Industrial Revolution

Across

2. – Hargreaves' invention that spun multiple threads at once.
4. – Samuel Morse's invention for fast long-distance communication.
5. – Movement of people from rural areas to cities.
7. – Method of production bringing workers and machines together.
10. – Organization formed to improve working conditions.
13. – Fencing off farmland that pushed peasants into cities.
16. – Laws improving conditions by limiting child labor and hours.
19. – Inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts.
20. – Key invention that powered machines, trains, and ships.
23. – Inventor of a process that made steel cheaper and stronger.
24. – Ford’s production method where each worker performs one task.
25. – Workers who destroyed machines they believed stole their jobs.
28. – Perfected the steam engine.
29. – Transportation system that boosted trade and migration.
30. – Ideology advocating classless society and shared ownership.

Down

1. – Identical components used to assemble products quickly.
3. – Period of mass mechanization beginning in Britain.
6. – Making goods in large quantities using machines.
8. – Inventor known for the lightbulb and electrical systems.
9. – Waterways built to transport goods more efficiently.
11. – Economic system based on private ownership and profit.
12. – Workers refusing to work until demands are met.
14. – Overcrowded, unsafe apartments for factory workers.
15. – Eli Whitney’s invention that sped up cotton cleaning.
17. – First industry to industrialize in Britain.
18. – Improvements in farming that helped spark industrialization.
21. – New social class of skilled workers, managers, and professionals.
22. – Practice of employing young children in factories.
26. – Wrote The Wealth of Nations and supported free markets.
27. – Wrote The Communist Manifesto criticizing capitalism.