Inventions/innovations
James Watt is famous for making improvements to this already popular invention
Steam Engine
What were some jobs that children had to do during the Industrial Revolution?
Factory workers
Coal miners
Why were people moving to cities during the Industrial Revolution?
The economic theory developed by Adam Smith that encouraged competition, and social classes was called what?
Capitalism
What country did the Industrial Revolution begin in?
Great Britain
Eli Whitney invented this item which helped lead to the mass production of cotton based items
Cotton Gin
What were three ways workers were being mistreated in factories during the Industrial Revolution
Unsafe working conditions
Poor wages
Long hours
What is the context behind urbanization in Great Britain? What had to happen to start the industrial revolution
Agricultural Revolution led to a surplus of food
The Economic theory developed by Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels, that wanted to get rid of social classes and make everyone in society equal was called what?
Communism
What is one type of reform made to solve the problems of industrialization
Laws... The Factory Acts. Limited working hours, child labor, etc
Jethro Tull invented the seed drill which was an innovation to agriculture. What functions did the seed drill have?
Pulled by a horse and would flip soil and plant seeds in one motion.
immensely reduced farming time
Explain what Laissez Faire was?
Who benefited from Laissez Faire, and which people were negatively impacted?
Business owners benefited
Factory workers were negatively impacted
What were some negative impacts of Urbanization?
Disease
Overpopulation
Pollution
Power was in the wrong hands
Lack of motivation from workers
Explain what the Crisis Point was according to Thomas Malthus
Population exceeds food production
Railroads were a huge innovation for transportation, but so were turnpikes. What is a turnpike and how did they impact society during the Industrial Revolution
required users to pay tolls. The tolls were used to pay for road repairs and upgrades. A pike was a barrier laid across the road that prevented people from using it until they paid.
What was a response of the workers who were being mistreated by their bosses?
form unions, and go on strike.
Explain the great stink of London
London's aging sewer system was overwhelmed by the city's growing population and emptied directly into the River Thames, also an increase in pollution led it to smell bad during the summer time
The growth of the middle class was an effect of?
Increase in job opportunities, and also wage control by the governmentt
What were the names of the people who wrote the communist manifesto?
process in which working people, through their unions, negotiate contracts with their employers to determine their terms of employment
Collective bargaining
What was the name of the main disease that spread from the negative effects of Urbanization?
Cholera
What did Karl Marx and Frederick Engels state that the proletariats should do to in order for communism to work?
Revolt, and overthrow the bourgeoisie
What significant change did the Industrial Revolution bring to production?
It transformed production method from handcraft to machine made.