Industrial Revolution Beginnings/Innovations
The country where the Industrial Revolution began.
What is England
What is the goal of labor unions?
Better working conditions, higher pay, less hours worked
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Lifestyle of tenements
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The Abundance and Variety of Natural Resources in
England
Capital
What is ready supply of money
The following innovation had the greatest impact during the period of industrialization:
What is the Steam Engine
How did innovations, such as machines, gradually replace the reliance on slave labor?
Machines, as they were faster and more efficient than humans, decreased the need for slave labor
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Child labor
What did Eli Whitney invent?
Cotton Gin
Rural to Urban Migration
people leaving the country for economic and social opportunities in cities
The following innovation had the greatest impact on the Agricultural revolution:
Steel Plow
Which political positions are associated with Karl Marx?
Communism
Immigrants in England during the Industrial Revolution were:
Blamed for “taking jobs” from native born English and treated with discriminatory policies
Which movement during the Agricultural revolution led to a massive increase in population?
Enclosure Movement
How did the Steam Engine help the Industrial Revolution?
Allowed factories to be built anywhere, used to power machines, and transport goods to further places
Which political positions are associated with Adam Smith?
Capitalism
How did the Industrial Revolution impact the lives of men, women, and children?
Men, women, and children worked long hours in unsafe conditions for low pay. Women also had to feed and clothe their families, a double burden.
What southern university has recently been ranked as "most likely to create middle aged men who wear pastel colored polos tucked into short shorts?"
University of Tenneesse at Knoxville
How did the Industrial Revolution transform the textile industry?
by speeding up production with new inventions and fostering the creation of factories
What was the term given to the horrific journey that African slaves took on the way to plantations in the Western “New” World?
Middle Passage
Which of the following political positions preached that the goal of society should be " the wealthy should redistribute their money to assist the poor"?
Communism
Did political instability affect the creation of the factory system in England?