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What replaced wool as the main textile produced?

The Industrial Revolution 2

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The Industrial Revolution saw the construction of many railroads. Factory discipline was harsh. Punishments are said to have included hanging people from the roof in baskets and nailing children's ears to a table - makes detention look kind!

Try our second History quiz on the Industrial Revolution.

Which is false about the factory system?

A large quantity of goods was produced

Cheap, unskilled labor operated the machines

Machines produced items of equal quality

People worked only when they wanted

Workers were fined for being late

Which industry first gained from the new machines?

Farming

Service industry

Textile industry

Transport industry

The first textile factories were built between where?

Cumbria and Northumberland

Lancashire and Yorkshire

Norfolk and Suffolk

Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire

Streams off the hills powered water wheels - the Lancashire coalfield later gave coal for steam

What replaced wool as the main textile produced?

Cotton

Linen

Polyester

Silk

Which of these was NOT a spinning machine?

Crompton's Mule

Flying Shuttle

Spinning Jenny

Water Frame

Who invented the Flying Shuttle in 1733?

Charles Weaver

Giles Scott

John Kay

Martin Ross

It wove cloth so fast that spinning machines were invented to keep up

In 1765, who invented the Spinning Jenny?

Jack Harwell

James Hargreaves

Joseph Hodgson

Joshua Harrison

He named it after his wife

Why did Samuel Crompton call his invention the 'Mule'?

It made a noise like a donkey

It sometimes refused to work

It was a cross between two other machines

The operator had to sit on it

Combination of Spinning Jenny and Water Frame

What did Crompton fail to do with his invention?

Build enough of them

Oil it

Patent it

Show people how it worked

It became popular because anyone could use the idea

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In 1769, the Water Frame was invented by who?

Bradley Hardacre

Richard Arkwright

Thomas Knighton

Walter Higginbottom

Author: Jan Crompton

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