Why Britain First?
This Enlightenment idea supported the belief that machines and progress could improve society.
What is scientific thinking?
This invention allowed factories to operate away from rivers.
What is the steam engine?
The movement of people from farms to cities is called this.
What is urbanization?
An economic system based on private ownership and competition for profit.
What is capitalism?
This movement of workers was created to demand better wages and safer working conditions.
What are labor unions?
Political stability in Britain helped industrialization by encouraging this economic behavior.
What is investment?
Mass production increases output mainly through this organizational method.
What is division of labor?
Industrial cities commonly suffered from this health problem.
What is overcrowding and disease?
This economist believed markets worked best with little government interference
Who is Adam Smith?
Factory owners resisted early labor reforms mainly because they feared this economic consequence
What is reduced profit?
This geographic advantage helped Britain move heavy goods cheaply.
What are rivers and ports?
The factory system centralized these two things in one place.
What are workers and machines?
Children were hired in factories partly because they could do this better than adults.
What is fit into small spaces?
The “invisible hand” suggests that this personal motivation benefits society.
What is self-interest?
This economic idea argued that government should interfere as little as possible in business.
What is laissez-faire?
Coal was especially important because it provided this for factories.
What is Energy to power machines?
One major benefit of mass production was making goods more ________.
What is affordable?
Factory owners often ignored safety improvements because they prioritized this.
What is profit?
Reformers opposed laissez-faire because it failed to protect this group.
Who are workers?
Industrial working conditions led to government action in the form of these types of laws.
What are labor laws?
Industrial development first concentrated in regions with these two characteristics.
What are resources and stability?
The process of making large amounts of goods quickly using machines is called this.
What is mass production?
One reason workers formed labor unions was to demand this improvement.
What are better wages or safer conditions?
Socialism developed as a response to this industrial problem.
What is economic inequality?
Explain in one sentence how mass production created both economic growth and social problems.
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