True or False
Working conditions in factories and coal mines were safe and 8 hours a day
FALSE:
Hours ranged from 12-16 hours a day, 6 days a week.
Working conditions sucked in factories and mines
Food was cheaper and transported further and faster with trains so people were able to move to cities.
The right of all males to vote in elections.
What invention prompted mass production?
Assembly line
What is a proletariet?
Suffrage is the right to suffer.
False: Suffrage is the right to vote
What did Karl Marx believe?
The proletariat (working class) would rise up in a revolution and violently overthrow the bourgeoisie (upper-middle class) leading to a classless society.
What is socialism?
society- in the form of government owns and controls the means of production (factories).
Name two cotton inventions?
spinning jenny
cotton gin
What is an upper middle class (factory owner, lawyers, and merchants) called?
Bourgeoisie
Women and children were more than half of the work force in cotton mills
TRUE
They made up 2/3 of the work force.
What three factors led Britain into the Industrial Revolution?
1. Natural resources (coal and iron ore)
2. Capital ($$$) to invest
3. markets to sell their goods (other countries)
What is a cottage industry?
A method of productions in which tasks are done by individuals in their homes.
The Second Industrial Revolution is know what what advancements? (There are four, name two)
1. Steel
2. Chemicals
3. Electricity
4. Petroleum
How did the role of women change in the Industrial Revolution?
They went from the homes to the factories or even had a chance to work in education, as secretaries or childcare.
Universal education was a result of mass society and the desire for a more skilled work force.
TRUE
What does urbanization refer to?
People leaving the farm areas (rural) and heading to cities to live forcing them to grow and expand
What did the revisionists want?
Workers must continue to organize in mass political parties and gain reforms through democratic systems.
How did the steam engine make factories more efficient?
The steam engine revolutionized manufacturing by providing a consistent, powerful energy source, replacing less reliable water and animal power.
This innovation allowed factories to be built anywhere, not just near rivers, accelerating the pace of industrial production and growth.
Increased efficiency led to mass production of goods, lowering costs and making products more accessible to a wider population.
After the Work Act of 1833 what was the minimum age of kids working in the factories?
9
Duma is the German legislative assembly
FALSE: Duma is the Russian legislative assembly.
Electricity
What is ministerial responsibility?
What innovations improved living conditions?
Sewage systems and clean freshwater through aqueducts. Gas and electric heaters made hot plates possible.
What did trade unions use to pressure the employers (bosses)
strikes