Inventions, Inventors, and Thinkers
What did Cyrus McCormick invent and what did it do?
Mechanical reaper
What country was the first to industrialize?
Great Britian
This natural resource, in ample supply in England powered steam engines.
What is coal?
What was one environmental consequence of the Industrial Revolution?
Widespread deforestation and pollution
What is subsistence farming
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What invention dramatically increased coal production in 18th-century Great Britain?
The steam engine
Before industrialization, what were the main sources of power used by farmers and herders to produce food?
The physical labor of humans and animals
What is the textile industry?
List two of the poor working and living conditions that many suffered moving into cities and working in factories.
Long Hours; Low Wages; Dangerous Working Conditions, Child Labor, etc.
Individuals that spent their time in mills working, laborers, were part of this class in society.
Working Class
He Invented the Cotton Gin
Who was Eli Whitney?
Were the three factors of production required to drive the industrial revolution?
What are Land, Labor, and Capital?
The money used to invest in a business or technology.
What is capital?
What was the main cause of urbanization in 19th-century Britain?
Industrialization
A form of complete Socialism in which all means of production is owned by the people is called...
Communism
Economic system in which the factors of production are privately owned.
Capitalism
What event inspired the Industrial Revolution?
Scientific Revolution
By the late 1700s, the best place to find a water frame and a spinning mule was in...
What is a factory?
What invention revolutionized communication during the Industrial Revolution?
The telegraph
People eventually began to take action based off socialist theories to organize and promote reform. List any two things they did.
Strike, collective bargaining, slaves fought for freedom; Women fight for equality; Education for Children
What did Louis Pasteur do?
Science!
The main cause of the process of urbanization that occurred in 19th-century Britain and elsewhere in western Europe?
What is Industrialization?
Three forms of transportation built or used
Harbor, Railroad, canals, riverways
Specific tragic event that killed over a 100 workers
The Triangle Shirt-Waist Factory
When a country takes up the policy of extending its control over lands to gain power and wealth.
What is imperialism?
By turning a single large wheel on this machine, the operator could spin eight or more cotton threads, making cotton production quicker and cheaper
spinning Jenny
Definition: City building and the movement of people to cities.
Urbanization
The steam engine
3 Negative Effects of the Industrial Revolution
Pollution, crime, disease, over crowding, tenements, poor living conditions, poor sanitation
Definition: In this economic system the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all.
What is Socialism?
What economic system did Karl Marx promote as a response to industrial inequalities?
What is Socialism?
Definition: Process of developing machine production or goods.
What is Industrialization?
Definition: Social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people, and wealthy farmers.
What is Middle Class?
Area of the United States was the first to industrialize?
What was the Northeast?
Who defended the free-market system of capitalism in the book, The Wealth of Nations?
Who is Adam Smith?
How did industrialization impact family life in Europe and North America?
Parents worked away from home, and children began attending school to train as workers (Nuclear Family).
The increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th-century.
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What is one of the most significant changes in transportation that occurred during the Industrial Revolution?
The development of railroads and steam-powered ships.