Industrial Revolution 1
What significant change did the Industrial Revolution bring to production?
It transformed production method from handcraft to machine made.
A system that controlled workers and was able to bring workers and machines together under one roof.
The Factory System
How did the population growth in cities impact urban life?
It led to overcrowding, increased demand for jobs, and strained resources.
What is the "Iron Law of Wages"?
It states that wages tend to fall to the minimum level necessary for subsistence.
What did the Factory Act of 1833 accomplish?
Put restrictions on child labor
In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
England
These natural resources enable Britain to industrialize first?
Water Power, Coal, Iron Ore,
Who made up the emerging middle class during the Industrial Revolution?
Factory owners, skilled workers, and wealthy merchants
The people populating the cities were working in these places
Factories
A group of workers that were hired because they were very cheap and there were many of them.
Children
This individual gets credit for the idea of "selective breeding", greatly enhancing the growth and quantity of livestock during the agricultural revolution.
Robert Bakewell
In order to deliver the increased amount of goods improved transportation was needed. 1759 was the start of extensive...
Canal building
The advantage of this new invention was that you easily could replace broken parts.
Interchangeable parts
The amount of hours an average worker worked.
12-16 hours
What is socialism?
A system where factors of production are publicly owned for the welfare of all.
What were two outcomes of the Agricultural Revolution?
Creation of large enclosed fields and pushed "farmers" into the city to work in factories.
George Stephenson created the Rocket which was...
The first steam-powered locomotive
A method where the workers are standing by a conveyor belt.
Assembly line
Who is Adam Smith and what did he advocate for?
An economist known for promoting laissez-faire economics and free trade.
Describe Marxism and its main ideas.
A theory proposing the overthrow of the bourgeoisie by the proletariat to establish a classless society - leading to Communism.
Name one major agricultural innovation from the Industrial Revolution.
Seed drill....etc.
He led the charge to end slavery in the British Empire.
William Wilberforce
When a business is owned by many investors it is called a/n
corporation
Who were the Luddites and what did they oppose?
A group that protested against the use of machinery and industrialization that threatened their jobs.
This Act prevented women and children from working under ground?
Mines Act of 1842