Industrial Revolution #1
The country where the Industrial Revolution began.
What is England
natural resource, used to power steam engines, was abundant in Britain.
What is coal
This is the economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
What is Socialism
These groups formed following the exploitation of workers in industrializing countries
What are Labor Unions
Many factory workers hired because they fit in smaller places and are often paid the lowest wages
Who are children
How people made goods after the industrial revolution
What is with machines
This Englishmen wrote "The Wealth of Nations" and is considered by many to be the father of Capitalism
Who is Adam Smith
This term describes the shift of population from rural to urban
What is Urbanization
The Industrial Revolution helped grow this class, positioned between the working class and the elite.
Middle Class
Britain had many of these water features, which powered early factories and helped transport goods.
Rivers/canals
This man greatly improved the steam engine
Who is James Watt
a system where the government minimally intervenes in the marketplace, allowing businesses and individuals to operate freely based on their own interests. It emphasizes the role of supply and demand. Private property
laissez faire/Capitalism
A system of production in which a product is made by many people working at specific stations
The Assembly Line
Poorly built housing for factory workers was commonly called this.
Tenements
How people made goods before the Industrial Revolution
What is by hand
Burning this turns water into steam
What is coal
This system aims to create a classless society but in reality it is a state controlled economic system typically with a dictator.
What is Communism
The cottage industry, in which raw cotton was distributed to peasant families who spin it into thread and then wove the thread into cloth.
putting-out system
Overcrowded and unsanitary living conditions and water in cities often led to outbreaks of this disease.
Cholera
This is the policy of a stronger nation to attempt to create an empire by dominating weaker nations economically, politically, culturally, or militarily
What is Imperialism
Eli Whitney
This German-born author wrote "Das Kapital" and "The Communist Manifesto
Who is Karl Marx
Karl Marx defined this social class as the working class
Proletariat
The industrial revolution slowly improved this for the working class
standard of living