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The steam engine was made during the Industrial Revolution. Did you know that iron production rose 1,000% between 1750 and 1830? Without iron the steam engine could not have been made.

Test yourself with the third History quiz in the Industrial Revolution series.

Edmund Cartwright's invention caused unemployment for which workers?

[ ]	Cloth dyers
[ ]	Hand-loom weavers
[ ]	Sheep shearers
[ ]	Wool sorters

Those who smashed factory machinery were called what?

[ ]	Doleites
[ ]	Hittites
[ ]	Luddites
[ ]	Mabbites

Who usually crawled under a jammed machine?

[ ]	Children
[ ]	Factory owners
[ ]	Men
[ ]	Women

Iron and steel making required what type of coal?

[ ]	Anthracite
[ ]	Bituminous coal
[ ]	Coke
[ ]	Lignite

Which city is most associated with steel making?

[ ]	Bristol
[ ]	Edinburgh
[ ]	Manchester
[ ]	Sheffield

In the early 18th century, who began making cast iron?

[ ]	Abraham Darby
[ ]	Adam Lester
[ ]	Moses Carlisle
[ ]	Noah Durham

Cast iron that could be shaped was called what?

[ ]	Distressed iron
[ ]	Pressed iron
[ ]	Wrought iron
[ ]	Wrung iron

In the 1850's who developed a steelmaking process?

[ ]	David Fitzsimmons
[ ]	Henry Bessemer
[ ]	Henry Cort
[ ]	John Neilson

James Watt improved whose steam engine in the 1760's?

[ ]	Terence Newgate
[ ]	Thomas Newcomen
[ ]	Timothy Newland
[ ]	Tom Newsome

10.

Which factory owner financed James Watt's work?

[ ]	James Nasmyth
[ ]	Lionel French
[ ]	Matthew Boulton
[ ]	Thomas Savery

History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The Industrial Revolution 3 (Answers)

Edmund Cartwright's invention caused unemployment for which workers?

[ ]	Cloth dyers
[x]	Hand-loom weavers
[ ]	Sheep shearers
[ ]	Wool sorters

His power loom was driven by steam engines

Those who smashed factory machinery were called what?

[ ]	Doleites
[ ]	Hittites
[x]	Luddites
[ ]	Mabbites

Lead by Ned Ludd, they were mainly the unemployed

Who usually crawled under a jammed machine?

[x]	Children
[ ]	Factory owners
[ ]	Men
[ ]	Women

Very dangerous - machines were often still running

Iron and steel making required what type of coal?

[ ]	Anthracite
[ ]	Bituminous coal
[x]	Coke
[ ]	Lignite

Which city is most associated with steel making?

[ ]	Bristol
[ ]	Edinburgh
[ ]	Manchester
[x]	Sheffield

Especially stainless steel, particularly flatware

In the early 18th century, who began making cast iron?

[x]	Abraham Darby
[ ]	Adam Lester
[ ]	Moses Carlisle
[ ]	Noah Durham

He used coke (coking coal) instead of charcoal

Cast iron that could be shaped was called what?

[ ]	Distressed iron
[ ]	Pressed iron
[x]	Wrought iron
[ ]	Wrung iron

Stronger than cast iron - used for tools and machines

In the 1850's who developed a steelmaking process?

[ ]	David Fitzsimmons
[x]	Henry Bessemer
[ ]	Henry Cort
[ ]	John Neilson

Steel was stronger than wrought iron

James Watt improved whose steam engine in the 1760's?

[ ]	Terence Newgate
[x]	Thomas Newcomen
[ ]	Timothy Newland
[ ]	Tom Newsome

Newcomen's was the first working steam engine

10.

Which factory owner financed James Watt's work?

[ ]	James Nasmyth
[ ]	Lionel French
[x]	Matthew Boulton
[ ]	Thomas Savery