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Study Guide Questions
1. What is the name of the manufacturing process, when people do piecework in their homes?
2. In pre-factory days, what were the groups of skilled craftsmen who oversaw the quality standards for their trades?
3. Which country is considered to be the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution?
4. Name two of the natural resources that helped England to enter the Industrial Age.
5. What was the main source of the capital that enabled English industrialists to develop their factories?
6. The process of using coke to smelt iron replaced a less efficient method of smelting that used __________________ .
7. The raw iron produced by the coke-smelting process was called ________________ iron.
8. The spinning jenny was invented by: a.) Richard Arkwright b.) Samuel Crompton c.) James Hargreaves d.) Edmund Cartwright
9. The water frame was invented and patented by: a.) Richard Arkwright b.) Samuel Crompton c.) James Hargreaves d.) Edmund Cartwright
10. The spinning mule, which combined the functions of the water frame and the spinning jenny, was invented by: a.) Richard Arkwright b.) Samuel Crompton c.) James Hargreaves d.) Edmund Cartwright
11. A steam-powered loom that completed the revolution in the textile industry was invented by: a.) Richard Arkwright b.) Samuel Crompton c.) James Hargreaves d.) Edmund Cartwright
12. What was the first source of improved transportation in England during the Industrial Revolution?
13. What is the feature in canals that permits the raising and lowering of boats from one body of water to another?
14. An improved version of the steam engine and other innovations that made steam power suitable for industrial usage were made by ___________________ ___________ .
15. The first steam locomotive to run on rails was built in 1802 by: a.) James Watt b.) Richard Trevithick c.) Puffing Billy d.) George Stephenson
16. Who is known as the "Father of the Steam Locomotive?"
17. Workers who commit themselves to a certain term of employment under agreed upon conditions for a set length of time are said to be ____________________________ .
18. The Wealth of Nations, by author ___________ ________________ , stressed the importance of labor in an economy
19. ___________ ___________________ invented the cotton gin.
20. Which American first put all parts of textile manufacturing under one roof?
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