Industrialization

Question 1

Seed drill

Answer 1

1731, Jethro Tull

Question 2

3 crop rotation

Answer 2

Wheat, barley, fallow

Question 3

4 crop rotation

Answer 3

Wheat, barley, roots, clover

Question 4

Flying shuttle

Answer 4

1733, John Kay

Question 5

The spinning Jenny

Answer 5

1764, James Hargreaves

Question 6

The power loom

Answer 6

1786, Edmund Cartwright

Question 7

Steam engine

Answer 7

1712, Thomas Newcomen

Question 8

Steam engine improved with lever and wheel

Answer 8

James Watt, 1769

Question 9

Bessemer

Answer 9

1855

Question 10

Eiffel Tower

Answer 10

Gustave Eiffel, 1889

Question 11

The wealth of nations

Answer 11

1776 - Adam Smith

Question 12

League of the Just becomes the communist League

Answer 12

1847

Question 13

Communist Manifesto

Answer 13

1848

Question 14

Factory act

Answer 14

1833 - no child under 9 is allowed to work in factories

Question 15

Mines act

Answer 15

1842 - women and children aren’t allowed to work in mines

Question 16

Ten hours act

Answer 16

1847 - women and children can’t work more than 10 hours a day

Question 17

Jules Ferry laws

Answer 17

1881 - 1882 - school is compulsory and free in France

Question 18

Hay market riot

Answer 18

May 1st 1886 - strike for an 8 hour work day

Question 19

Light bulb

Answer 19

1875 - Thomas Edison

Question 20

First gasoline automobiles

Answer 20

1893

Question 21

First flight of the Wright brothers

Answer 21

1903