Industrial Revolution

1. What act, passed in the 19th century, restricted child labor in factories?
3. Which industry was the first to be transformed by industrialization?
7. What invention by Eli Whitney revolutionized cotton processing?
9. What form of transportation, powered by steam, became widespread during industrialization?
12. What term describes the shift from handmade goods to machine-produced goods?
15. What transportation improvement connected factories to markets and reduced shipping costs?
16. Who invented the spinning jenny, revolutionizing textile production?
17. What invention by James Watt greatly improved manufacturing efficiency?
18. What Karl Marx co-authored book criticized the capitalist system?
19. What labor force was often exploited in early factories, working long hours in harsh conditions?

2. What disease spread rapidly in overcrowded industrial cities due to poor sanitation?
4. What revolution marked the transition from agrarian societies to industrialized ones?
5. What system replaced cottage industries with centralized production?
6. What economic system, based on private ownership and profit, grew during this period?
8. Which country was the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution?
10. What communication device, invented by Samuel Morse, used coded electrical signals?
11. What term describes the mass movement of people from rural to urban areas?
13. What process, developed by Henry Bessemer, made steel production more efficient?
14. What power source replaced water and human labor in factories?
15. What created a higher demand for slaves?