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1. What is the earliest time period that is commonly associated with the Industrial Revolution?
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2. What is Cottonopolis?
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3. What was one of the major goods produced during the revoultion?
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4. What did the Gorham Manufacturing Company produce?
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5. What invention led to the mass production of cotton thought America?
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6. Where was the first US cotton mill?
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7. What was the name of the trust that John D. Rockefeller started?
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8. What were the first proposed personal vehicles in London run on?
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9. When did the power loom come onto the scene?
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10. What movement was introduced in response to the poor city conditions in the United States?
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11. What made a compound steam engine "compound?"
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12. In Great Britain, how much coal was mined in 1800?
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13. What law made school mandatory for children in Great Britain?
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14. Which country first adopted the use of factories to produce goods?
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15. What type of power used in factories preceded steam?
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16. What was the IWW?
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17. Inventions that allowed goods to travel upstream were part of the __________ Revolution.
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18. A Fowler crane engine made __________ easier.
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19. What were trains powered by during the revolution?
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20. When was the very first steam engine invented?
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21. True or False: The very first steam engine was not very useful.
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22. Who was responsible for building the first sewing machine?
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23. When was the first sewing machine built?
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24. James Watt is famous for producing the __________.
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25. How was Watt's steam engine different than the original?
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26. What was the Bessemer process?
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27. When was dynamite patented?
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28. How many years did it take to complete the Brooklyn Bridge?
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29. What was significant about the Brooklyn Bridge's construction?
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30. Who was the first person to patent the telephone?
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31. Who had a dispute with Bell over the first invention of the telephone?
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32. When did the Wright brothers first fly their plane?
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33. The Ford Model T had a common nickname. What was it?
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34. What major scientific advancement did Louis Pasteur come up with?
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35. Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Voltan is responsible for inventing what important invention?
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36. How did Breaker Boys get their names?
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37. How did Richard Trevithick improve life during the Industrial Revolution?
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38. What subject did Sir Humphry Davy contribute to?
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39. The Seed-Planter __________ the seed planting process.
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40. What was the result of the Factory Act of 1833.
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41. When did the first succesful ice machine come out?
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42. Samuel Morse is responsible for creating the __________.
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43. What substance filled zeppelins?
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44. Alexander Bain's facsimile was an early form of a __________.
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45. Charles Dickens spent his childhood during the Industrial Revolution as a __________.
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46. True or False: George Cayley invented a precursor to the plane—a manned glider.
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47. 1868 saw the invention of J.P. Knight's __________ light.
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48. The Lumière brothers are grandfathers of the __________ industry.
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49. This substance was patented in 1824 and was a huge advancement for the construction trade.
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50. True or False: The life expectancy of children in Great Britain increased during the Industrial Revolution.
At some point you probably covered the Industrial Revolution in school. Most of us can hit the highlights: the push for innovation, the growth of factories, and the conditions of the working classes. From its birth in Great Britain to its emergence in the United States, the Industrial Revolution was a fascinating time in world history that brought both great progress forward as well as a pretty questionable social climate. Read more