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| 1. Why did the Industrial Revolution happen first in Great Britain? |
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| Great Britain had access to many natural resources such as oil and coal to start factories and businesses and expand the economy. |
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| 2. How did science and technology change society? |
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| Science and technology changed society because new technology such as machines made people's lives easier because now a powered machine could do the challenging tasks people struggled with for a long time. Sciene opened the minds of many people and showed people the many possibilities in life. |
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| 3. How did the Industrial Revolution change rural life and contribute to the development of cities? |
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| The Industrial Revolution has changed rural life because machines, factories, and mines were created that led to the development of houses, new buildings and architect, and machines that helped people with chores and produce products were invented. Towns became thriving cities with enormous populations. |
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| 4. How did the Industrial Revolution change how people viewed work? |
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| The Industrial Revolution has made people view work as terrible and difficult because the jobs people had to do were life threatening, and people had to work with complicated machines. |
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| 5. How did the Industrial Revolution change who did the work? |
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| The Industrial Revolution changed who did the work because it was formerly just people, and not work was completed with the use of machines. |
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| 6. How did the Industrial Revolution change how they did the work? |
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| The difficulty of the job depended on the type of job people had. Work became easier for people using machines to produce new items, but it was difficult for miners working in rough, dusty areas and dim, hot places. |
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| 7. How did the Industrial Revolution change where they did the work? |
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| Work became in small buildings and factories, rather than outdoors at farms, like it used to be. |
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| 8. How did the Steam Engine effect industrialization? |
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| The Steam Engine was very important to the production of many things, such as coal and clean water. The first steam engine pumped water from deep well, and from mines, which was vital to the survival of life. |
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| 9. What was James Hargreaves known for? |
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| Inventing the spinning jenny |
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| 10. What was Jethro Tull known for? |
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| 11. What was James Watt known for? |
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| Improved the steam engine |
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| 12. What were the Factory Acts? |
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| The Factory Acts were rights passed during the IR to improve the lives and conditions of children during child labor;specifically children working in factories. |
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| A union is an organization where workers come together and ask for things from the boss or business that employs them, such as better working conditions, more pay, and e.t.c. |
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| Capitalism is an economic system where business and trade is controlled by private owners, rather than the state. |
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| Theory of social organization that advocates the distribution of money between the whole community including poor. |
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| Communism is the system where property and small businesses are owned by the government or state. |
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| 17. How did the conditions created by the Industrial Revolution change the way people saw the world? |
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| The Industrial Revolution gave people hope that great change can come if people put their minds to something. It gave people hope of the future that we could accomplish many things and the world could be a better place economically, agriculturally,and technologically. |
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