Ch. 10 Reading Quiz Flashcards
The Industrial Revolution was only made possible because the prior Agricultural Revolution caused…
an increase in labor.
As the leader in colonial power, Britain had more what than any other nation?
Ready-Made Markets (Colonies)
Historians consider the most important machine developed during the Industrial Age to be the…
Steam Engine
Why didn’t industrialization spread quickly to the non-western world?
Their colonial power prevented it.
The Industrial Revolution transformed the workforce by creating…
a factory system, separating spheres of family work, & an improved standard of living.
Legislation of the 1830s and 1840s was aimed largely at reforming working conditions for…
Children in the Textile Industry
Trade unions developed in order to…
Preserve skilled workers by limiting entry to their trade.
Luddites were skilled craftspeople who…
Attacked Machines
The Chartists worked for…
universal male suffrage, payment for members of parliament, & annual sessions of parliament.
The development of a wealthy industrial middle class presented a problem for the landed wealth because…
they threatened to overturn advantages given to the landed wealthy.
