Worker Rights
Organization of workers formed to pressure business owners to improve wages and working conditions
Labor Unions
Socialism according to Marx, where capitalism would fail and would lead to the creation of a classless society with no private property
Communism
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
England
Which of the following helped British farmers increase food production in the 1700s?
Crop Rotation
During the 1700s, the percentage of Europeans living in towns or cities was about?
25 percent
The philosophy that the goal of society should be to bring the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people
Utilitarianism
He wrote the Wealth of Nations, promoting laissez-faire
Adam Smith
What statements would describe the conditions of workers in mines and factories during the early Industrial Revolution?
Their working conditions were dangerous and inhumane.
Innovator of the assembly line
Henry Ford
In nineteenth-century cities, the poor lived where?
In tenements near the factories.
Person who undertakes risks to establish a business
Entrepreneur
Economy where individuals and private firms, not the government, own the production of goods/services - spurs competition
Capitalism
Moving to cities and towns from rural areas
Urbanizationn
The steam engine was improved and made more useful by who?
Watt
Most of the EARLY factories were located near what? (Think what powered them)
Rivers
The ruling class as termed by Karl Marx
Bourgeoisie
Economy where production of goods owned and controlled by society/government
Socialism
Factory owners blacklisted people suspected of being union members in order to what?
Stop the spread of workers joining unions
What didn't contribute to Great Britain’s industrial success?
Political instability provided by an absolute monarchy
Which of the following became an important source of power for the Industrial Revolution?
Steam Engine
The working class as termed by Karl Marx
proletariat
Means business should operate without government interference
Laissez-faire
Textile workers in the mid-nineteenth century often did what in factories? (working conditions)
Worked long hours with dangerous machinery
He built homes for workers, opened a school for children, and treated employees well
Robert Owen
What conditions during the Industrial Revolution supported Karl Marx’s ideas? (think of workers life)
There were a few wealthy business people while the majority of people were poor.