Economy
Industrialization caused the growth of this social class.
What was industrialization's effect on the middle class?
The population of England grew dramatically due to this.
What is the Agricultural Revolution and the growing of a surplus of crops?
The way items were created before the Industrial Revolution.
What is creating something by hand?
The first product/industry to be made with machines in factories.
What is cloth or the textile industry?
This is the country where the Industrial Revolution began.
Why is England important?
An economic system with "winners" and "losers" and minimal governmental interference.
What is capitalism?
This was able to transport people and goods over land faster and cheaper than before.
Why were the railroads important?
Common living conditions in the Industrial Revolution.
What are overcrowded and unsanitary living conditions?
Identical components that can be used to replace another.
What are interchangeable parts?
BEFORE the Industrial Revolution, people used to work here.
What are peasant's homes?
An economic theory where private individuals own businesses/factors of production.
What is Capitalism?
A revolution in farming techniques that resulted in more food being grown with fewer farmers.
What was the Agricultural Revolution?
A run-down and overcrowded residential building that was common in the Industrial Revolution.
What is a tenement?
This invention allowed factories to be built away from rivers and powered trains.
What was the steam engine?
What is water power?
This group believed that factories and machines should be collectively owned by the workers.
What did socialists believe about the ownership of production?
These two geographical qualities gave England an advantage when industrializing.
Why were England's numerous rivers and natural resources important?
Commonly employed in mines and factories during this time due to their small size. Employers would pay this group lower wages.
What is child labor?
This machine separated the seeds from the natural cotton fibers.
What did the cotton gin do?
A result of the Industrial Revolution, when a country's population moves from the countryside to urban cities.
What is urbanization?
A political theory that said the government should own all factories and there should be no private property.
What is Communism?
The process of fencing off formerly shared pieces of land to be used in large farms.
What was the Enclosure Movement?
Common problems from working in factories during the Industrial Revolution. (Name 3)
What are disfigurement, diseases, long hours, low wages, exhaustion, abuse from bosses, etc.?
The system where each worker has one role in creating a product.
What is an assembly-line?
The founders of Capitalism and Communism.
Who were Adam Smith and Karl Marx?