1st Industrial Revolution
First important product in the industrial Revolution
This new engine ran on petroleum instead of steam
Internal-combustion engine
What two rights were women fighting for the 1800s
right to vote and the right to own property
Had a two-party parliamentary system and saw a rise in the labour party.
Great Britain
In this system the government has limited involvement in the means of production
Capitalism
How did the assembly line affect sales?
Increased goods and made them cheaper
What did clean water and housing help to reduce
disease
Why did public education develop during this time?
Workers needed training
more education voters
Developed a two-house legislature with a president.
France
In this system the government controls all the means of production and provides public services
Socialism
Urbanization
In the 1800s which of the three new social classes was the largest?
lower or working class
Name of the founder of Socialism
Karl Marx
Germany
What are the two classes that emerge in capitalism
Owners and laborers
How did factories change the way people worked?
They had to work regular hours and perform repetitive tasks.
What two regions of Europe remained agricultural thus causing them to have a lower standard of living?
South and East
Name of the founder of Captialism
Adam Smith
Emergerged as a United State in 1870 with a weak government.
Italy
What drives the market in Capitalism
Supply and Demand-Competition
What are the four key innovations that describe the first industrial revolution?
Textiles, railroads, iron, and coal
What are the four key innovations that describe the second industrial revolution?
steel, chemicals, electricity, and petroleum
What are the five reasons that Great Britain industrialized first?
Natural Resources- waterpower, coal, and iron
Political Stability-no wars fought on British soil at this time
progressive ideas-had Scientific revolution and enlightenment
favorable Geograph-large Coastline facilitating trade
developed banking system
The name of the legislative assembly developed in Russia.
Duma
What is the role of the individual in socialism
They do what is best for society verses personal gain.