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All women
This was a period in time when women were almost treated equal in the sense that they worked just like the men and children. -
Flying Shuttle
A boat-shaped piece of wood to which yarn was attached, it sped back and forth on wheels and doubled the amount of work a weaver could do in a day. -
Spinning Jenny
A textile worker named James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny after his daughter. It was a spinning wheel that allowed eight threads at a time to only one spinner. -
The Water Frame
Richard Arkwright created the water frame, a machine that used water from running streams to generate spinning wheels. -
Spinning Mule
Samuel Crompton combined the spinning jenny and the water frame to make the spinning mule. The spinning mule made thread that was much more durable. -
Utilitaranism
The government tries to utilize their power for the bettering of many people. -
Power Loom
The power loom was run by water and invented by Edmund Cartwright. It took the work out of spinning and weaving. -
Capitalism
Investments in ownership, it also means the distribution and exchange of wealth is made by individuals. -
John McAdam
John McAdam was a Scotish engineer who helped improve British roads. He equipped roads with large stones to help the drainage. He then layed crushed rock over, making it much easier for transportation. -
Richard Trevithick
An English engineer who won a huge bet of many thousand dollars. He hauled ten tons of iron of almost ten miles of track in a steam-locomotive. -
The steamboat
The steamboat was invented by Robert Fulton by using a steam engine. It made it's first successful trip in 1807. It took passangers up and down the Hudson river with ease. -
Francis Cabot Lowell
Francis Cabot Lowell revolutionized the American textile industry. -
Socialism
Social organization that controls production and distribution in the society -
The abolishment of slavery
William Wilberforce helps abolish slavery in the British Empire because of the painful consequences and the unfairness. -
Alexis de Toqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville was a french writer. He said "from this filth, pure gold flows." -
Women's Movement
Women began taking charge in 1848. They wanted to overcome inequality and activate their power. -
Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Gaskell wrote many novels which helped sympathize for the middle class. -
Communism
An economic system in which private ownership is prohibited and universal equality is promoted. -
US point
The US became a lot better about education during the Industrial Revolution. They took steps to better the quality of education for children. -
Public school reform
Federal and state governments were convinced to allow students free schooling to better the quality of education to the next generation.
