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indust rev
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Eli Whitney | invented the cotton gin |
| smelting | The process by which metals are purified and made stronger |
| industrial revolution | was a shift in how goods were produced, lead to child labor,long hours in poor working conditions and had a negitive impact on the environment |
| James Watt | invented the steam engine and was known as the father of the industrial rev |
| enclosure, or the enclosure movement | displaced farmers, enclosed former farms for wool production and caused a large migration to the US |
| urbanization | caused overcrowded populatons, poor sanitairy conditioins and gave rise to tenement housing |
| labor unions | arose durring the time of the industrial rev, were based in part on socialistic and communistic ideas and are a major force today |
| inventions/technological advancements durring the industrial rev | electrisity, canals, steam engine/locomotive, cotton gin, |
| Britain | Country that benefited most from the industrial rev |
| textiles | goods produced from fiber, was he main good produced durring the industrial rev |