INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Across
- 3. goods produced in large quantities
- 4. transportation mechanism for goods over land at fast speed
- 9. extracting fuel from the ground
- 10. work stoppage to protest for better wages and working conditions
- 12. allows workers to spin many threads at once
- 16. goods made by hand in small shops or homes
- 17. workers uniting against owners
- 19. laws designed to stop abuses by businesses
- 20. changes for the betterment of society
- 22. messages traveling over long wires to connect to distant markets
- 24. union that bargains with the owners for better pay
Down
- 1. the people who support the rich and the middle class by toiling away in low paying jobs
- 2. people leaving farms to go to the big cities
- 5. The massive shift to the modern world
- 6. dangers, too many hours and not safety conditions
- 7. economic system of private ownership
- 8. organizations formed to support workers rights and interests
- 11. private owners who invest money to build factories
- 13. buildings to house workers to make products
- 14. cloth made by machines
- 15. breaking down complex tasks to simple repetitive steps
- 18. selling time for money
- 21. Mechanized apparatus used for mass production.
- 23. reliable source of power not dependent on water or wind.