chapters 19-21 Flashcards
a time of dramatic changes in agriculture, industry, and technology
the industrial revolution also called the age of industry
what is the most critical factor in determining how far a nation may advance
the mastery of food supply
invented the reaper
Cyrus mcCormick
wages compared to the cost of living
real wages
invented flying shuttle
John kay
spinning mule
Samuel crompton
power loom
Edmund Cartwright
who were the people that we have to associate textiles with
John kay, Samuel crompton, Edmund Cartwright
cotton Gin
Eli whitney
steam engine (coal-burnig)
James watt
miners safety lamp
sir Humphry davy
inexpensive iron into steel process
Henry bessemer
first practical steam ship
Robert fulton
the first practical steam-powered locomotive
george Stephenson
first cars in america
Henry ford
electric Telegraph
Samuel morse
atomic theory
John dalton
germ theory
Louis pasteur
married scientists; polonium and radium
Pierre and Marie curie
antiseptics
Joseph lister
an economic system
capitalism (free enterprise)
giant for banking
j.p. morgan
love of mankind
philanthropy
England’s longest reigning monarch
queen victoria