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Industrial Revolution Flashcards

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Define Proletariat

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The working class according to Karl Marx

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Define Capital

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Money to invest within the economy

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Define Laissez-faire

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Also known as “hands-off”. The government isn’t involved in the economy

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Who is Henry Ford?

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He implemented the assembly line in a timely manner

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Define Socialism

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A form of economy in which involved some government involvement

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Who is Alexander Graham Bell?

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He invented the telephone on 1876

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Who is Samuel Slater?

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He took plans to the USA in which started/spread the Industrial Revolution

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Define Labor Union

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Fought for wages and rights for workers

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define crop rotation

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The process of planting something different each year

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Define steam engine

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A steam machine that drove the Industrial Revolution

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Define artisan

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Somebody who makes goods

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Define tenements

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The high rise apartments that were brought in during the Industrial Revolution

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Define Great Britain

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The country where the IR started. Known as the “workshop of the world”

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Define the Industrial Revolution

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An era that started in 1750 - present or 20th century

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Who is Adam Smith?

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A capitalist. He believed and supported in capitalism

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Define communism

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An economic system that is fully controlled by the government

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Who is Robert Owen?

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Associated with utilitarianism

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Define textile

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The #1 industry during the IR. Refining raw cotton into consumer goods

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Define entrepreneur

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The process of running and starting a business

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Who is James Watt?

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He created the modern steam engine

21
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Define blacklist

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Banned from a factory or business

22
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Who is John Stuart Mill

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He associated with socialism

23
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Who is Karl Marx?

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He was a communist

24
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Who is Eli Whitney?

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An inventor who invented the cotton gin

25
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Define Unitarianism

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A political economic system that brings the greatest amount of good to the great number of people

26
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What happened in 1764?

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James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny. This reduced the amount of work needed to produce cloth

27
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What happened in 1768?

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Richard Arkwright patents the spinning water frame

28
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What happened in 1769?

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James Watt invents an improved steam engine

29
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What happened in 1774?

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George’s Louis Lesage patents the telegraph

30
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What happened in 1785?

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Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom

31
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What happened in 1786?

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John Fitch invents a steam boat

32
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What happened in 1794?

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Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin

33
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What happened in 1814?

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  • Joseph Nicéphote takes the first picture

- George Stephenson designs the first steam locomotive

34
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What happened in 1830?

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Barthelemy Thimonnier invents a sewing machine

35
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What happened in the 1836?

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Samuel Colt invents the first revolver

36
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What happened in 1866?

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Alfred Nobel invents dynamite

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What happened in 1876?

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Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone

38
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What happened in 1877?

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Thomas Edison invents the cylinder phonograph

39
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What happened in 1885?

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Harim Maxim invents the machine gun

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