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Industrial Rev
industrial flash cards
Question | Answer |
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3-Where did manufacturing take place before the IR? | In peoples homes |
List four industries strongly influenced by the IR. | iron production , textiles , communication , baking , transpiration |
What sort of new engine provided power for the IR? | The steam engine |
Who were the Luddites | people who opposed the use of the new machines because it elmited peoples jobs and sometimes destroyed machines |
What are textiles ? | the manufacturing of cloth and peoples clothing |
Why did England become the birthplace of the IR? | it had a deposits of coal and iron and a stable community . p- |
What role did England’s colonies play in that country’s IR. | they source of raw materials and manufactured goods |
Who invented a cheap method for making steel? | Henry Bessemer |
Describe the two major changes in transportation during the IR. What were they and how did they change the way people and goods traveled? | steamship and the steam locomotive . |