Industrial Revolution Scavenger Hunt
Instructions: Answer the following question on paper and turn in by 10/29/2015
Your paper should have your first and last name and period in the upper right hand corner.
Your paper should have your first and last name and period in the upper right hand corner.
1. When does an industrial revolution occur? When did this occur in North America? Click Here
2. Please state your thoughts on the picture. Click Here
3. Where did the system of child labor in Rhode Island begin? Click Here
4. Who helped Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone? Click Here
5. List the name of the oil company John D. Rockefeller started and the year he started it. Click Here
6. True or False? The Industrial Revolution did not affect people’s lives in any way. Click Here
7. Find these sentences and fill in the blanks. In 1833 the Government passed a Factory Act to improve conditions for children working in _________________. Young children were working very ________ long hours in workplaces where conditions were terrible. Click Here
8. During the Industrial Revolution, how young were children who worked hard hours for little or no pay? Click Here
9. Were there people in this time period that strongly opposed child labor? Click Here
10. In what century did people crowd cities? Click here
11. List two reasons children were employed in textile mills. Click Here
12. What did it mean to be "weighted" as a form of punishment? Click Here
13. Compare your life with that of someone your age before child labor laws. List 4 reasons you are glad you are not living in that time.