Economic Systems and Laws
The state/government should not regulate the economy
The first factories developed in this industry
Textiles
"Red bricks" turned black from "smoke and ashes" and "a river that ran purple with ill smelling dye" in Dickens' Hard Times addresses this problem
Pollution
How did the Agriculture Revolution result in urbanization?
People who were displaced/fired from rural farming jobs migrated to cities for work
How did the enclosure movement contribute to the Industrial Revolution?
It lead to an incrase in the urban workforce, or urbanization
The father of Communism and the author of the Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx
What did Britain's cities and abundant resources like iron and coal allow?
The growth of industrial cities
"The German ocean, the Baltic, and the Mediterranean are regular highways for our ships" this quote emphasizes what about England's geography?
Being an island gives access to ocean trade routes
How did trade help grow the industrial economy in Great Britain?
It gave British entrepreneurs/business owners capital to open new factories.
Labor unions formed in response to this.
Unfair wages and poor working conditions
Why did Karl Marx oppose capitalism?
He believed it created prosperity for a few, and poverty for many
Abundance of natural resources, stable government, and overseas markets...what cause of the industrial revolution is missing?
technological innovations
What was a result of living in tenements?
inadequate sanitation, disease, etc.
Birmingham England's population increased dramatically between 1801 and 1851, what can we conclusion about urbanization can we make from this?
As England industrialized, urbanization increased
Canals declined in importance due to the introduction of this faster technology
Steam locomotive/trains
Robert Owen is credited to this economic system.
Socialism
Factory system
An excerpt describing factory workers as run down skeletons would send this message.
Workers endured harsh conditions
What is one way the industrial revolution improved the standard of living for people living in cities?
It increase the production of affordable goods
What was a long-term effect of the Industrial Revolution
Labor reforms and unions, pollution, rise of the middle class, etc.
What did the "factory acts" do?
Reformed/changed child labor
Why was the putting out system replaced by the factory system?
Cloth could be produced cheaper
A suffragette said this "we are here not because we are law-breakers, we are here in our efforts to become law-makers." What is she arguing about?
Women should vote, in order to improve their lives
How did the enclosure movement contribute to the Industrial Revolution?
It led to an increase in the urban/city workforce, cause urbanization
What was a social effect of industrialization?
The emergence of the middle class