Industrial Revolution Flashcards
What was life like in Europe before the industrial revolution?
People lived in rural villages and people grew their own crops and made clothes.
What did the agricultural revolution allow for?
new job specialization.
Step 1 for agricultural revolution
fertilizer (poop)
Step 2 for agricultural revolution
Crop rotation
Step 3 for agricultural revolution
Jethro Tullis seed dril (in rows)
Step 4 for agricultural revolution
Enclosure. Wealthy landowners consolidated peasants land.
What did all these steps for the agriculture lead to?
A surplus of food and population growth.
Why did people migrate to cities?
To get jobs after being dropped from agricultural jobs.
Why did people invent so much?
Job specialization
What were some inventions created or discovered?
Steam power, coal, iron ore, steam engine
Who invented the steam engine?
James Watt
What is another way of saying “the old system” for the textile industry?
Cottage Industry
Who lead the way during the industrial revolution?
Britain
What was factor 1 of the industrial revolutiion?
A large work force.
HArd workers not highly educated and easily trained.
What was factor 2 of the industrial revolution?
Geography
Water helped with trasnportation, power, change, port cities.
What was factor 3 of the industrial revolution?
Abundant Natural Recourses
Coal,Iron
What was factor 4 of the industrial revolution?
New buisnesses take off
Entrepeneurs invested in mining, railroads, textile, etc.
What was factor 5 in the inddustrial revolution?
The birth of factories.
factories increase input and output production
inexpensive goods get produce and prices drop.
After a long time was was a positive?
Workers pay, and benefits begin to increase
How did the I.R. benefit entrepreneurs?
It brought great riches.
Who did the I.R benefit?
Entrepreneurs and Industrial middle class.
Who were known as the industrial middle class?
Artisans and merchants
how did the I.R affect the working class badly?
They were given low wages and harsh living conditions
Describe the industrial working class living conditions.
Tenement apartments, no running water, no sewage or sanitation system,garbage filled streets, sewage pumped water.
How long were the factoriy and mine shifts?
12-16 hours for 6-7 days
Women were hired because…
they earned 1/2 of mens pay
Why did children work?
Small, made money, Small hands for fixing.
What were good results of industrialization?
Wages started to grow overtime.
What were some bad results of industrialization?
Low pay, bad living, child labor.
