Industrial Revolution FAQs
Where did the I.R. begin?
What is Great Britain
Machine that quickly separately cotton from seeds. American made. Invented by Eli Whitney
What is the cotton gin
How did the agricultural revolution lead to a larger population?
Answers will vary-more innovative ways to grow crops=more food=being able to feed a larger population
Haiti was what type of colony?
What is sugar
Money for investment
What is capital
When did the I.R. Begin?
What is the 1800s?/19th century
Produced thread faster than it could be used.
How did new technology led to a new labor system?
San Martin and Bolivar were the _____.
"Librators of South America"
Extreme
What is radical
What was the I.R.?
What is a movement from farming and making products by hand to machine manufacturing
Made it possible for the weaving of cloth to catch up with the spinning of thread. Now more efficient to bring workers to the new machines and have them work in factories near this
What is watered powered loom
How did liberalism and nationalism led to revolutions?
Answers will vary-liberals believed in freedoms, being ruled by a const. to guarantee rights, and were against an absolute monarch. Liberals would be willing to revolt if any of these beliefs were violated. Nationalists had a strong loyalty and pride in their nation and wanted their nation to be unified and under their own rule. If foreign powers threatened their beliefs, they were willing to revolt to protect these beliefs.
Led by Hidalgo; revolted w/ mestizos against Spaniards. Forces curshed, Hildalgo executed. Creoles and peninsulares go on to defeat the Spaniards, gain their independence, and eventually establish a republic.
What is Revolt in Mexico
A person of European descent born in Latin America and living there permanently
What is Creole
Explain one reason way the I.R. began in Great Britain
Answers will vary
Powered by coal. Made it possible for factories to be built all over great Britain
What is the steam engine
What was the economic system based on during the Middle Ages vs during the I.R.?
What is trading (commerical capitalism) vs industial production/manufacturing (industrial capitalism)
1791: led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, faced France, mulattoes, Spain, and Britain; took many lives but reached the ultimate goal: slavery was abolished, Toussaint's forces controlled most of the island and gained independence
Revolt in Haiti
A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production.
What is socialism
Explain one reason the I.R. began in G.B.
Answers will vary
A process for removing impurities from crude iron
What is puddling
How did the American and French Revolutions influence the Latin Wars for Independence?
Answers will vary-America and France fought for equality for all above the law, natural rights, and social inequality. Latin America wanted similiar rights of being able to rule their own nation, and free trade and press, all similar to the causes of the American and French Revolutions.
Led by San Martin and Bolivar. Liberated numerous countries here.
Revolt in South America
System in which individual people do not own land, factories, or machinery. Instead, the government or the whole community owns these things. Everyone is supposed to share the wealth that they create.
What is communism