Industrial Revolution Flashcards
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The change from human and animal power to steam power
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Industrial Revolution
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- The Agrarian Revolution increase farming production
- New technology such as the seed drill and fertilizer
- Population explosion with the surplus of food
- The Steam Engine as a new power source
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Causes of the Industrial Revolution
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- Machines were used in buildings called factories
- Mass production of goods
- Laissez-faire capitalism
- Development of the middle class
- Urbanization
- New technology such as railroads and canals
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Effects of the Industrial Revolution
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More people moved to the cities to work in factories
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Urbanization
5
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Hands off government or unregulated. The government does not get involved in business.
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Laisses-faire capitalism
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Long hours, unsafe conditions, little pay, no safety measures
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Working conditions in the IR
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“The father” of communism who wrote the Communist Manifesto
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Karl Marx
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- Believed in government ownership of property
- Theory is that everyone works for the whole of society, and that it will benefit everyone
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Communism
9
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“The father” of capitalism who wrote the Wealth of Nations
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Adam Smith
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- Belief in individual ownership and competition
- The theory is that when everyone is selfish, it increases competition and hard work which benefits everyone
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Capitalism
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The workers or the “have nots”
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Proletariat
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The middle and the upper classes or the “haves”
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Bourgeoisie
