Cities
Which country industrialized first
Great Britain/england
how would you describe working conditions
horrible, long hours, dirty, etc
The belief that the government should not regulate businesses so that they can maximize their profits is called.
capitalism
How many days a week did they work during the Industrial revolution?
When everything was done by hand and at home is called
Domestic system or cottage system
Poorly built, unsanitary, overcrowded areas in cities are called
slums
Factories were located near?
Rivers
The belief that everyone should have access to the same resources and wealth and are paid by taxes is called
socialism
what group help organized strikes to raise wages and improve conditions
Labor unions
Where land was divided into 3-4 large strips of land shared by a village is known as
open field system
What is the world's first industrial city
Manchester
What is one reason why factories prefered to hire children?
- they were smaller and could fit into machines/tunnels
-easier to abuse/take advantage of
- less pay
what is the extreme form of socialism?
Communism
what does the term laissez faire mean
leave alone
Taking public land that used to be shared by villages into private farms is known as
Enclosure movement
the rapid movement from the countryside to the city
Urbanization
what industry industrialized first
Textile
Which theorist believed that the Growing population= starvation and famine
-limit poor people having kids
-pro war and disease
Thomas Malthus
why did Great Britain industrialize first
-natural resources
-urbanization
-strong government support
-geography
What is a reason why the ag revolution is important
- Healthier people
- People lived longer
- Cheaper prices
- Food grew better
- wide range of food available
What is it called when factory owners genuinely cared about their workers and built communities around their factories?
Utopia/Utopian ideas
what was the name of the law that first regulated child labor
Factory act of 1819
What is one of David Ricardo's capitalistic theories?
- you needed a permanent poor class because society benefits from it
The rapid movement from the countryside to the cities is called
Urbanization
What happened to the small farmers?
Became homeless
Moved to the cities
Or worked on these large farms