Inventions
This invention by Eli Whitney in 1793 revolutionized cotton processing and increased demand for slave labor in the American South.
What is the cotton gin?
Wrote the "Communist Manifesto”
What is Karl Marx?
Started off the Industrial Revolution; great access to raw materials especially coal.
What is Britain?
This major agricultural development improved food production and freed up labor
Factory production created a _____ in product prices
What is decrease?
James Watt made significant improvements to this machine, helping power factories and transportation during the Industrial Revolution.
What is the steam engine?
Wrote “The Wealth of Nations”, advocated for free markets
What is Adam Smith?
Known as the father of the Industrial Revolution
What is Great Britain?
Britain had large supplies of this key resource used to power machines and locomotives
What is coal?
Organizations created by workers to protect their rights
This early communication device, developed by Samuel Morse in the 1830s and 1840s, allowed messages to be sent quickly over long distances using electrical signals.
What is the telegraph?
Scottish inventor and engineer that improved the steam engine.
What is James Watt?
Important colony for mass production and demand
What is India?
The availability of capital and this type of economic system encouraged investment in new industries
What is capitalism?
Main migration pattern caused by the Industrial Revolution
What is rural to urban?
This 1807 invention by Robert Fulton was one of the first commercially successful uses of steam power for water transportation.
What is the steam boat?
Invented the first electric motor and build the first electric generator
What is Michael Faraday?
First country to adopt industrialization from Britain
What is Belgium?
This resource, used to build machines and tools, was abundant in Great Britain
What is iron?
The hours of labor workers in the factory system
What is 14-16 hours, six days a week?
This device, invented by Edmund Cartwright, mechanized the weaving process and increased textile production.
What is the power loom?
Invented the water frame (using water to speed up spinning)
What is Richard Arkwright?
Shared a similar industrialization pattern to Britain
What is the Netherlands?
This movement in Britain consolidated small farms into larger ones, increasing agricultural efficiency but displacing workers
What is the Enclosure Movement?
Working class connected to Markist ideals
What is proletariat?