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The Industrial Revolution
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1 trivia quiz  Industrial Revolution icon
This quiz is focused on industrialization in England. It is fairly basic and should be quite easy.
Tough 10Q
1776 plays
Jun 11 03
personx
2 trivia quiz  Jobs for the Boys and Girls icon
How many of these job descriptions from the early Industrial Revolution do you recognise? It's easy. As ever have fun.
Tough 10Q
1119 plays
Aug 01 03
Fiachra

Some sample questions from this category:

* The "industrial revolution" is said to have started in which country?
* The cotton gin was one of the inventions that came as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Who invented it?
* This was the name of a secret society that sought to destroy the new machines and inventions that had replaced them as workers.
* 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?
* Where did Watt first see Newcomen's invention?
* 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?
* When did the Industrial revolution take root in Russia?
* In what year did the English achieve the 10-hour working day, at least for women and children?
* My name is Sally and I am a trapper. I work in the ....
* My name is Tom and I am a climbing boy. I work ...
* I am Margaret and I am eight. Where do I work as a piecer?
* I am David and I am 14. Where do I work as a hurrier?
* I am Susan and I am a scavenger. You will find me in a ...?
* I am seventeen and I am a nightman. What is my job?
* I am William, all my friends envy me, I am training to be a cooper. What did a cooper work on?
* I am a navvy, like my father, where would you find me?
* My name is Eliza and I work in a drapery shop. What do I sell?

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