In the Beginning
A byproduct of an increase in food production was this?
Population increase
Name two things that urban poor faced on a daily basis.
Colera, unsafe work conditions, inadequate housing, long work hours, little pay.
Although Manchester and Liverpool were the most industrialized British cities, what city was the financial capital of Britain?
London
Name a creamy peanut butter brand.
Jiff, Skippy, Peter Pan...
Which economist argued that people will consistently be poor and hungry without frequent wars and diseases to control populations?
Thomas Malthus
Britain had natural resources such as rivers, harbors, coal and this...
Iron Ore
What major vitamin did urban residents lack during the Industrial Revolution?
Vitamin D
What is the purpose of "crop rotation"?
To allow soil to regenerate.
What invention helped the United States expand westward toward California?
the railroad (train)
Jane Addams opened Hull House to educate and empower women in Chicago. Many of these women were from abusive backgrounds or were _________ .
Recent immigrants.
Britain had resources such as land, labor and ___________ that made it a successful Industrial power.
Capital
Why did factory owners prefer to run their factories all day and night?
Profit
Children were often good for factories to employ because they were cheaper to hire and...
They could fix machines in hard to reach areas.
In what ways did Industrialization benefit society?
Created opportunities for success, better standard of living, higher life expectancy, positive reforms.
Adam Smith, know for his book "The Wealth of Nations" might be most attributed to this French term meaning "let be" (as in the economic principal of letting each person find success with little to no government intervention).
laissez faire
These individuals had strong organizational and management skills and took financial risks to develop new businesses.
Entrepreneurs
From 1750 to 1850, Manchester's population increased from roughly 20,000 to...
300,000
Explain the process by which coal creates energy to make iron/steel.
It heats water that makes steam power that goes down pipes/shafts to make things move.
Of most diseases throughout humanity, what has most often been the source of such diseases?
Animals (pigs, cows, birds)
In the field of education, opportunities expanded during the Industrial Revolution for these type of workers...
Skilled or professional workers
The growth of factories led to this movement
Urbanization (growth of cities)
The average life expectance of a city dweller in Manchester in the 1830's was roughly...
20
What is a canal and explain its purpose.
It is a man-made waterway to safely transport resources to factories and finished products from factories to markets.
What enables smores to easily spread on a Graham cracker?
Heat (fire)
As cities in the industrialized world grew, urban factory workers, with the advancement of railroads, were afforded the opportunity to leave the cities for this newly expanded location...
Suburbs