ch19-the age of industry Flashcards

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growing just enough food to meet personal needs

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Subsistence Farming

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2
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most critical factor for the advancement of a nation

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Mastery of the food supply

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3
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a way of life based on the teaching that God expects man to work and work is a noble duty

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Protestant Work Ethic

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4
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seed drill

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Jethro Tull

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5
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steel plow

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John Deere

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6
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the mechanical reaper

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Cyrus McCormick

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7
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work was done in homes or small, private shops

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Domestic System

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8
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a large number of people employed to produce manufactured goods in a systematic way for wages

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Factory System

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9
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wages as compared to the cost of living

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Real Wages

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10
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where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

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England’s textile factories

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11
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flying shuttle

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John Kay

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12
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spinning jenny

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James Hargreaves

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13
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spinning frame

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Richard Arkwright

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14
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spinning mule

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Samuel Crompton

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15
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power loom

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Edmund Cartwright

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16
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enabled landholders to control the breeding of their livestock

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Enclosure Movement

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17
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the cotton gin (1793)

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Eli Whitney

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18
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practical, coal-burning steam engine (1776)

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James Watt

19
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miner’s safety lamp

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Sir Humphrey Davy

20
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process of converting iron into steel.
Who invented it?

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Bessemer Process
Henry Bessemer & William Kelly

20
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allowed for easter and faster commercial transportation

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Erie & Suez Canals

21
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invented the first practical steamship. Date?

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Robert Fulton; 1807

22
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invented the first steam-powered locomotive. date?

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George Stephenson; 1814

23
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internal combustion engine

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Gotlieb Daimler

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diesel engine (to power larger vehicles)
Rudolph Diesel
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perfected the first modern automobile. date?
Henry Ford; 1896
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invented the first electric telegraph. date?
Samuel Morse; 1844
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first transatlantic cable
Cyrus Field
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invented the first working telephone. date?
Alexander Graham Bell; 1896
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atomic theory
John Dalton
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developed the first vaccine for smallpox. date?
Edward Jenner; 1796
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discovered the germ theory of disease. date?
Louis Pasteur; 1864
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developed antiseptics to clean germs from instruments and wounds
Joseph Lister
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considered one of the greatest inventors of all time; incandescent electric light bulb
Thomas Edison
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America’s economic growth can be attributed to its economic system of ______
capitalism
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Main Characteristics of a capitalist (free enterprise) economy
1. Private ownership of production 2. Investments are made by private citizens 3. Prices and production of goods are based on the economy not the government 4. GNP (Gross National Product) is usually high
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founded and owned the largest steel company in the world in the late 1800’s (Gospel of Wealth)
Andrew Carnegie
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*Gospel of Wealth*
Andrew Carnegie
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known for banking
J.P. Morgan
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founded and owned the largest oil company in America in the late 1800’s (standard Oil Company)
John D. Rockefeller
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donating money to social causes to help the less fortunate
Philanthropy
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Largely responsible for the rise and success of capitalism in America
Adam Smith
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Wrote *Wealth of Nations*
Adam Smith