Indust rev quiz Flashcards
WHat were the very first steam engines like?
bad and inefficient, they acted as pumps
When did steam engines come about comercially?
Beginning of the Industrial revolution, 1780’s
What did the first factories come from?
the cottage industry or putting out system
Why is the Crystal Palace significant?
It showed England’s industrial and economic power
What was Engles line in conditions of working class?
I charge the middle class with whole sale robbery and murder
What did the factory act establish for kids?
8 and under could not be hired
9-13 eight hour day
14-18 twelve hour day
steam pump
Tomas Savory and Thomas Newcomen (1689) (1705)
steam engine
James Watt
Flying shuttle
John Kay (1733)
spinning Jenny
Hargreaves (1765)
Water frame
Arkwright (1769)
Spinning Mule
Compton
Who invented the puddling furnace
Henry Colt
What did England use before coal, and effect affect did this have?
Woad, resulted in widespread deforestation
What happened to the condition of workers after the height of the revolution or 1850’s?
Workers conditions improved, most problems were worked out through reform
What classes did the colt of domesticity effect?
The lower and middle class, because the upper class women were already at home
Why was child labor perpetuated during revolution?
Parents wanted to keep the family together so they took them to work
How did wages and consumption increase from 1820-1850?
increased by 50%
Differences between England industrialization and rest of continent?
EASTERN EUROPE and RUSSIA- borrowed british techology, craftsemen and capital
-they used their strong centralized government and banking to promote native industry
BELGIUM; constructed national railroad to stimulate heavy industry, made newly organized banks that took riskier investments and invested in growing businesses
Other countries had support of gov that stimulated industry, combined with industries to build railroads
