Latin american2 Flashcards

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Land enclosure in the 1600’s and 1700’s resulted in?

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Larger farms

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Karl Marx despised capitalism because he believed that it?

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Created prosperity for a new and poverty for many

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Abraham Darby made better quality iron by?

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Using coal to smelt the iron

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Steam became an efficient power source because of the improvements made by?

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James Watt

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The slave trade contributed to the rise of industry in Britain by?

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Bringing in investment capital

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The development of steam power enabled the growth of?

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Railroads

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In what way were railroads an improvement over canals?

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Railroads did NOT have to follow the course of the river

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The putting-out system was a method of?

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Producing cloth in individual homes

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The people who lived in tenements in industrial cities were part of the?

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Working class

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Laws called “factory acts” were passed in the early 1800’s to?

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Reform child labor

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Most early factory workers were women because?

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Employers could pay women less than men

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