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Flashcards by Khalid Badaso, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Khalid Badaso
almost 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| List 2 important discoveries from the industrial revoulution | The spinning Jenny and electricity |
| What could the spinning jenny do? | It enabled one man to operate several spools of cotton at once rather than just one. This was one of the first examples of mass production |
| Why did people migrate from rural to urban areas? | In search of jobs since Europe was transforming from an agricultural to industrial society |
| When and by who was the steam engine invented | It was invented in 1776 by James Watt |
| What was the fastest growing city during the industrial revolution? | London, it was the fastest growing city by the 19th century |
| Where did the civillians live during the industrial age? | They lived in crammed tenament blocks close to the factories they worked in |
| Why was it hard to have privacy in tenament homes? | Many families lived under the same roof |
| What were the most common diseases in tenament house? | Cholera and typhus |
| What were girls jobs during the industrial age? | They worked as harrers in the coalmines |
| How did they do it? | They pulled a cart by using a chain secured around there waist |
| What were the working conditions like? | They were 12 to 14 hours and there were no safety rules whatsoever |
| Why were children employed? | They were employed for tasks that needed small hands and nimble fingers |
| What did the children work as? | They would be hewing coal |
| Why were convicts transported to Australia and not America? | America became independant |
| What was the most common crime? | Theft |
| When did America gain independance? | In 1776 |
| What was Australia known as in the Industrial age? | Working mans paradise |
| Why was it known as this? | People were payed high wages and worked less hours |
| What happened in Australia in 1890? | An economic depression began leading to closing businesses and risking unemployment |
| What did workers do to counter this? | They formed trade unions |
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