Industrial revolution 1
This new method prevented the soil from wearing out by planting different crops every other year.
Crop rotation
A system that controlled workers and was able to bring workers and machines together under one roof.
The Factory System
This European country came to rival Britain and the USA as the leading industrial power after 1870.
Germany
The growing cities caused the following problems
Bad sanitation, poor housing and diseases spread rapidly.
This is the name of the new social class emerging during the industrial revolution.
Factory workers
These three factors were the reason Britain was the first country to industrialize.
Capital, Coal or resources of coal and iron and labour force.
The people populating were working in these places
Factories
A group of workers that were hired because they were very cheap and there were many of them.
Children
This system provided families in the countryside with e.g. wool and cotton where they spun the material into thread.
Domestic system
The advantage of this new invention was that you easily could replace broken parts.
Interchangeable parts
The name of the act which limited the working day for children. 8 hours a day for 9-13 year olds and 12 hours a day for 14-18 year olds.
The Factory act
An invention that revolutionized textile industry by making it possible to spin several threads at once.
Spinning Jenny
George Stephenson created the Rocket which was...
The first steam-powered locomotive
A method where the workers are standing by a conveyor belt.
Assembly line
This social class came to challenge the wealthy aristocracy during the 1800's
The middle class
Organisations that helped workers to gain better working conditions.
Labour Unions
An invention that improved agriculture by planting seeds in straight rows.
Seed drill
Invented by Samuel F.B. Morse
The telegraph
When a business is owned by many investors it is called a/n
corporation
When you have total control over a market
Monopoly