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  • What invention allowed for several threads to be spun at once thus making it more efficient to make cloth?
    spinning jenny
  • 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 made steam power available for mechanical purposes?
    steam engine
  • What is the name of the event during which the invention of machines changed the way that manufactured goods were produced?
    Industrial Revolution
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