Industrial Revolution
Prior to the IR, most people lived in ______ or agrarian (farm-based) areas.
What is rural?
The IR began in this Northern European country.
What is England/Britain?
These were the overcrowded apartments that housed multiple families in one unit.
What are tenements?
Give at least one complete sentence EXPLAINING WHAT WORKING CONDITIONS WERE LIKE during the IR.
Answers should explain that they were, at the very minimum, bad.
This economic system prioritized competition between businesses to provide customers the best possible product at the best possible price.
What is capitalism?
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, goods were made _____.
What is at home?
England had an abundance of _____ resources.
What is natural?
This is the term for rural to urban migration.
What is urbanization?
Karl Marx argued that workers during the IR were at risk of being ___________.
What is exploited/taken advantage of?
In this economic system, there is government involvement to redistribute resources more equitably so basic needs are met.
What is socialism?
This is the name for a large building that housed multiple machines at which workers produced goods.
What is the factory?
England had plenty of these, which helped power early water frame factories.
What are rivers/waterways?
This was at least one of the diseases that spread during the IR as more people lived closer together.
What is cholera/tuberculosis/typhoid?
In a truly capitalist system, Smith argued that the ______ should have a laissez-faire/hands off approach and not get involved in economic matters.
What is the government?
During and after the Industrial Revolution, most people moved to and lived in _______.
What are cities/urban areas?
A growing entrepreneurial class had extra of this, which they invested in factories.
Capital (money used to make even more money)
This city was the first in the world to reach 2.5 million people during the IR, highlighting a change in world history that people would become more urban than rural over time.
What is London?
TRUE or FALSE: Workers during the IR worked for 6-8 shifts with plenty of breaks/down time.
What is false?
This is the ultimate goal of a communist revolution.
What is the abolition/getting rid of the class system and introducing equality between people?
In the ______ industry, everyday items were made at home by individuals.
What is cottage?
Great Britain relied on its ________ during the IR so they could gain additional resources they didn't have in Europe and have places in which to sell manufactured goods.
Colonies abroad
This was the period of time in the summer of 1858 in which the Thames River became so heavily polluted that all of London was olfactorily (with respect to smell) affected.
What is the Great Stink?
These were the groups established to help workers collectively push for better working conditions, wages, and safer environments.
What are (trade or labor) unions?
In this economic system, Marx argued that all of human history is the haves (bourgeoisie) vs. the have nots (proletariat). He argued that eventually, the proletariat would rise up and overthrow the bourgeoisie.
What is communism?