The Industrial Revolution By Medha
Across
- 4. Children were viewed as laborers throughout the 19th century. Many children worked on farms, small businesses, mills and factories.
- 8. Communication by transmitting signals over a wire. Messages could be sent over long distances in a short period of time.
- 9. A machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793
- 10. 1760's; James Watt; engine powered by steam that could pump water from mines 3X as quickly as previous engines
Down
- 1. Development of a system which supports machine production of goods.
- 2. A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
- 3. A method of production that brought many workers and machines together into one building
- 5. An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements.
- 6. Networks of iron (later steel) rails on which steam (later electric or diesel) locomotives pulled long trains at high speeds.
- 7. An economic system based on private ownership of capital