ch19-the age of industry Flashcards
growing just enough food to meet personal needs
Subsistence Farming
most critical factor for the advancement of a nation
Mastery of the food supply
a way of life based on the teaching that God expects man to work and work is a noble duty
Protestant Work Ethic
seed drill
Jethro Tull
steel plow
John Deere
the mechanical reaper
Cyrus McCormick
work was done in homes or small, private shops
Domestic System
a large number of people employed to produce manufactured goods in a systematic way for wages
Factory System
wages as compared to the cost of living
Real Wages
where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
England’s textile factories
flying shuttle
John Kay
spinning jenny
James Hargreaves
spinning frame
Richard Arkwright
spinning mule
Samuel Crompton
power loom
Edmund Cartwright