Industrial Revolution #1
The country where the Industrial Revolution began.
What is England
What are the two "main ingredients" of the Industrial Revolution. Type of Natural Resources
What are coal and iron ore
This is the economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
What is Socialism
This man greatly improved the steam engine
Who is James Watt
This group of people was often seen in Industrial Revolution-era factories but is no longer seen
Who are children
What was the Irish Potato Famine
Mass starvation and disease in Ireland (1845-1852)
Caused by potato blight
What does Laizzez Faire mean?
HANDS OFF, little to no government interference
What was happening to the grain during the Irish Potato Famine
Was being exported instead of feeding the people
This Englishmen wrote "The Wealth of Nations" and is considered by many to be the father of Capitalism
Who is Adam Smith
This economic market system is seen in nations such as the United States
Capitalism
This is the policy of a stronger nation to attempt to create an empire by dominating weaker nations economically, politically, culturally, or militarily
What is Imperialism
These groups formed following the exploitation of workers in industrializing countries. Fought for better pay, working conditions, and higher wages
What are Labor Unions
This term describes the shift of population from rural to urban
What is Urbanization
These are the two most important reasons railroads were important
What is gave people a way to move around and helped factory owners a way to move their goods
This German-born author wrote "Das Kapital" and "The Communist Manifesto
Who is Karl Marx
How people made goods before the Industrial Revolution
What is by hand
Describe the social change of Urbanization
Growth of ciities as people moved for factory jobs
This term describes the end goal of Socialism where a classless society emerges
What is Communism
This group of people was highly recruited to work in the emerging American textile industry
Who are single women
The type of government that has
collective ownership, classless society, central planning by the government, the goal is equality
Communism
How people made goods after the industrial revolution
What is with machines
Labor Laws that fought against child labor
Unions that fought for better pay
And social movements for education, health, and housing improvements
Are all types of ______ that were formed during the Industrial Revolution
Reforms
Entrepreneur nicknamed "The Traitor" by the English
Who is Samuel Slater
These are the two groups Marx divided the world into
What are the Bourgeoisie vs. Proletariat