Industrial Revolution Flashcards
Made the steam engine
James Watt
Invented the Seed Drill
Jethro Tull
Invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Process of making steel
Henry Bessemer
- Founder of socialism
- Wrote the “Communist Manifesto”
- Wanted spread the wealth evenly
- Thought people were fundamentally good but had been corrupted by the greedy system of capitalism
Karl Marx
Pasteurization; experimented with bacteria
Louis Pasteur
Farming to feed yourself and your family
Subsistence farming
Farming for profit
Commercial farming
Used for small scale production and its usually family owned
Cottage industry
Used for large scale production
Factory
- Founder of capitalism
* Wrote “The Wealth of Nations”
Adam Smith
Government left everything alone
Laissez-Faire
- Invented by Adam Smith
- Increased standard of living
- Monopolies and labor unions developed
- Laissez-Faire
- Supply and demand
Capitalism
- Government control
* Founded by Karl Marx
Socialism
Growth of farmers moving to cities for jobs
Urbanization
- Between Indians and Muslims
- Britain have them bullets with meat; against their religion
- In India
Sepoy Rebellion
- Encouraged worker organized strikes for better pay and working conditions
- Lobbied for children and women’s rights
Labor Unions
Method of manufacturing started in England
Factory system
Negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment by an organized body of employees
Collective bargaining
- New farming techniques
- Only wealthy farmers remained due to money issues
- Paved the way for urbanization
British Enclosure Movement
