WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Factories are more organised.
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People demanded that more textiles had to be produced.
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The machines were to large for the home.
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One of the above.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The textile industry was greatly impacted by a number of new inventions such as the flying shuttle, the spinning frame and the cotton gin. But it was the invention of the Spinning Jenny by James Hargreaves that is credited with moving the textile industry from homes to factories.
Detailed explanation-2: -Technological advancements in the textile industry include the use of new machines. For example: Knitting machines-Machines create knitted fabrics in large swaths of material, instead of long strips, that are then looped and sewn together. Pleating-Pleating can now be done solely by machines instead of laborers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Starting in the mid-18th century, innovations like the spinning jenny (a wooden frame with multiple spindles), the flying shuttle, the water frame and the power loom made weaving cloth and spinning yarn and thread much easier. Producing cloth became faster and required less time and far less human labor.
Detailed explanation-4: -Industrial revolution spinned off with the establishment of industries. Inventions like Spinning Jenny, Water Frame, Mule and Powerloom aided the textile industry whereas the invention of the Steam Engine, Rail Coach, Steam Ship aided the transport sector.