Causes of Revolutions
What are the three leading resources that led the Industrial Revolution
Coal, Iron, and Water (Steam)
Inventor of the telegraph
Samuel Morse
The idea that government should have little control and keep a “hands off” policy in the affairs of the common man is called
Laissez-faire
This is the first industry affected by the Industrial Revolution
Textile
This separated the seeds from the cotton
Cotton gin
The system in which products were produced pre-Industrial Revolution
Cottage Industry/Domestic skilled workers
He came up with an efficient way to process steel
Henry Bessemer
This practice helped to keep the soil fertile instead of leaving it fallow
Crop Rotation
Workers were able to improve their working condition by
Establishing labor unions
What mode of transportation was invented during the Industrial Revolution using the steam engine?
Train/locomotive
What are the three factors of production
Land, Labor, and Capital
Inventor of the "Rocket"
George Stephenson
The process of the division or consolidation of fencing off communal fields, meadows, pastures, and other arable land in England was called
Enclosure Movement
Economic system in which individuals rather than government control the factors of production
Capitalism
What three types of advancements in technology improved transportation during the First Industrial Revolution in England?
Canals, Roads, and Railroads
Why did the cottage industry die out
New inventions and machinery were too big for homes
He came up with a political theory explaining class war and how it leads to a society in which all property is publicly owned
Karl Marx
Moving from the farmland into the city
Urbanization
What country was the last to abolish slavery
Brazil
What invention was meant to further humane goals of execution, though it often was used in contradiction of those goals?
Guillotine
Give one reason for the England being the leader in the Industrial Revolution.
Answers will vary
Leading economist that believed in Capitalism and that the government should not interfere with business.
Adam Smith
The assignment of different parts of a manufacturing process or task to different people in order to improve efficiency.
Division of Labor
What law made it illegal to employ a child under 9 years old?
1904 Child Labor Committee
Louis Pasteur invented
Vaccines/Pasteurization techniques.