Fill in: spread, Industrial, powered,
invented, twist, engines, conditions,
housing, wages, standard.

1 People built new machines in the ....
Revolution in the 18th century.
2 The news ....
very fast.
3 In the 18th century, working ....
were very hard.
4 James Hargreaves ....
the spinning
jenny to ....
thread for making cloth
in 1764.
5 In 1850, many poor English people lived in
terrible overcrowded ....
6 Workers in 18th-century factories received
very low ....
7. As work in the factories improved, people
had a better
..... of living.
8 Steam ........
needed coal to make
steam. They .... machines in factories.