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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