Industrial Revolution

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1. The "industrial revolution" is said to have started in which country? France Germany USA England

2. The cotton gin was one of the inventions that came as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Who invented it? Walter C. Scott James Watt Eli Whitney Thomas Jefferson

3. This was the name of a secret society that sought to destroy the new machines and inventions that had replaced them as workers. Lutherans Luddites Counter-Industrialists Georgians

4. A few decades before James Watt perfected the machine, another young scientist named Thomas Newcomen built a simple steam engine with a single piston engine. What were these first steam engines used for? Engines in new steamships Boiling kettles Displays of 'Magic' to children Pumping water out of mine shafts

5. Where did Watt first see Newcomen's invention? During a magic show in London At the University of Glasgow In his mother's kitchen While he was coal mining

6. In England in 1799 it became illegal for two or more factory workers to join together in order to demand better working conditions and/or higher pay. What was the name of this Act of Parliament? Union Act Coercion Act Combination Act Non-Appeasement Act

7. In 1733 John Kay invented an improved part of the weaver's loom. What was it called? Answer: (Two Words)

8. When did the Industrial revolution take root in Russia? c. 1930 onwards Never c. 1890 onwards c. 1850 onwards

9. In what year did the English achieve the 10-hour working day, at least for women and children? 1821 1912 1844 1866

10. The Industrial Revolution wasn't really a revolution because it didn't bring about social change on a major scale. True False