Yum! Disease!
List three reasons for the rapid spread of disease in Industrial England.
Crowded areas, poor sanitation, lack of nutritious diet, rubbish hoards, corpse piles, excrement floods, lice and fleas.
Bourgeoisie
In early modern Europe, the class of well-off town dwellers whose wealth came from manufacturing, finance, commerce, and allied professions.
About how fast did the earliest railroad trains go?
20mph- 30mph.
Steam engine
In 1747, cider, seawater, vinegar, and citrus fruit were all discorvered to fight what disease?
Scurvy
Socialism
A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production.
What product was the biggest driver of the Industrial Revolution?
Eli Whitney
Cotton Gin
All three were used to cure disease during the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT:
A) Woodlice and sugarB) Arsenic and mercury
C) More hard work!
D) Getting beat in the face with a bundle of cinnamon.
D) Getting beat in the face with a bundle of cinnamon.
Domestic System
Early industrial labor system in which workers produced goods at home
Explain the meaning of "the empire on which the sun never sets."
The Britain empire is so vast, the sun never sets on all the land conquered by Britain.
James Hargreaves
Spinning Jenny
Often known as "consumption" or "the white plague." Helen Burns infamously dies of this in Jane Eyre.
Tuberculosis
Popular Sovereignty.
A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
In the tale of Oliver Twist, what does Oliver famously ask for more of?
Richard Arkwright
Because people died blue, this disease was commonly known as "the blue death."
Cholera
Liberalism.
A belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity.
The 17th century life expentancy (HINT, multiplicand of 5).
35 years old.
Involving a milkmaid, a young boy, and a cow named Blossom, doctor Edward Jenner discovered how immunity works against smallpox, leading to this world changing invention.