Technology
First build along rivers, then built anywhere you can run a railroad to transport coal to them!
What is a factory?
Most laborers before the IR worked on these...
What are farms?
This philosopher wrote The Wealth of Nations and other works.
Who was Adam Smith?
This harms the air, the water, and the world as a whole.
What is pollution?
Pulled by a horse, seeds the Earth quickly... Populations will boom!
What is a seed drill/plow?
In addition to poor working conditions, workers suffered with longer...
What are working days?
This philosopher wrote The Communist Manifesto and other works.
Who was Karl Marx (or Friedrich Engels)?
Necessary in a capitalist economy, abolished in a communist one...
What is private property?
James Watt invented it, burning coal runs it, and everything travels faster thanks to it!
What is the steam engine?
All too common in the 1800s and early 1900s, this was eventually criminalized...
What is child labor?
This theory advocated for state ownership of the means of production and violent force to achieve it if necessary.
What is communism?
These helped manufacturers transport their goods, there is one that runs from Albany to Buffalo!
What is a canal?
Schenectady was revolutionized by the company that mass produced these... It will brighten your day!
What is the light bulb?
These dominate factory labor, from Ford to Amazon and beyond...
What are assembly lines?
This theory advocated for free markets, supply and demand economics, and private property.
What is capitalism?
This raw material was burned to operate factory equipment and trains, boats, and other machines...
What is coal?
Modern communication can pay homage to this device, quickly relaying messages across the globe wherever _______ lines can reach!
What is the telegraph/telegram?
Factory laborers who wished to live close to work were often forced to live in these very cramped buildings...
What are tenements?
This idea states that people are driven to do good things by their inherent nature. They want to see good in the world because they are a part of it.
What is the invisible hand?
These public lands, available for anyone to graze their cattle, were slowly bought up and privatized...
What are the commons?