Why Britain first?
The Industrial Revolution started in this country.
What is Britain?
James Watt improved this machine.
What is the steam engine?
The movement of people to cities.
What is urbanization?
The typical factory workday was this long.
What is 12 to 16 hours?
Workers formed these groups to demand rights.
What are unions?
Britain had large supplies of these two key resources.
What are coal and iron?
This invention increase slavery in the United States.
What is the cotton gin?
Overcrowded and unsafe apartment buildings.
What are tenements?
This group was exploited for cheap labor and small size.
Who are children?
The laws that limited child labor.
What are Factory Acts?
this movement forced farmers off their land.
What is enclosure?
Innovation that sped up the weaving of cloth.
What is the power loom?
Two reasons there were health problems in cities.
What are diseases and pollution?
The source that exposed abuse in factories.
What is the Sadler report?
The economist who wrote Wealth of Nations.
Who is Adam Smith?
People moved to cities for these new job opportunities.
What are factory jobs?
Industry that in industrialized first.
What are textiles?
Cities were growing so fast because of two specific things.
What are enclosure and factory jobs?
The reason factory owners kept conditions harsh.
What is maximize profits?
Karl Marx wrote this political theory.
What is communism?
The two reasons Britain industrialized first.
What are coal, labor, transportation, inventions, stable government?
The Bessemer process changed transportation in these ways.
What is cheaper and stronger steel, which led to railroads expanding?
Two negative effects of urbanization.
What are disease, poor housing, crime, and pollution?
One short-term and one long-term effect of factory labor.
What is short term, injuries, and pollution? What is long-term, higher living standards?
The key difference between capitalism and communism.
What is capitalism; private ownership?What is communism; shared ownership?