The Basic Flocabulary
When industrializing, this is the first product to manufacture...like your sneakers
textiles
Crocs started out as a small business in the home, this is called a
cottage industry
With more transportation, people could?
Travel
Products moving from worker to worker is called an:
Assembly line
The United States benefited from which war against Britain?
War of 1812
This improvement in transportation allowed for people to travel more
Steam...like in ships or trains & it powers factories
The Industrial Revolution started in what country?
England
With the mass production of products, people had access to more?
goods/stuff
Making a large amount of one product is called:
Mass Production
What US state were the first TEXTILE factories built?
Massachusetts
One cause for the industrial revolution was the trading of food, like potatoes from new world to old world, Europe, called
Columbian Exchange
The Industrial Revolution started in what years?
18th century, 1700s
Factories spouted a lot of dust into the air, leading to an increase in:
Pollution
The economic system of the US, which is an economy where people invest their money in business, like APPLE, to make a profit is called
Capitalism
Industrialization led European nations to take control of lands outside of their own countries, so they could exploit these regions for their resources. This practice was called
IMPERIALISM
Another cause of the industrial revolution is more food means the population will?
Grow
When the population goes up during this industrial revolution, this is called the ___________ curve?
J...from 1 billion in 1800 to 8 billion today
People lived in tight quarters with no running water. These new dwellings in cities were called?
Tenements
When the government controls all production, like in Cuba, North Korea, & China, this economic system is called
Communism
When employers refused to meet the demands of the workers, workers would do this:
strike
What did the steam engine power?
Factories
Before industrialization, work was done by "MAN's HANDS", when you industrialize the work goes from "MAN'S HANDS TO ?
Hands in the air and think flocabulary
Machines
These new dwellings had no sewage and dirty streets and this led to an increase in:
Disease
When workers join together to bargain with employers for better wages or working conditions, this is called:
unions
What year and after what war was slavery in the US ended/abolished?
1865, Civil War