New Inventions/Machines
The invention of the steam engine was extremely important for transportation in both Europe and America. What does a steam engine run on?
Coal
What were the working conditions like in these factories?
What conference was created by European nations to divide up the continent of Africa?
Berlin Conference
Cities building faster and the movement of people into cities to live and work is called
How did communication change during the Industrial Revolution?
Inventions like the phone allowed you to communicate information over long distances
Name two reasons why factory owners hired children over adults?
Pay them less, easier to fit into tight places, easier to manipulate
Great Britain
What two African countries did NOT fall under European rule?
Liberia and Ethiopia
What manufacturing process was created that helped speed up production?
Assembly Line
Why did business owners hire children who were NOT from America?
They did not speak English so they were easier to manipulate
What idea did powerful western nations (the US and England) create to make themselves feel better about stealing natives lands.
White Man's Burden
Workers lived in cramped apartments called tenements. Sewage filled the streets. Disease spread across cities. Air pollution spread from factories.
What invention was created that helped pick the seeds out of Cotton?
The Cotton Gin
Why did the government ban child labor?
They wanted each child to be educated, they wanted adults to find jobs during the Great Depression
What is the effect of the Berlin Conference today on the continent of Africa?
Communism is when the government controls business and emphasizes equity. Capitalism is when businesses are privately controlled and their is more movement between social classes
What invention had a major impact on the Congo?
The invention of the rubber tire
Working the mines for children was extremely dangerous. What new invention was used to help mine for coal?
Dynamite
Why did European Nations colonize Africa, what were they looking for?
Natural Resources
Who created the idea of the White Man's Burden?
Rudyard Kipling