Industrial Revolution

Question 1

Why were women and children employed in factories?

Accepted Answer

They needed more money, They had no rights

Question 2

When was the Spinning Jenny invented?

Accepted Answer

1764

Question 3

Why did the Industrial Revolution start in Britain?

Accepted Answer

Had easy access to coal

Question 4

Where did the Industrial Revolution start?

Accepted Answer

Great Britain

Question 5

Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the...

Accepted Answer

Telephone

Question 6

What condition did people who worked in factories live in?

Accepted Answer

Small house, no house, no money

Question 7

What was important about the new machines that were invented?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 8

What was the main energy source during the Industrial Revolultion?

Accepted Answer

Coal

Question 9

What was the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 10

Which of these people were famous athletes during the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Tom Longboat

Question 11

How can you describe the way workers were treated during the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Exploited, Manipulated, Misused

Question 12

When was the first steam engine invented?

Accepted Answer

1712

Question 13

What three inventions led to the spread of mass communication?

Accepted Answer

Telegraph, transatlantic cable and telephone

Question 14

Who invented the steam engine?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Newcomen

Question 15

Which one of these people were born during the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Edmund Cartwright

Question 16

Which of the following age group/gender got paid the most?

Accepted Answer

Older men

Question 17

When did the Industrial Revolution start?

Accepted Answer

1752

Question 18

What invention was developed in the year 1916 to help fight in wars?

Accepted Answer

Tank

Questions 18