INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (SOLUTIONS)
1. Where did the majority of the people work during the late 1700s?
[in fields on land that they did not own]
2. The owners of the land were called ......... [aristocrats]
3. What did the servants do? [raise the children and do the housework]
4. The new machines were powered by ................., .................. and ...................
[water, steam, coal]
5. What were the advantages of these machines?
[they did the same work, but cheaper and faster]
6. Where did the mechanisation begin? [textile mills of England]
7. A machine could do the work of ..... people [50]
8. .........., .............. and .............. became more affordable [fuel, clothing, food ]
9.What was the advantage of the development of steam boats?
[manufactured goods could be sold worldwide]
10. Where did the families move from and to? [from villages to industrial towns]
11. What was the new class of people that emerged called? what did they do?
[workers, they produced goods]
12. What did the industrial revolution bring? [wealth, jobs]
13. What was the disadvantage of the industrial revolution? explain the 3 that are mentioned.
[pollution from the coal powered factories turned the sky black
lack of housing led to the introduction of urban slums
demand for goods and profits led to the exploitation of workers, especially children]
14. Describe the life of the 10year old mill girl from the 1830s
[earned 2 dollars/week
worked from 5am-7pm
one half hour break for breakfast and dinner]
15. What did the protestors fight for?