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What is the name of the event during which the invention of machines changed the way that manufactured goods were produced?
Industrial Revolution
What impact did the steamboat have?
It made it easier to travel upstream and improved the shipping of goods (more efficient)
What is urbanization?
The movement of people from the farms to the cities
Who were the typical workers in the factories?
women and children
What were some of the effects of increased urbanization in the cities as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
increased crime, overcrowding, poverty, pollution, spread of disease
What invention allowed for several threads to be spun at once thus making it more efficient to make cloth?
spinning jenny
What invention made steam power available for mechanical purposes?
steam engine
