The Industrial Revolution

How did steam locomotives lower the cost of transporting raw materials and finished goods?

What was the most important role textiles played in the Industrial Revolution?

The excerpt is from The History of Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, by Edward Baines. A great number of streams . . . furnish water-power adequate to turn many hundred mills: they afford the element of water, indispensable for scouring, bleaching, printing, dyeing, and other processes of manufacture: and when collected in their larger channels, or employed to feed canals, they supply a superior inland navigation, so important for the transit of raw materials and merchandise. According to the excerpt, in what ways did water help England's industrial boom?

During the Agricultural Revolution, what was the main advantage of tenant farming rather than moving to the city for work?

What most likely changed when cottage industries began to disappear?

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin

Prices for products became more affordable as a result of new forms of , which got things to market faster and cheaper.

An effect of the steamboat's popularity was that

Which describes the connection between a mechanical loom and a cotton gin?

Before the Agricultural Revolution, many people lived in rural areas because

The shift toward mass production affected consumers by

New laws that were passed during the Industrial Revolution helped city residents by

Why did it take so long for working class people to fight for improved conditions?

What was the biggest effect that new technology had on farm workers?

Workers were attracted to industrial cities because

Early in the Industrial Revolution, factory owners employed many

The middle class that emerged during the Industrial Revolution consisted mainly of

By paying low wages, factory owners were able to

Factory employees worked days a week.

The graph shows the population of Manchester, England. What development most likely explains the information in this chart?