Developed a seed drill for placing seeds in even rows
Watt
Tull
Arkwright
Whitney
Used patents to control the sales of inventions
Arkwright
Kay
Fowler
Hargreaves
Invented the cotton gin
Tull
Watt
Whitney
Meikle
Invented the spinning jenny
Hargreaves
Arkwright
Fowler
Kay
The practice of growing different crops in the same field
Tillage
Cover crops
Agriforestry
Crop rotation
Led the British parliament to end the British slave trade
Wilberforce
Whitney
Watt
Meikle
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
Developed a self propelled steam engine and tractor
Fowler
McCormick
Arkwright
Meikle
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
Improved the steam engine
Watt
McCormich
Whitney
Wilberforce
What European country was the first to experience the Industrial Revolution?
England
Germany
American Colonies
France
Define the Industrial Revolution.
Changes in a person's sacred or spiritual life.
A time with changes in the structure and nature of society
A period when property relations are overturned
An era with manufacturing changes in the 18th/19th centuries
What centrally located buildings became necessary for housing larger weaving machines?
Storage units in the cities
Storage units near factory owners homes
Factories
Warehouses
Invented the flying shuttle
Fowler
Tull
Kay
Watt