Industrial Rev. test Flashcards

1
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enclosure movement

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-villages shrunk -> cities grew
-farm output -> profits up, less workers
People moved to cities

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2
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crop rotation

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changing what you harvest every season, for the nutrients in the soil

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3
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population boom

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englands pop. up to 5 mil. in 1700 to 9 mil. in 1800

death rates down, less famine, better hygiene and sanitation

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4
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Luddites

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against machines, broke machines

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5
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labor unions

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were made illegal, had to be a secret

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6
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Growth of middle class from

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child labor laws

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7
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Agricultural Rev.

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1st- 11,000 years ago= farms, domestic animals

2nd- 300 years ago = quality and quantity

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8
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Putting out (domestic) system

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Girls work at home, then moved to factories

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9
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Charles dickens

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  • Hated the industrial rev
  • Thinks of factory people as “hands”, dehumanizes them
  • Facts can’t predict people
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10
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Early industries of the 1700’s

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Started in England, with textiles

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11
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Capitalism

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  • Private ownership
  • more goods at lower prices
  • Adam smith, David Ricardo
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12
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Interchangeable

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Make all parts equal, can take apart and put back together

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13
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Collective bargaining

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Unions, power of numbers

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14
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Life of the working class

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  • Worked long hard hours for minimal pay
  • 12-14 hour shifts
  • children worked
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15
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Laissez-faire/ economics

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  • hands off
  • gov. Shouldn’t interfere in the country
  • free market=capitalism
    • wealth and means of producing it are privately owned
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16
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Utilitarianism

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  • advocate by British philosopher/ economist Jeremy Bentham
  • goal of society=greatest happiness for the greatest number
  • gov. Needs to get involved on certain equations
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17
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What does john Stuart believe?

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Gov should help working class; they need to vote to enact reforms

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18
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Socialism

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-People as a whole own and operate the means of production: farms, factories
-no fighting between rich and poor
-No competition to do work
Utopians, Thomas more

19
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Proleteriat

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The “have-nots”, work in the factories

20
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Bourgeoisie

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The “haves”, the owners

21
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Communism

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Gov. Led by small elite controlled economic and political life
No social classes
Not work as hard, automatically get anything
Karl Marx

22
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Karl Marx

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Wrote the communist manifesto

23
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What is communism

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A breed of socialism

Dialectical

24
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Spinning mule

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Samuel Crompton

Sound cotton and yarn

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Telegraph
Samuel morse | Sends messages across the world
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Steamship
Robert Fulton | Didn't have to row boat
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Sewing machine
Elias Howe | Made Clothing stronger
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Pasteurization
Louis Pasteur | Made food safer
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The reaper
Cyrus Mccormick | Decreased labor in wheat fields
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The seed drill
Jeff tull | Agriculture
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Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves | Spin cotton onto thread
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Iron smelting
Abraham Darby | Removed iron from iron ore
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Flying shuttle
John Kay | Made weaving faster
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Steam locomotive
George Stephenson transported goods/ people faster
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Steam engine
James watt | Powered factories, boats
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Telephone
Alexander graham bell | More efficient way of communicating
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Cotton gin
Eli Whitney | Took seeds out of cotton
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Light bulb
Thomas Edison | Allowed people to work in the dark
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Phonograph
Thomas Edison | To record music and sound
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Modern gas engine
Éti onier lenior | Car gas engine
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The revolver
Samuel colt | Faster gun, more accurate
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Macadam
John louden macadam | Better roadways
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Thomas Newcomen
Created the first practical steam engine for pumping water
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Socialism
Production, distribution, trade is owned and operated by the community as a whole