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Carr - WH - Part 6

(Carr) The Industrial Revolution - Exam Review

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Samuel Slater English textile machinery designs were brought by him to the United States from England.
Cottage industry example Hand weaving
Where did the Industrial Revolution start? England
James Watt This inventor coined the term "horse power", created the fire engine, and refined the steam engine by adding a condenser.
Eli Whitney Inventor of the interchangeable part.
Robert Fulton Inventor of the practical steamboat in America.
Romanticism A new way of thinking that places greater emphasis on the value of expressing one's emotions and feelings than reason.
Edgar Allen Poe One of the greatest American gothic novelists, who wrote about spirits, macabre deaths, and premature burials.
Mary Shelley Author of the book, Frankenstein.
James Hargreaves Built and opened in 1825 a railroad called the Stockton & Darlington Railroad.
Manufacturing Placing production in larger spaces with specialization of labor.
Advantages of the outcomes of the Industrial Revolution Consistently manufactured products; population growth; more jobs; lots of technology and manufacturing improvements; etc.
Disadvantages of the outcomes of the Industrial Revolution No labor laws-children and adults could work however long the manager asked; no safety features on equipment-led to lots of injuries and deaths; unsanitary living and working conditions-lots of diseases; population growth; less cottage workers; etc.
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