European Industrialization and Imperialism Flashcards
Timeline
1700-1950
Industrialization
development of industries; ex. factories
Urbanization
The making of cities; The change from rural areas to cities
The Industrial Revolution was a ________ process.
Slow
Ideas of Capitalism
- Private owned businesses are better than government owned
- “Laissez-faire”
- Businesses are allowed to compete
- Customers are allowed to compete for the best products and lowest prices
- Supply and demand determines production and price
Laissez-faire means?
the government shouldn’t be involved in businesses
Ideas of Capitalism were written down by.
Adam Smith
buildings divided in to apartments .
tenements
Life was _______ _______ for people in the city.
Very Poor
They had no ______ and _______ at this time .
sewers; sanitation
what work place experienced harmful dust?
Coal mines
The factories had no ______ ______.
labor laws
women were hired more and _____ ______.
paid less
How much did people work?
12-16 hours; 6 days a week
Women’s lives were more tiring because?
they still had to care for the family
No _______ labor laws.
Child
Cons of child labor
- no education
- went to prison if they tried to escape
- lost hands/ fingers
Scavengers
crawled under moving machines to pick up and fix things
Owners used children because ?
they were cheap labor
new wealth bought ?
political power
Cons of Industrial Revolution
- Injuries
- widespread disease
- pollution
- socialism born
- working class in poverty
- middle/upper classes built mansions
