Beginnings of Industrialization
Industrialization began in this country.
What is Great Britain?
The steam-powered form of transportation dramatically lowered the cost of shipping goods and allowed factories to send products across long distances much faster than canals or wagons
What is the railroad?
This person wrote about and inspired the theory of Communism?
Who was Karl Marx?
Typical workday for factory workers
What is 14-16 hours?
Who is Henry Ford?
This person wrote the Wealth of Nations and is the father of Capitalism.
Who was Adam Smith?
This person invented the Cotton Gin and the idea of interchangeable parts.
Who was Eli Whitney?
Power sources for the first factories
What are rivers and coal?
The workforce was made up of these two marginalized groups
What are children and women?
Makes the economic decision and owns the means of production in socialism
What are individuals/businesses and the government?
The movement of people to cities
What is urbanization?
Name of factory worker housing and list two characteristics
What are tenements? What is no running water, overcrowded, no indoor plumbing, unsafe, lack of light, spread of disease, etc?
Due to the Bessemer process, the U.S. became a world leader in the production of this product
What is steel?
In Karl Marx's theory, this is why the workers will revolt against the rich middle class.
What is the unfair distribution of wealth?
Name of an organization of workers and two things they fight for
What is a union?
What is better pay, safer working conditions, shorter working hours?
This is the invention that allowed for cloth to be woven more quickly.
What was the flying shuttle? (Spinning Jenny, power loom, and the water frame are also acceptable.)
The two main classes of people and their roles in society, AND the new class that emerged during this timeperiod
What are the bourgeoisie or owners, and the working class or proletariat?
What is the middle class?
The idea that the economy should function without interference from the government
What is Laissez-Faire?
Positive:
What are: created jobs, contributed to the wealth of the nation, fostered technological progress and invention, increased the production of goods, and raised the standard of living, healthier diets, better housing, and cheaper, mass-produced clothing.
Negative:
What are: hazardous working conditions, widespread child labor, urban overcrowding, severe environmental damage, long work days, low-paying jobs, pollution-filled cities, and increased reliance on slavery for raw materials