world history chapter 13
what year was slavery abolished?
1865
what year did Haiti gain freedom from France ?
1884
what was it called the first revolution that helped the production of food?
Agricultural revolution
Who made the threshing machine?
Andrew Meikle
Who made the reaping machine
Cyrus McCormick
Who made the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
what was the name of the slave that escaped and moved to Philadelphia?
Fredrick Douglass
Who invented the spinning jenny?
James Hargreaves
Who made the steam engine?
James Watt
Who invented the seed drill?
Jethro Tull
Who invented the flying shuttle?
John Kay
who invented a self propelled tractor
John fowler
who wrote "the liberator"
Lloyd Garrison
who were the first group to speak out against slavery?
Quakers
who invented the patent
Richard Arkwright
why did farms slowly dwindle?
because more farmers moved to the cities
why where cottages overrun by factories
because you have more room for more production, more more room for more workers
what invention led to the need for more slaves
cotton gin (because with more cotton being produced they needed more people picking cotton)
T/F William Wilberforce was a slave owner and believed in owning slaves
false
t/f congress banned importation of slaves, and was enforced well
false
what act made women and boys under the age of 12?
mines act
was the sanitation good in the industrial revolution
nope
What did the 1833 Factory Act do?
placed limits on child labor
what is significant about George Whitefield
preached outdoors
what gave plant owners, managers, and government a new sense of purpose?
preaching/the word of God
what was john newton former job (before becoming a preacher)
slave ship captain
why was steam important for the industrial revolution?
steam helped reduced labor done by man or animals,
who inspected factories to make sure factories fallowed the rules?
the government
how many hours where children required to go to school
three
what was john wesly?
traveler/ preacher (he rode horse back)
what is a cottage industry?
where wool was spun for a profit (which led to more money for families)
What was the 10 hour Bill?
women and children were not allowed to work 10 hr. days at any British factory