HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Question
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Textiles
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Steel
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Coal
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All of the Above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Textiles were the dominant industry of the industrial Revolution in terms of employment, worth of output and capital invested with. The textile industry was conjointly the primary to use modern production methods.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cotton played a key role in the United States’ Industrial Revolution. By the mid-19th century, the United States supplied 61 percent of the world’s raw cotton, all of it grown in southern states. Textile mills in New England used raw cotton from the South to spin, dye, and eventually weave and print cotton fabric.
Detailed explanation-3: -The textile industry is primarily concerned with the design, production and distribution of textiles: yarn, cloth and clothing. The raw material may be natural, or synthetic using products of the chemical industry.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Industrial Revolution (mid-1700s to mid-1800s) was a time in which profound technological and industrial advances took place, including in textile manufacturing. Richard Arkwright’s Cromford Mill, built in 1771, is considered to be the first modern water-powered cotton mill.
Detailed explanation-5: -In all, these inventions mechanized the textile industry and led to the establishment of factories throughout Britain, which was the first country to industrialize.