Industrial Revolution I
What country was the first to industrialize?
Great Britain
Definition: City building and the movement of people to cities.
Urbanization
This natural resource, in ample supply in England powered steam engines.
What is coal?
The increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th-century.
Definition: Social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people, and wealthy farmers.
What is Middle Class?
What is the textile industry?
Were the three factors of production required to drive the industrial revolution?
What are Land, Labor, and Capital?
He Invented the Cotton Gin
Who was Eli Whitney?
The money used to invest in a business or technology.
What is capital?
Name two negative effects of industrialization.
Pollution, crime, disease, over crowding, tenements, poor living conditions, poor sanitation
List two of the poor working and living conditions that many suffered moving into cities and working in factories.
Long Hours; Low Wages; Dangerous Working Conditions, Child Labor, etc.
By the late 1700s, the best place to find a water frame and a spinning mule was in...
What is a factory?
What event paved the way for the Industrial Revolution?
Agriculture Revolution
The main cause of the process of urbanization that occurred in 19th-century Britain and elsewhere in western Europe?
What is Industrialization?
The Factory Acts, were passed in the early 1800's and outlawed this common practice.
What is child labor?
By turning a single large wheel on this machine, the operator could spin eight or more cotton threads, making cotton production quicker and cheaper
spinning Jenny
What was a benefit of the railroad in Britain?
It offered cheap transportation for materials and goods.
Definition: In this economic system the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all.
What is Socialism?
Definition: Process of developing machine production or goods.
What is Industrialization?
When a country takes up the policy of extending its control over lands to gain power and wealth.
What is imperialism?
Individuals that spent their time in mills working, laborers, were part of this class in society.
Working Class
Who defended the free-market system of capitalism in the book, The Wealth of Nations?
Who is Adam Smith?
People eventually began to take action based off socialist theories to organize and promote reform. List any two things they did.
Strike, collective bargaining, slaves fought for freedom; Women fight for equality; Education for Children
Economic system in which the factors of production are privately owned.
What is Capitalism?