Vocabulary
New inventions such as the seed drill and steel plow made farming easier and faster. The production of food rose dramatically.
Agricultural Revolution
During the 18th century, almost 75% of the European population migrated migrate from rural areas to urban areas (cities) during the Industrial Revolution. What was the main cause of this migration?
industrial jobs in the cities
machine that sowed seeds in rows and covered up the seeds in rows
seed drill
What are 2 push factors for immigration during the Industrial Revolution?
-lack of jobs
-pollution
-religious intolerance
-famine
-war
What are the 4 types of economies?
Traditional
Market
Mixed
Command
the process by which the population in cities and towns grows as people leave rural areas for urban areas
Urbanization
What were the primary 2 industries that employed children?
Coal mines and factories
an engine which uses steam to supply energy to its mechanical parts
steam engine
What are 2 pull factors for immigration (to the United States) during the Industrial Revolution?
-religious freedom
-better jobs
-new beginnings
Private owners of this political and economic system controlled the country's trade and industry rather than the state.
Capitalism
A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.
Industrial Revolution
An organization formed by workers to strive for better wages and working conditions from employers
Labor Unions
A machine that could spin several threads at once
spinning jenny
an island in the bay of New York that served as an entry point for immigrants to the US 1892–1943 and as a detention center for people awaiting deportation until 1954. It is now part of a national monument and houses an immigration museum.
Ellis Island
What type of economy is associated with Communism and has the government control everything?
Command Economy
Industries primarily concerned with the design or manufacture of clothing as well as the distribution and use of textiles.
Textile Industry
A method of production that brought many workers and machines together into one building
Factory System
Thread was quickly woven into cloth which decreased the price of textiles
Powered Loom
Between 1880 and 1920, the majority of the “new” immigrants to the United States came from __________ and __________________.
Eastern and Southern Europe
What do businesses produce?
goods and/or services
Manufacturing based in homes rather than in a factory, commonly found before the Industrial Revolution.
Cottage Industry
a way of putting together a product in a factory by moving it along a line of workers. Each worker adds or adjusts a part until the product is finished.
assembly line
an apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, especially by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a sending instrument and a distant receiving instrument connected by a conducting wire or other communications channel.
Telegraph
How many people immigrated to the US and went through Ellis Island?
~12 Million
Give an example of a good AND a service
answers vary