Which method of transportation was vital to the spread of the Industrial Revolution?
Steam locomotives (trains)
What are the four main products of the first Industrial Revolution?
textiles, railroads, coal and iron
Improved agriculture, population growth, ready supply of capital & entrepreneurs, natural resources, supply of markets
What were the reasons the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain?
Defended the free-market system of capitalism?
Adam Smith
I "invented" the light bulb.
Thomas Edison
A type of person who organizes, manages and takes on a the risk of business
What is an entrepreneur?
I created a process in which steel was created
Henry Bessemer
Invented small pox vaccinations
Edward Jenner
agricultural revolution, stable government, medical advancements caused this
What were causes of population growth?
What industry had the following four inventions: flying shuttle, spinning jenny, water-powered loom, steam engine?
The textile industry
Another name for Factory Workers
Proletariat
Another name for Factory owners
bourgeoisie
better breeding and crop rotation
Agricultural Revolution
Most exploited group of workers?
Children
I invented the cotton gin.
Eli Whitney
An association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions and higher wages
Labor Union
The process of developing machine production of goods
Industrialization