Industrialization in GB
Labor Unions
Otto Von Bismarck led this country to an industrial period after he helped unify them into an empire!
Germany
Eli Whitney invented this machine that helped the textile industry grow quickly
Cotton Gin
An economic and political system that eliminates social classes, and all means of production and wealth are owned by the community
Communism
This group of people formed during the industrialization- the men were managers and supervisors, while the women became activists
The Middle Class
The name of the movement where landowners in GB start to take public lands to grow more food for profit, leading to peasants having nowhere to live or farm, so they began moving to towns to do other things (work in factories)
Enclosure Movement
The first industry to become 'industrialized'
Cotton (Clothes, textiles)
This country's unstable government and various revolutions slowed down its industrial revolution, that is, until the railroads showed up!
France
The inventor of the phonograph, the earliest version of a record player
Thomas Edison
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit ($$$!)
Capitalism
The French term that translates to let the people do as they choose- meaning the government should stay out of the economy
Laissez Faire
James Watt perfected this invention that really helped the Industrial Revolution take off
Steam Engine
The first country in mainland Europe to industrialize
Belgium
The economic and political system that was seen as a potential transition from capitalism to communism
Socialism
Thomas Malthus believed that this was the key issue that led to misery in a capitalist society
Overpopulation
Before industrialization, the term for goods that were produced in people’s homes (perhaps another name for homes at this time...)
Cottage Industries
Known as the Meiji period, this country went through industrialization to avoid being conquered by Western countries
Japan
James Hargreaves invented this multi-spool spinning frame that allowed one worker to spin multiple spools of yarn
Spinning Jenny
The name of one of the two founders of Communism (100 bonus points if you can name both!)
Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
In the summer of 1858, hot weather combined with untreated human waste and industrial pollution to turn the Thames River in London into a disgusting body of water, which became known as this
The Great Stink
Lands that peasants could use to graze their own animals and cultivate their own food- This was public land and was not rare...
"The Common"
The name of the military commodore from the US who forced Japan into opening their borders for trade
Matthew Perry
Credited with inventing the radio and the wireless telegraph- without him, kiss your smartphones goodbye!
Guglielmo Marconi
The individual who was a pioneer of capitalism and believed that it would lead to the greatest benefit for the greatest number of people
Adam Smith
The name of Jeremy Bentham's philosophy that the ultimate goal of society should be to secure the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people
Utilitarianism