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| What is industrialization? | going from an agriculture based econmoy to a factory based econmoy
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| What is mechanization? | moving from hand work to machine work
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| What is productivity? | How much of value can be produced in a given amount of time
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| Where did manufacturing take place before the IR? | India
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| List four industries strongly influenced by the IR. | The triangle factory,The great depression
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| What sort of new engine provided power for the IR? | Horse power engines
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| Who were the Luddites. | The Luddites were named after 'General Ned Ludd' or 'King Ludd', a mythical figure who lived in Sherwood Forest and supposedly led the movement.
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| Why did England become the birthplace of the IR? | The Industrial Revolution, which took place from the 18th to 19th centuries, was a period during which predominantly agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban.
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| What role did England’s colonies play in that country’s IR. | The Industrial Revolution brought about a greater volume and variety of factory-produced goods and raised the standard of living for many people, particularly for the middle and upper classes.
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| What are textiles? | A type of cloth or fabric.
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| What freedom did workers give up in moving from a cottage industry in textiles, to factory produced textiles? | Innovations in carding and spinning enabled by advances in cast iron technology resulted in the creation of larger spinning mules and water frames. The machinery was housed in water-powered mills on streams.
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| Who invented a cheap method for making steel? | A report released yesterday in the journal Nature highlights a step in this direction that uses electricity instead of heat to extract iron.
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| Two major improvements in transportation during the Industrial Revolution. | The growth of the Industrial Revolution depended on the ability to transport raw materials and finished goods over long distances.
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| Which class benefited from the Industrial Revolution the most? | The clergy and the nobles.
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| The century during which the IR began. | 18th century
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| What was the skill level of the average worker before and after the IR? | There’s a recent working paper by Alexandra de Pleijt and Jacob Weisdorf that looks at skill composition of the English workforce from 1550 through 1850.
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| Where was most work done before and after the IR? | In the castle
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| What material was used for fuel before and after the IR? | In yo mom
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| Who or what set the pace of work before and after the IR? | The marie antinitte
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| What level of productivity was achieved before and after the IR? | the anser
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| Who invented an improved steam engine that powered the IR? | yo daddy
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