This man improved Newcomen's steam engine in the late 1700s so that it could be used for manufacturing.
Who is James Watt?
100
a private toll road
What is a turnpike?
100
This philosophy by David Ricardo says that wage increases will not raise the standard of living of poor families (because they'll just have more kids).
What is "The Iron Law of Wages"?
100
This form of transportation was a huge improvement over canals because they didn't have to follow the course of a river.
What are railroads? (also accept trains)
100
This labor organization was made up of textile workers who, angry over losing jobs, destroyed textile factory machinery.
Who are the Luddites?
200
This utopian socialist, who was also a mill owner, set up a model community in New Lanark, Scotland.
Who is Robert Owen?
200
people who manage and assume the financial risk of starting a new business
What are entrepreneurs?
200
The goal of this idea was "the greatest happiness for the greatest number".
What is utilitarianism?
200
Abraham Darby's experiments led him to find a more efficient way to:
What is make better quality and less expensive iron?
200
These were passed in the early 1800s to reform child labor.
What are "factory acts"?
300
This British philosopher/economist developed the philosophy of utilitarianism.
Who is Jeremy Bentham?
300
an apartment building for the working class
What is a tenement?
300
According to these people, poverty and injustice could be solved by shared ownership of the means of production (factories, mills, etc.).
Who are socialists?
300
This method of producing cloth in individual homes was replaced by factories.
What is the putting out system?
300
This country's socialists formed a social democracy in the 1860s to transition from capitalism to socialism.
What is Germany?
400
This man discouraged vaccinations because he thought disease was a natural means of population control.
Who is Thomas Malthus?
400
the movement of people from rural areas to the cities
What is urbanization?
400
According to economists who followed this idea, the cure for poverty was an unrestricted free market.
What is laissez-faire economics?
400
This new form of energy allowed the growth of railroads.
What is steam power?
400
a drug that prevents pain during surgery
What is anesthetic?
500
a business organization in areas like mining, manufacturing, and shipping