Industrial Revolution Flashcards
What improvements came out of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
Sprinkler systems, two exits to every room, doors open outwards, several fire exits
What was used to make sausages produced in the meat packing factories?
Rotten meat mixed with fresh meat, food dye, chemicals, rats
What happened to people who were injured at work and couldn’t do their job?
They were skewed because they got fired and no one wanted a worker with a disability
What does the Food and Drug Administration allow to be included in the processed food for human consumption?
A small percentage of bugs
What did factory floor managers do to make the factory employees work harder?
Workers had to operate a number of machines at peak performance throughout the day.
What was the Industrial Revolution?
A period in history when big economic and social changes occurred throughout Europe and the US. It altered the way people lived and how business was done
What were the three factors of production required to drive the industrial revolution?
Capital (money), natural resources, and labor supply
What was the main cause of the process of urbanization that occurred in 19th-century Britain and elsewhere in western Europe?
When they brought together workers and industry in one roof, the industrial revolution, the spread of industry
What did Britain do in order to keep industrial secrets from the United States?
They restricted the flow of textile machinery and skilled workers to other countries
In what way did the Agricultural Revolution pave the way for the Industrial Revolution?
Landowners and farming success led to the investment of profits into industry and displaced farmers became industry laborers
What contributed the most to the shorter life span of those living in cities as opposed to those in the country?
Low safety measures, heavy machinery, harsh working conditions, harsh living conditions
Which was the first area to undergo major industrialization?
England
Name three positive aspects of industrialization?
More products being made quickly, more jobs, middle class
Which areas of life did NOT improve as an early result of the Industrial Revolution?
Working conditions, living conditions
Name three characteristics of the early Industrial Revolution.
Child labor, dangerous working conditions, dangerous living conditions
Name three industries that benefited from the internal combustion engine.
Factories, ships, locomotives
What is collective bargaining?
Union leaders and employees meet together to discuss problems and reach an agreement
The Industrial Revolution started in which country?
Britain
What was the benefit of the domestic system?
Flexibility of schedule
What did the enclosure movement do?
Forced many poor farmers who relied upon village land to move to the cities and find jobs.
What is industrial capitalism?
Continually expanding factories or investing in new businesses
Name three factors that allowed for Great Britain to develop the industrial system.
Machinery in factories replaced workers at home, innovations in agriculture, innovations in industry
What are interchangeable parts?
Machine-made parts that were exactly alike and easily assembled or exchanged
Where were most of the earliest factories located?
By rivers
