Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
jeffand14 Industrial
Industrial Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| James Hargreaves | British inventor invented spinning jenny. |
| Eli Whitney | Created the cotton gin engine with interchangeable parts. |
| Richard Arkwright | Invented theCarding engine and used alternate energy sources. |
| Richard Trevithick | improves the steam engine. Locomotive The completion of a railroad becomes a vital component in the industrial process. |
| James Watt | Steam engine, smaller more efficient steam engines that could power machines Coal and oil become industrial fuels - alternate energy source that can power a machine. |
| Henry Bessemer | Bessemer's Converter - Molten Pig iron to Steel |
| Henry Ford | Car production- mechanization, Specialization, The Division of Labor = mass production Assembly line technique for individual workers to focus on a specialized task. |
| Urbanization | People come to the cities for jobs, as a result the cites grow larger |
| Industrial Revolution | The begining of industrialization. In this time Industries grew and changed dramaticaly |
| Agricultural Revolution | During this time agriculture became less important in jobs |
| mass production | Being able to produce a massive amount of products in a short time. |
| division of labor | the specialization of jobs in an assembly line in order to produce more goods. |
| mechanization | Machines start to do work instead of a hired person. |
| spinning jenny | Machine that spins multiple cotton threads at once |
| water frame | An invention of Richard Arkwright. |
| textile | originally applied to woven fabrics, but now also applied to natural and synthetic filaments, yarns, and threads |
| interchangeable parts | Parts that can be exchanged with other parts in other machines |
| steam engine | engine using steam to function |
| "invisible hand" | the unseen force believed to drive market economies, where each participant pursuing his or her own private interest theoretically benefits all participants |
| laissez faire | in economics, policy of domestic nonintervention by government in individual or industrial monetary affairs. |
| free market capitalism | economic system in which individuals, rather than government, make the majority of decisions regarding economic activities and transactions |
| Adam Smith | Scottish philosopher and economist, whose celebrated treatise An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. |
Created by:
jeffand14
Popular U.S. History sets