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enclosure
tended to increase farming
crop rotation
increasing nutrients in the soil
results of the agricultural revolution
1.food prices decreased
2.population increased
3.farms increased
first area to undergo major industrialization
textile production
by the end of the 1700s, the best place to find a water frame and a pinning mule was in
a factory
entrepreneur
a type of business man
what things improved as a result of the industrialization
transportation
created jobs
higher wages
Adam smith
The free market system was defended in the book “The wealth of Nations”.
utilitarianism
government policies should promote the greatest good for the greatest number of people
19th century socialists argued that government should
plan the economy
Karl Marx
Is most closely associated with communism.
Collective bargaining
In the 19th century carried out between workers and their employers.
Strike
illegal action taken against factory owners and union workers.
Reform bill of 1832 (1st question)
the percentage of the British population that had voting rights was about 5%.
Reform bill of 1832 (2nd question)
Lowered the property requirements for voting in order to give voting rights to wealthy middle class men.
Chartest movement
Universal make suffrage, annual elections, salaries for workers in Parliament, and secret ballot.
Queen Victoria
Was forced to accept a less powerful role for the monarchy.
Alfred Dreyfus
a French army officer - unjustly accused of selling military secrets.
Pogroms
Took place in Russia were fueled by anti-semitism.
The only country to allow women to vote before 1900 was what?
New Zealand
The first country to give full voting rights to women was what?
New Zealand
