1. According to this page, define Industrial Revolution.
2. Scroll down and click on Causes for occurrence in Great Britain 2.1.  Explain why the Industrial Revolution began in England.
3. Factories led people to move to cities. Why?
4. What was the steam engine originally used for?
   

1. What were the disadvantages of "strip" farming during the early agricultural revolution?
2. How did the system of crop rotation operate?
3. Why were there gradual improvements made to the type of machines used in farming?
4. Click on the "Vocabulary Test" link on the bottom of the page. See how you do after reading the passage.

1. Who invented the Spinning Jenny?
2. How did the Spinning Jenny improve the textile industry?
3. In what year was the Spinning Jenny patented? Click on John Kay and the Flying Shuttle at bottom of page.
4. How did the Flying Shuttle improve the textile industry?
5. Did Kay become a rich man from his invention?Explain your answer.

1. Why did people move to the cities?
2. Describe the housing situation of the workers. At what age did many children begin to work?
3. What are some of the jobs children participated in?Who fought for the rights of children?

1. 1. Once Watt's repaired the steam engine in 1763-4, what did he notice needed to change.
2. Watt's theory of seperate condensation made the steam engine a _______________ & ______________ source of power.
3. Who supplied Watt's capital to build his steam engines?

1. Why did people tend to migrate to the city from the country side?
2. Where did many people go when they decided to leave England to search for work?
3. What was one water based disease that was often a problem in industrial towns? (click on disease link on bottom of page)

1. Where and why was the first railroad built in the U.S.?
2. Who is considered the Father of American railroads?
3. What did the Railroad Act of 1862 do?

1. What is the FLSA?  What is the purpose of this organization?
2. Who handles the enforcement of the FLSA's child labor provisions?

1. According to this page, what are the reasons the Industrial Revolution began in England?

List the invention and year of each of the following people:

1. James Watt
2. Eli Whitney
3. Robert Fulton
4. Samuel Morse
5. Elias Howe
6. Isaac Singer
7. Cyrus Field
8. Alexander Graham Bell
9. Thomas Edison
10. Nikola Tesla
11. Rudolf Diesel
12. the Wright Brothers
13. Henry Ford