INVENTIONS
He improved the steam engine
Who is James Watt
The inventor of the cotton gin.
Eli Whitney
Children working long hours in dangerous conditions led many fathers in England to turn to what bad habit?
movement of people from rural areas to cities
urbanization
System where people own the means of production
socialism/communism
cotton gin
British economist who believed population grows faster than food supply.
Crowded apartment building for factory workers
tenements
Major problem in industrial cities besides disease or pollution
overcrowding
The working class
proletariat
textile industry
He believed policies should create the greatest good for the greatest number
Jeremy Bentham
workers' organizations formed to improve conditions and benefits
labor unions
Large farms taking over common areas.
enclosure or land enclosure
The idea of the greatest good for the greatest number
utilitarianism
This form of power replaced water and animal power in factories
steam engine/steam power
Utopian who created better working conditions in New Lanark, Scotland
Robert Owen
The system where goods were made in homes before factories
cottage industry or putting-out system
Burning land and supplies to weaken an advancing enemy (Russians did this to Napoleon's army)
scorched earth policy
Form of socialism proposed by Karl Marx
communism
Transportation system that allowed raw materials and goods to move quickly across countries
railroads
Philosopher who developed the idea of communism
Karl Marx
Money used to invest in business
capital
rising middle class of professionals many owned the means of production
factories, farms, railroads, etc. that produce and move goods
means of production