People
This man invented tourism by organizing the first round-trip train tour in England for temperance movement activists. The then launched an international travel agency that brought British people to continental Europe and the World. The business closed in 2018.
Who was Thomas Cooke?
THIS "World's Fair" happened at the Crystal Palace. It showed off British innovations such as the microscope, the turn-style, and the voting machine. Tickets were very affordable and even Thomas Cooke ran a trip to this festival.
What was the Great Exhibition?
What is coal?
With the Industrial Revolution, we now have a new class of people. THIS WORD means the working class. They are urban workers in mines, mills, and factories.
Who are the proletariat?
The Industrial Revolution in THIS COUNTRY was characterized by a focus on luxury goods. Additionally, mandatory education and military service along with the advent of train travel helped people of this nation feel a growing sense of nationalism that started to replace their regional identity.
What is France?
This group of people are known for destroying the machines and factories in protest of industrialization in England. Today this word means someone who isn’t good at using technology.
Who were the Luddites?
Two million British people signed THIS DOCUMENT declaring that their labor meant that they should have the right to vote.
What is the People's Charter?
Great Britain is an island, but it also had a lot of THESE WATERWAYS. They were man-made rivers that were used to ship heavy industrial goods and resources from factories to markets. Today, you can travel on them when you visit England.
What are canals?
THIS GROUP of people are the wealthy (but not noble) urban owners of factories, mines, and mills. A result of the Industrial Revolution is that the gap between them and the working class widened, in other words, an unequal distribution of wealth developed.
Who are the bourgeoisie?
THIS COUNTRY finally industrialized in the 20th century at the beginning of its revolution. The Bolshevik communist party enacted a series of "five year plans" that enabled industry to develop late, but rapidly.
What is Russia?
This man invented mass-production of pottery (which is named after him) and became a leader in the luxury goods market. He created pottery that looked like the queens pottery, and sold it to the masses.
Who was Josiah Wedgewood?
Using the word for grain or wheat, THESE LAWS were instituted as tariff protections against cheap, imported grains like wheat in England. Eventually, they were repealed.
John Wesley started THIS PROTESTANT SECT who believed "idol hands are the devil's workshop". They were ready made to work long hours because they believed it would contribute to their own salvation. Their work ethic is considered a cause of the British Industrial Revolution.
Who are the Methodists?
The squalid living conditions in cities like Manchester are often typified with THIS TYPE OF HOUSING. It was a large apartment building designed to hold many people, often in cramped, crowded conditions.
What is a tenement?
The Zollverein was instituted and included parts of Prussia and Austria, and everyone from lands that spoke THIS COMMON LANGUAGE. It later would result in the formulation of a modern nation state of the same name.
What is German/Germany?
This German industrialist who feared that his country would fall behind more advanced nations. He argued in support of the Zollverein in his book, "National System".
Who was Friedrich List?
What is the Mines Act?
What was the Agricultural Revolution?
When urban workers arrived to work on their first day, a new phenomenon started. From this point forward, most workers would spend their days with THESE PEOPLE instead of their families.
Who are strangers?
The latifundia in the southern areas of THIS COUNTRY worked much like plantations or serfdom elsewhere. Peasants were tied to the land for the better part of the 20th century until their fascist leader, Mussolini came to power and began rapid, albeit late, industrialization.
What is Italy?
This group of British workers believed that they should have the right to vote because of their labor. In other words, they believed that their labor made them citizens.
Who were the Chartists?
THIS ACT was made law in Britain in 1833. It prohibited children under 9 from working and mandated 2 hours of schooling for all children every day. It also stipulated that children ages 9-13 could work 9 hours a day, while children 14 - 18 could work 12 hour days. It was created with children working in the textile industry in mind.
What was the Factory Act?
THIS ECONOMIC SYSTEM demonstrated that England had a global shipping trade and colonies that served as a ready market for their goods. They imported raw materials from these colonies, then sold their goods back to the colonies.
What is mercantilism?
The Chartists demanded that THESE PEOPLE should get paid a salary. Otherwise, working class people could never perform this public service.
Who are Members of Parliament?
A famine struck people because of the potato blight and the British reluctance to import cheaper grain. As a result, many people from THIS COUNTRY emigrated to the US to find more food and opportunities.
What is Ireland?