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What country was the first to industrialize?
Great Britain
Definition: City building and the movement of people to cities.
Urbanization
What was one environmental consequence of the Industrial Revolution?
Widespread deforestation and pollution.
Area of the United States was the first to industrialize?
What was the Northeast?
Before industrialization, what were the main sources of power used by farmers and herders to produce food?
The physical labor of humans and animals
What was the main cause of urbanization in 19th-century Britain?
Industrialization
Individuals that spent their time in mills working, laborers, were part of this class in society.
Working Class
What is one of the most significant changes in transportation that occurred during the Industrial Revolution?
The development of railroads and steam-powered ships.
What is one way industrialization contributed to imperialism?
Industrial nations sought resources and labor from colonies.
The Factory Acts, were passed in the early 1800's and outlawed this common practice.
What is child labor?
A form of complete Socialism in which all means of production is owned by the people is called...
Communism
Definition: Economic policy that lets owners of industry and business set working conditions without interference.
What is the laissez-faire?
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.
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
Refuse to work.
What is Strike?
Is the name for the voluntary associations of workers seeking labor reforms.
What is Unions?
The main cause of the process of urbanization that occurred in 19th-century Britain and elsewhere in western Europe?
What is Industrialization?
When a country takes up the policy of extending its control over lands to gain power and wealth.
What is imperialism?
The increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th-century.
How did industrialization impact family life in Europe and North America?
Parents worked away from home, and children began attending school to train as workers (Nuclear Family).
Definition: Social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people, and wealthy farmers.
What is Middle Class?
Definition: Process of developing machine production or goods.
What is Industrialization?