Industrial Revolution Crossword Puzzle
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Westward Expansion & Industrialization has 15 clues. Answers range from 4 to 23 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
Created "The Flying Shuttle"
improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1781
Created Steam ecomotive, Killingworth ecomotives, and Stephens Rocket
1719 John Lombe creates a certain factory, What kind?
When did James Kay die?
Who was the founder of the bank of england?
Moving from rural agriculture to work in factories in cities
Welsh social reformer who attempted to build a utopian socialist and co-operative
English chemist and inventor
English civil engineer, important railway pioneer
Born in Scotland to poor parents, Carnegie moved to America where he became very wealthy through dominating the US steel industry
Took place from the 18th to 19th centuries, period during which predominantly agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban.
invented the Spinning Jenny, which allowed one worker to spin eight spindles.
When 10 million tons of coal mined in Great Britain.
Stephenson’s Rocket wins the speed contest on the new Liverpool to Manchester railroad.
