This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Westward Expansion & Industrialization has 26 clues. Answers range from 4 to 15 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Who invented the spinning Jenny?
Who invented the flying shuttle?
A danger of living in an industrial town
A danger of working in a mine
A man who tried to reform working conditions
Invented by George Stephenson
Mined all over England
New source of power
New method of transport
Carried goods along canals
Designed canals and roads
Industry dealing with cloth
Opened and closed doors in the mines
Carved out coal from the coal face with a picaxe
Women were paid what proportion of men's wages
Housing where factory workers lived
Disease in industrial towns
Who worked collecting cotton under the machines
Group of investors who built and maintained roads
Supervisors were allowed to punish workers how?
Pushed carts along mine tunnels
Being in the dark in the mines could cause
making all goods at home in the countryside
Invented by Edmund Cartwright
New laws to improve conditions
New lamp to prevent explosions in mines