1st industrial revolution
where did the Industrial revolution begin?
Great Britain
In the mid 1800s the women’s rights movement beg to focus on voting rights. What is another name for the right to vote?
Suffrage
The second industrial revolution began in the late 1800s and lasted until what major event in American history?
World War I
The era of imperialism lasted from...
(1800-1914)
Define, Raw materials...
The basic material from which a product is made
This act blocked off land that peasant farmers had previously used so they could no longer use the common land.
What is “ the enclosure acts”
America didn’t grant the right for women to vote, nation wide until?
1920
In 1855 Britain made the production of what material less expensive, and less difficult, allowing for skyscrapers and easier railroad construction?
Steel
Sugarcane, rubber, iron, and coal are examples of what?
Natural resources
Define industrializaction
the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale
In 1793 the industrial revolution was said to have started in which US state?
Rhode Island
In 1893 it was the first country to grant women the right to vote. Which country was it?
New Zeland
In 1876 this man invented the telephone...
Alexander Graham Bell
If a European country was overpopulated they could do what?
Ship off some citizens to different colonies
1st industrial revolution
A period of major industrialization and innovation that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s
The industrial revolution produced more goods at a very fast rate, this was because?
Men, women, and children worked very long and hard hours in factories
This man supported women’s right to vote...
Frederick Douglas.
In 1866 the first what was put into place?
Transatlantic telegraph wire
Like the Mayans, Incans, and Aztecs, other countries were cont by...
Foreign countries, or imperial rule
Define Assembly line
A series of workers and machines in a factory.
Britains natural resources was a major reason for what?
Why the industrial revolution started there
In 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton presented a letter called...
The declaration of rights and sentiments
In 1867 the first successful typewriter was invented by these three people...
Christopher Sholes, Carlos Gidden, and Samuel W Soule.
In the era of imperialism European nations sought to...
Conquer and claim foreign lands
Define division of labor
the assignment of different parts of a manufacturing process or task to different people in order to improve efficiency