Industrial Revolution Flashcards
Industrial
Process of using machines to manufacture goods
Revolution
Sudden or large shift in government, society, or culture.
Agriculture Revolution
The gradual movement toward modern agricultural systems
Jethro Tull
An English farmer that created horse pulled seed drill’s
Crop Rotation
Rotating crops out to not run out of a certain nutrient.
Enclosure Movement
Dividing or combining communal land into private farmland
Textile
Type of cloth or woven fabric, like kente
Cottage Industry
The creation of products at home
Flying Shuttle
Was a cord that ran through a loom that allowed a person to the job of 2.
Spinning Jenny
A machine that took raw materials and made them into something workers could weave.
Water Frame
A machine like the Spinning Jenny, but was automatic and make stronger fabric.
Power Loom
An automated loom
Mass Production
Manufacturing of goods in large quantity by machinery or people
Steam Engine
An engine powered by steam that used it to make vacuums that made the pistons get sucked and moved
Turnpikes
A road that people pay a toll or fee to use
Canals
Waterways that run through the interior of a country, often artificial
Locomotive
A steam engine that could pull itself along a track
Moving Assembly Lime
Specified jobs for each worker that is set on an automated line
Industrialists
A new wealthy class created by industrialization and rich factory workers
Middle Class
The normal people
Working Class
People who worked for factories, often not that rich
Urbanization
The population shift to established cities and growth of cities around mines and factories
Germ Theory
The theory by John Snow that disease was caused by a germ cell
Cell Theory
The theory that all living things are made from cells
