraph28
19204787Macadam RoadsImproved roads developed by the Scot John McAdam29
19204788LocksDevices that control the level of water in canals30
19204789ClermontFulton's famous steamboat31
19204790TelegraphInvention that sent electrical impulses over wire32
19204791CablesHeavily insulated communications wires laid underwater33
19204792Raw Materials, Finished GoodsImproved transportation was necessary to move these items34
19204793Horse, CartChief means of land transportation before the Industrial Revolution35
19204794LocomotivesSteam engines on wheels that ran on rails36
19204795AutomobileNew form of personal transportation that first hit the roads in the late 1800s37
19204796Great WesternSteamboat that crossed the Atlantic in 183838
19204797George StephensonEnglish engineer who won a locomotive-building contest39
19204798RocketSpeedy locomotive that started an English railroad-building boom40
19204799Alessandro VoltaItalian who built the first electric battery41
19204800Cyrus FieldAmerican responsible for laying the trans-Atlantic cable42
19204801Michael FaradayEnglishman who produced electricity with a magnet43
19204802Middle ClassClass that increased and gained political power during the Industrial Revolution44
19204803Proletariat (Industrial Working Class)Class created by the Industrial Revolution45
19204804ChildrenGroup of society that had to work along with adults46
19204805CitiesCenters of population that grew rapidly during the Industrial Revolution47
19204806Going to school and playingWorking-class children had no time for either of these two activities.48
19204807Population GrowthIncrease in the number of people49
19204808Noisy, Dirty, Dangerous, UncomfortableWorking conditions in factories50
19204809Women, ChildrenWorkers who were paid lower wages51
19204810Their LaborWhat the Proletariat had to sell in order to live52
19204811Farm Workers ( Self-employed Workers )Type of worker that decreased53
19204812ManagersNew groups that ran the factories, neither owners nor laborers54
19204813Move their homesWorkers often had to do this to be near the factories.55
19204814Unskilled LaborType of labor most in demand at factories56
19204815UnemploymentGreat fear of urban factory workers57
19204816PollutedCondition of air and water in cities58
19204817AristocracySocial class that lost power as the Industrial Revolution continued59
19204818FactoriesCities grew around these.60
1920481912 - 16 HoursAverage length of the industrial working day61
192048206 - 7 DaysNormal length of the Industrial working week62
19204821TenementsBuildings that housed many people63
19204822CapitalistsPeople who owned the means of production64
19204823Child LaborType of labor limited by early reform laws65
19204824Trade UnionsWorkers' associations allowed in England after 182466
19204825StrikesRefusals to work in order to gain demands67
19204826Charles DickensFamous English novelist who described the terrible working conditions68
1920482710 HoursNew, shorter workday for textile mills69
19204828Collective BargainingNegotiating by unions and management70
19204829Cheap Factory GoodsLiving standards improved when these became available to workers.71
19204830AristocracySocial class that supported factory workers against owners72
19204831SocialismSystem in which the public owed the means of production73
19204832Utopian SocialistsSocialists who designed model communities74
19204833Robert OwenWelsh socialist who established a utopian community for his factory workers75
19204834Karl MarxDeveloper of "scientific socialism"76
19204835The Communist ManifestoMarx's famous pamphlet77
19204836Bourgeoisie, ProletariatsGroups that were in opposition under capitalism, according to Marx78
19204837Laissez-FaireEconomic theory meaning "let do" favored by business owners79
19204838Thomas MalthusEnglishman who wrote about increasing population80
19204839David RicardoEnglish businessman who wrote that working class poverty was unavoidable81
19204840John Stuart MillEnglish philosopher who wrote that a government should promote social welfare82
19204841New LanarkOwen's utopian factory community in Scotland83
19204842Friedrich EngelsMarx's co-author84
19204843Das KapitalMarx's study of capitalism85

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