Invented the spinning jenny
Hargreaves
Fowler
Arkwright
Kay
Invented the cotton gin
Whitney
Watt
Tull
Meikle
Improved the steam engine
Whitney
Watt
Wilberforce
McCormich
Invented the flying shuttle
Watt
Tull
Fowler
Kay
Developed a seed drill for placing seeds in even rows
Arkwright
Whitney
Watt
Tull
Developed a self propelled steam engine and tractor
McCormick
Meikle
Arkwright
Fowler
Used patents to control the sales of inventions
Kay
Arkwright
Hargreaves
Fowler
Led the British parliament to end the British slave trade
Watt
Wilberforce
Whitney
Meikle
The practice of growing different crops in the same field
Tillage
Cover crops
Agriforestry
Crop rotation
What is cottage industry?
Weaving cloth in a shed
Weaving cloth in a factory
Weaving cloth at home
Weaving cloth with neighbors similar to a quilting bee
What effect did the cotton gin have on efforts to eliminate slavery in America?
It had no effect
It discouraged the abolition of slavery
It eliminated the need for slaves-machines deseeded cotton
It encouraged the abolition of slavery
What centrally located buildings became necessary for housing larger weaving machines?
Storage units in the cities
Warehouses
Storage units near factory owners homes
Factories
What European country was the first to experience the Industrial Revolution?
Germany
France
American Colonies
England
Define the Industrial Revolution.
A time with changes in the structure and nature of society
An era with manufacturing changes in the 18th/19th centuries
A period when property relations are overturned
Changes in a person's sacred or spiritual life.
