Why Britain?
This natural resource provided cheap fuel for factories.
What is Coal?
This invention sped up the making of thread.
What is the Spinning Jenny?
People moved from farms to these areas for jobs.
What are Cities?
Many factory workers worked this many hours 6 days a week.
What is 12-14 Hours?
This group believed factory owners should control industry.
Who are Capitalists?
Britain had many of these, allowing goods to be transported easily.
What are Rivers and Canals?
This power source replaced water power in many factories.
What is Steam Power?
A lack of opportunities in this field led to more people moving to cities.
What is Farming?
Children were often hired because they were...
What is Cheap Labor/Physically Small?
This thinker criticized capitalism and inspired socialism.
Who was Karl Marx?
This economic system encouraged private business and investment.
What is Capitalism?
This machine used a steam engine to make aquatic travel much more efficient.
What is the Steam Boat?
Cities often lacked clean water and this system for waste.
What is Sanitation?
These dangerous events were common in factories.
What are Accidents?
This ideology thought government was only harmful and should be done away with.
What is Anarchism?
Britain’s government could be described this way. Meaning that people could focus on innovation rather than revolution.
What is Stable?
This invention transformed long-distance transportation over land.
What are Railroads / Steam Locomotives?
What is Disease?
Workers formed these groups to demand better conditions.
What are Unions?
Poor working conditions helped inspire this new political idea.
What are Communism and Socialism?
Profits from this global system helped fund industrial growth.
What is Imperialism/Colonialism?
These large buildings became the cornerstone of communities and production.
What are factories?
This term describes the movement of people to cities.
What is Urbanization?
This social class grew during industrialization.
What are the Middle/Working Classes?
This book By Karl Marx argued that workers were being exploited.
What is the Communist Manifesto?