Basics
The Country where the Industrial Revolution began
What is Britain?
An economic system in which money is invested in business ventures with the goal of making a profit.
What is Capitalism?
This allowed companies to transport goods to far away cities
Railroads
List two of the poor working and living conditions that many suffered moving into cities and working in factories.
What are: Long Hours; Low Wages; Dangerous Working Conditions, Child Labor, etc
Industrial means ______________.
What is characterized by industry
This invention was improved by James Watt that was the most important invention of the Industrial Revolution - used to drive machinery in factories and locomotives
What is the steam engine?
The good that the majority of the factories in Britain were producing
textiles
To refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet certain demands.
What is a strike?
How people made goods post IR
What are machines?
The development of industries for the machine production of goods.
What is Industrialization?
A social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people, and wealthy farmers.
What is the Middle Class?
This group of workers was in high demand because they were considered to be easily controlled and worked for even lower wages than men. The industrial revolution offered this group new economic opportunities, but they still carried the bulk of domestic responsibilities as well.
Who are women?
The Industrial Revolution resulted in a transformation due to advances in manufacturing, transforming England from rural to a(n)_____ lifestyle/society. This lead to changes in ______as well as in working.
What are urban; and living?
What the factory owners need to keep the factories working.
What are workers?
What are the Factors of Production? (3)
Land, Labor, & Capital
The growth of cities and the migration of people into them.
What is Urbanization?
Dangerous, dirty, unhealty, dusty, long hours, few breaks
What were the working conditions for factory and mine workers during the Industrial Revolution?
Improved agriculture, population growth, ready supply of capital & entrepreneurs, natural resources, supply of markets
What are the reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain?
Over centuries these were developed and incorporated at work places in the western world
What are working conditions?
These two groups of people made up two-thirds of the cotton industry's workforce by 1833
Who are women and children