The Industrial Revolution in Europe

Prior to the Industrial Revolution, people did everything that they needed for their families to survive by themselves. They grew their own food, which was called subsistence farming. Instead of watching a clock, they watched:

• the sun and the seasons.

• their favorite YouTube channels.

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Look at the dramatic difference between life in 1820 versus life in 1920! We are talking about a very short:

• 50 years

• 100 years

• 200 years

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Division of labor is about:

• having farmers focus on farming and textile workers focus on textiles.

• working really hard on a math problem.

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The Spinning Jenny was an invention that allowed one woman to spin up to 120 bobbins of thread at once.

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The water frame used water power to run many textile spinning machines at once. 

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• False

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The Industrial Revolution was about small improvements that added up over time, rather than something really big happening all at once.

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The Industrial Revolution was for risk takers. The rate of failure during the Industrial Revolution was:

• over 25%

• over 50%

• over 75%

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James Watt's steam engine was used for power in mines, textiles, and other machinery.

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Which kind of power changed everything?

• manpower

• water power

• steam engines

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Shopkeeper, pharmacists, construction workers, teachers, doctors, drivers, sanitation workers, and police were considered:

• primary workers for the railroad

• secondary workers for the railroad

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