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Agrarian and Industrial Revolution Flashcards

1
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What is the Enclosure System?

A

The process of taking over and fencing off land formerly shared by peasant farmers.

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Why Enclose ?(Ensclosure system)

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It increased profits.

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3
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2 consequences of enclosure

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–Villages shrank and people moved to cities
–Farm laborers were out of work

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4
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Charles Townshend developed

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Charles Townshend
developed a system of crop rotation.

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5
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Thomas Malthus

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an Enlightenment
economist

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6
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1st core principle

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Food is necessary for human existence

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7
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2nd core principle

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human population grows faster than the power to produce food.

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8
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3rd core principle

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Population increases in a geometrical ratio.

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9
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4th core principle

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Humans tend not to limit their population voluntarily.

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10
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who worked in the factory system ?

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Men, women and children

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11
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when were factories open?

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daylight hours and 6 days a week

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12
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where did many of the factory workers live

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in the slums w/ no running water

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13
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Entrepreneurs/Aristocratic

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wanted to maintain power and keep their rights

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14
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Middle class

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liberals, equality should be expanded

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15
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socialists

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people to own factories, farms and mines. To serve the needs of people and not only wealthy`

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16
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Robert Owen

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a socialist and a Utopian, tried to establish ideal communities , shared in the economic success

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17
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What did Robert owen think on education

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He thought education was the key to a happier society and universal harmony.

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18
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How did the middle class see the poor/aristocracy

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they thought they didn’t work hard enough

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19
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The new business people of the Industrial Revolution were known as ?

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entrepreneurs

20
Q

What was a workhouse

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it housed people who were unable to support themselves

21
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What happened to families who entered a workhouse ?

A

they were broken up

22
Q

How were children kept awake at the end of the day ?

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they were beaten

23
Q

Cyrus McCormick invented

A

the Reaper

24
Q

what is important about 1848

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revolutions were taking place and The Communist Manifesto

24
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who were the proletariat

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they were the working class. they lived off of labor money and did not get profit from the capitol.

25
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who were the Bourgeoisie(B)

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they were the business owners

26
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what was the outcome of this work (regarding proletariat )

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Marx and Engels proposed that there would be a revolution where proletariat would rise up and take over

27
Q

Sum up the MINES AND COLLIERIES ACT 1842

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it prohibited all females and boys under the age of ten from working underground in coal mines.

28
Q

why was legumes important

A

it converts atmospheric nitrogen into nitrates in the soil that can be used by whatever plants are grown there in the following few
years.

29
Q

what was important about Bakewell ?

A

he believed in breeding certain livestock and getting the best traits from specific cows in hopefully getting better livestock.

30
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seed drill

A

it planted seeds in uniformed rows

31
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who created seed drill

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Jethro Tull

32
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why did people leave from the country to go to the city ?

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because of the new technology.

33
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Industrial Revolution

A

a rural economy

34
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Industrial Revolution ( Simpler Version)

A

the change of doing things by hand to doing things on a machine

35
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Why did Industrial Revolution happen in England ?

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because of the globalization of the European economy and increase of food production.

36
Q

Cottage system

A

home-based manufacturing

37
Q

What is a Cotton gin and why is it important ?

A

it was being produced in the U.S and increased slave labor

38
Q

why were turnips grown

A

turnips were to feed cattle

39
Q

how would you define the industrial revolution

A

the move from agrarian to a capitalist society

40
Q

cottage system

A

allowed people to work from home

41
Q

Frederick Engles

A

cellar dwelling and poor sanitation

42
Q

best way to get around town

A

railroads

43
Q

best communication

A

telephone

44
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Robert owen

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