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1
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Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

A

England

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What industry began the industrial revolution?

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Cotton/textile

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3
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Who is the father of the Industrial Revolution?

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Richard Arkwright

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the Industrial Revolution took place over the course of how many years? (Was it slow or fast)

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300 yrs. (slow)

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5
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Who is associated with selective breeding?

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Robert Blackwell

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6
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What did the enclosure movement accomplish? (Good and Bad)

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incorporated common fields into large farms and forced small farmers into larger farms

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7
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Who invented the flying shuttle?

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John Kay

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8
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What did the flying shuttle do?

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improved weaving process

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9
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Who invented the spinning jenny?

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James Hargreaves

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What did the spinning jenny do?

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improved spinning process

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11
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Who invented the spinning mule?

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Samuel Crompton

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12
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Who invented the cotton gin?

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Eli Whitney

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13
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What system of production is described as “home production made personally with personal tools”?

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domestic

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What system of production is described as “workers, raw materials, and machinery under one roof”?

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factory

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Who created a new process of creating steel? What is this process known as?

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Henry Bessemer

The Bessemer Process

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16
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Who is associated with improving roads?

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John McAdam

17
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Who made the first successful steamboat?

A

Robert Fulton`

18
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Who improved automobile manufacturing?

A

Henry Ford

19
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Who made the first successful airplane?

A

The Wright Brothers

20
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What were some improved production techniques that are a result of the Industrial Revolution?

A

Automation
Interchangeable parts
Division of labor
Assembly line

21
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Explain:
Automation
Interchangeable parts
Division of labor
Assembly line
A
  • machines doing the work
  • identical parts for similar products
  • manufacturing process in several steps
  • faster production process
22
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What were some consequences of Industrialism?

A

poor living and working conditions
development of slums
long working hours
little safety

23
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What were some things advocated by the Chartist movement?

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universal manhood suffrage
secret ballot
equal electoral districts
pay for members of Parliament
no property requirements for Parliament
annual elections
24
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Out of the things advocated by the Chartist movement, which one did they not get?

A

annual elections

25
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What is a welfare state?

A

government has responsibility for material and social well-being of all citizens

26
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What kind of idea is “man is basically good” and “government should care for citizens”?

A

Socialistic (Socialism)

27
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Explain Utopia socialism.

A

believed capitalism is base source of evil

28
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Explain Marxism.

A

economic forces determine history

history naturally progresses to perfection

29
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Who started Sunday Schools?

A

Robert Raikes

30
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Who started the Salvation Army?

A

William Booth

31
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Who was greatly involved in the second Great Awakening in America?

A

Dwight L. Moody

32
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Who is known as the “Prince of Preachers”?

A

Spurgeon

33
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Who had theories of biological evolution?

A

Charles Darwin

34
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Who is associated with the atomic theory?

A

John Dalton

35
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Who is associated with the parts of an ATOM?

A

Ernest Rutherford

36
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Who is associated with the parts of a NUCLEUS?

A

Niels Bohr

37
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Who showed the relationship of matter and energy and the theory of relativity?

A

Albert Einstein

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