Systems
A period of rapid industrial growth in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Industrial Revolution
The process of building cities and moving people from rural areas to cities
Urbanization
The systems for keeping an area clean and free of waste.
Sanitation
The employment of children in factories and mines, often for lower wages and poor working conditions.
Child Labor
Sector of society with most of the wealth, and possessed social and political power
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The Middle (upper) Class
The introduction of harmful substances into the environment.
Pollution
An individual who starts and operates a business.
Entrepreneur
A social class that includes skilled workers, professionals, and business people.
Middle Class
The extraction of _____ , a major energy source for factories.
Coal Mining
Fabrics or cloth products, often produced in large quantities during the Industrial Revolution.
Textiles
A group of workers who opposed industrialization.
Luddites
A mechanized loom that made weaving textiles faster and more efficient.
Power Loom
A condition in which an area’s population exceeds its capacity.
Overpopulation
Social and economic conflicts between different social groups.
Class Tensions
The average period a person is expected to live
Life Expectancy
The social class consisting mainly of laborers who worked long hours in factories.
Working Class
Money collected by the government from businesses and citizens.
Tax Revenue
The quality and availability of living spaces, which were often poor and overcrowded
Housing Conditions
The development factories in a country or region.
Industrialization
Legislation aimed at improving working conditions
Factory Act of 1819
A method of manufacturing using machinery and division of labor
Factory System
The degree of wealth and material comfort available to people.
Standard of Living
The use of machinery to increase production efficiency, reducing the need for manual labor.
Mechanization
A group of available workers in a specific area, often attracted to cities by job opportunities.
Labor Pool
The manufacture of large quantities of standardized products.
Mass Production