Agricultural Revolution
The buying up of perviously communal land is called
The average length of a workday for children
What is 14-16 hours
The invention that used the technology of power looms
What is the Steam Engine
Two characteristics of capitalism
What is privately owned, and money is invested into business ventures in order to make a profit and government make laws to protect companies
To preserve the nutrients in the soil farmers used this method.
What is Crop Rotation
The industrial revolution took place
Women and children were hired over men because of these factors
What is women and children were payed less than men
Water transportation was improved by an extensive network of these
Two characteristics of socialism
What is publicly owned businesses and the government distributes wealth
The process of controlling the size and usefulness of farm animals
What is Selective Breeding
What is The Spinning Jenny invented by James Hargreaves
The new middle class consisted of (name three)
factory owners, professionals, merchants, and business people
Negative affects of the railroad system
What is pollution and dangerous working conditions
Two characteristics of communism
Three reasons the industrial revolution began in England
What is natural resources, established banking and political stability.
The reason the textile revolution was first the industrialize
What is the growing populations of Europe led to an increased demand for clothing, and the increased availability of English wool and American cotton sped up production
A long term affect of industrial revolution
What is It furthered technological progress and innovation and Better housing, food, clothing, and opportunities for growth and education were also beneficial effects.
Roads consisting of layering roads with various rocks and material in order to create drainage and reduce mud accumulation
What is turnpikes
What are the reforms from the Industrial Revolution?
What is Unions, Women's Rights, Abolishment of Slavery and reformed schools and prisons
The five natural resources or factors of production in England
What is water, coal, iron ore, rivers, harbors
An invention created in 1789
What is the Power Loom
This act changed the working hours for children
What is the Cotton Mills and Factories Act of 1819
The "Rocket" steam engine traveled this many miles per hour
What is 24 mph
The 1842 Mines Act outlined these laws
What is prevented women and children from working underground