Stream engine
What is the main characteristic of an industralized nation?
An economy that relies primarily on manufacturing rather than agriculture.
How did the argicultural revolution create a labor force for industrialization?
By boosting farm productivity.
James Watt
Enhanced the steam engine into a practical engine.
How did the factory system differ from the domestic system?
Domestic system- Involved workers producing goods by hand in their own homes or small workshops.
Factory system- Brought on by industrial revolution, utilizing specialized machinery, structured hours to mass-production goods efficiently.
It made clothing and it was one of the first industries to switch to machines, which kick started the industrialization.
What was the role of the steam engine in transforming production?
When did the industralization start?
Mid-18th century
Henry Ford
Credited as a pioneer in making automoblies affordable for middle-class americans
What was the impact of railroads on industrial growth?
Stimulated massive growth in steel, coals, and lumber industries.
How did the spinning Jenny help?
It let one workers spin multiple threads at once, speeding things up a lot.
Who designed the first efficient steam engine?
James Watt
Why did the industrial revolution begin in Great Britain?
There was abundant of natural resources, high argicultural productivity, a stbbale political system and many more.
George Stepherson
In what ways did railroads construction contributed to the development of Midwestern cities?
By replacing slow water-based transport with faster, more reliable, and cheaper transportation.
How did the power loom help?
It made weaving automatic.
why was the steam engine important to industrilzaition?
It provided a consistent, flexible power source for factories near fast-flwoing water, which drove urbanization.
What were the most important technological advancement?
Prinitng press, Steam engine, electricity, and the internet
Tranformed the oil industry, established standard oil.
How did the expansion of railways networks improve labor mobility and create new jobs in contruction and operation?
By signcantly reducing travel time and cost.
How did textile impact urbanization?
Poeople moved to cities for factory works.
How did ideologies like socialism and Marxism develop in response to industrial capitalism?
Promoted collective ownership production to address explotitation, while Marxism proposed a radical revolutionary transition to a classless society.
Andrew Carnegie
How did government grants and subsidies facilities the construction of transcontinental railroads?
Mostly through pacific railways Acts of 1862, which provided massive su
Long hours, low pay, and unsafe working conditions.