Life Before
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin ?
Great Britain
In the 1700s changes in Great Britain led to what ?
Greater demand for manufactured goods
Which inventor made Invented the telephone ?
Alexander Graham Bell
a rundown apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
Tenement
What was collective bargaining ?
Union leaders tried to secure better wages and working conditions for all workers in a factory or industry .
where did many people manufacturer goods prior to industrialization ?
Manufacturing was often done in peoples homes using hand tools or basic machines.
What were some advances in transportation during the industrial era?
Steam engine , Railroads , canals etc.
True or false : Henry Ford Invented the Steam engine ?
False .... He invented the Model T ,Thomas Savery invented the steam engine
A period of rapid growth in the u.s. manufacturing in the late 1800s characterizing advances in technology
Second Industrial Revolution
During the _____, workers refused to work on trains carrying Pullman cars,stopping traffic on many midwestern rail lines
Pullman Strike
What factors led to industrialization?
The outlaw of slavery and the expansion of technology.
what are some of the social changes that occurred during the industrial revolution ?
As cities grew, problems increased. Some problems included over-crowding, lack of housing, poor sanitary conditions, disease, and poverty also more children and women entered the workforce
What was the power Loom
Invention that combined threads to make cloth
A union protest in Chicago where strikers fought with police.
Haymarket Riot
What was the governments view on capitalism ?
The Government should not interfere with with economy (laissez-faire)
Where did most people live before the industrial revolution ?
In the country or in Rural areas
what are some political changes that occurred during the industrial revolution ?
capitalism expanded in the United States; socialism in Great Britain and France; and communism in the Soviet Union also laissez-faire policy took the place of mercantilism
Who was a business leader who concentrated his efforts on steel production ?
Andrew Carnegie
What is social Darwinism ?
Belief that Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection and "survival of the fittest" holds true for humans.
Farmers had no rights over their own land because the government had all the control over land, what type of government is this an example of ?
Communism
How did agriculture change in England prior to the industrial revolution?
wealthy landowners began to experiment with new farming technology which involved less workers but resulted in more food.
How was medicine improved during the industrial revolution , What was invented ?
Vaccines invented by Edward Jenner had a great impact on society
What was the most important invention of the industrial revolution ?
The steam engine
The _____ was founded as a secret organization but became a national labor unions by the end of the 1870s
American Federation of Labor
During the industrial Revolution, what role did the US government play in American industrialization?
The goal of the government was to restrict monopolies and not to interfere with the economy but also to regulate the economy.