Important Names
Wrote "The Communist Manifesto"
Put forward idea of scientific socialism based on scientific study of history
KARL MARX
A company that wipes out its competitors and dominates an industry?
Monopoly
Material that replaced charcoal for smelting iron
Coal
Spinning machine of 1764
Spinning Jenny
British discoverer of the puddling process for converting pig iron into wrought iron.
Henry Cort
Social class that lost power as the Industrial Revolution continued
Aristocrats
Material that replaced iron in machines
Steel
Weaving machine invented in 1733 that doubled a weaver's daily output
An English inventor and engineer who found how to make steel from iron
Henry Bessemer
Economic theory meaning "let do" favored by business owners
Laissez-faire
Manufacture of standard good in large quantities
Mass Production
Cotton cleaning machine that dramatically increased cotton production
Cotton Gin
American inventor of the cotton-cleaning machine
Eli Whitney
Type of labor limited by early reform laws
Child Labor
This replaced water as the major source of power
Steam
The main means of land transportation
Railroads
Scottish engineer who improved the steam engine
Class that increased and gained political power during the Industrial Revolution
Middle Class
Fencing off of formerly common land in England
Enclosure System
Sea vessel drawing energy from a steam powered engine
Steamboat