Industrial Revolution
This period marked England’s shift from craft-based production to mechanized factory labor.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This institution acted as Britain’s central bank and increased trust in the financial system.
What is the Bank of England?
A "Culture" that was defined by buying goods to show lifestyle, comfort, and status.
What is Consumer Culture?
Britain imported raw materials and exported finished goods through this system.
What is global trade?
This invention allowed instant communication across long distances.
What is the telegraph?
This type of work replaced small craft labor and relied on machines and factories.
What is industrial manufacturing?
This 1855 law protected investors from losing more money than they invested.
What is the Limited Liability Act?
This social class expanded and drove demand for more goods and services.
What is the middle class?
This term describes Britain expanding their economic and political control over territories worldwide.
What is imperialism?
This form of transportation replaced sail ships and sped up global trade.
What are steam ships?
These factories employed men, women, and children working long hours.
What are Victorian factories?
This period of heavy investment in railways led to both growth and financial collapse.
What is Railway Mania?
These workers ran local shops and sold goods directly to consumers.
What are shopkeepers?
Cotton, tea, and rubber are examples of what type of materials shipped to Britain?
What is raw materials?
This transportation innovation helped move goods and people quickly across Britain.
What are railways?
This was a major negative effect of factory work shown in images of crowded workplaces.
What are poor working conditions?
This financial system used gold to back currency, increasing confidence in banks.
What is the gold standard?
Retail expansion created new job opportunities for this group, especially by the late 1800s.
Who are women?
Britain was called this because of its industrial and trade dominance.
What is the “workshop of the world”?
FREE POINT
This innovation allowed factories to produce goods faster and in larger quantities.
What is mechanization?
This city became the financial capital of the world during the Victorian era.
What is London?
Shopping shifted from local markets to organized stores and city centers during this time.
What is Victorian England?
This policy promoted low tariffs and increased international trade.
What is free trade?
Together, new technology and transportation helped Britain dominate this type of trade.
What is international trade?