Terms to Know

Question 1

Coal Industry

Answer 1

The mining, distribution, and use of coal to power machines

Question 2

Steam Engine

Answer 2

Used to transport materials down the river and used as transportation

Question 3

Steel and Iron

Answer 3

The coming of age of metal used to create sturdier machines and impacted the industry by becoming high resourceful

Question 4

Telephone

Answer 4

Created by Alexander Grahambell

Question 5

Telegraph

Answer 5

Created by Morse to use dashes and dots to send messages via wire. First long distance communication transmitter

Question 6

Electricity

Answer 6

Found by Thomas Jefferson, kick started the revolution

Question 7

Textile Industry

Answer 7

The factory system used to create cloths, made things cheaper

Question 8

Domestic System

Answer 8

The idea that everything should be done at home, lifestyle before the revolution.

Question 9

Factory System

Answer 9

Work done in a building with the use of machines. A new business that came with the revolution that consisted of long hours, child labor, and low pay.

Question 10

Child Labor

Answer 10

The utilization of children as workers. The children were young, payed unfairly, and worked ungodly hours

Question 11

Laissez-Faire

Answer 11

The belief that the government should stay out of business affairs. Adam Smith view point

Question 12

Adam Smith

Answer 12

Laissez-Faire and the invisible hand, thought of by Adam Smith and spread of beliefs

Question 13

Utilitarianism

Answer 13

The choice that benefits and provides happiness to the most people. Government opperating on what will benefit the most people

Question 14

Bessemer Process

Answer 14

Revolutionized the steel industry. Produced it faster and cheaper

Question 15

Unskilled Labors

Answer 15

General Labors, didn’t have a significant skill, easily replaced

Question 16

Skilled Labor

Answer 16

Workers who had a specific trade that was hard to replace

Question 17

Monopoly

Answer 17

A business that has eliminated all of their competition out of business

Question 18

Humanitarianism

Answer 18

A growing interest in the plight of man. A responsive movement created by the problems of the industrial revolution.

Question 19

Labor Unions

Answer 19

When workers realized their poor conditions and strung together for a cause to improve their lives

Question 20

Queen Victoria

Answer 20

Queen during most of the revolution. Overlapping revolution and Victorian era

Question 21

Socialism

Answer 21

Collective ownership, equal interest, equal goods

Question 22

Robert Owen

Answer 22

Tried to create equal communities and a utopian socialist. Created a successful town in Scottland.

Question 23

Social Darwinism

Answer 23

Survival of the fitest. The best adopted to survive in society will be the most successful

Question 24

Supply and Demand

Answer 24

The more demand for a product the more supply needed and the manufacturer could charge

Question 25

Corporations

Answer 25

Large businesses that produced certain products

Question 26

Charles Darwin

Answer 26

The man who created social Darwinism and the idea of survival of the fitest

Question 27

Poor laws

Answer 27

Laws that didn't necessarily protect the people, their rights, or lives

Question 28

Abolition

Answer 28

Slave trade banned

Question 29

Settlement Houses

Answer 29

Community centers in poor areas and provided community service

Question 30

Temperance Movement

Answer 30

Campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages

Question 31

Woman's sufferage

Answer 31

The right to vote

Question 32

Steam Train & Steam Ship

Answer 32

Contributed to the transportation industry and impacted settlement since people started moving further west

Question 33

Capitalism

Answer 33

The means of production are privately own. Goal is of self interest

Question 34

Socialism

Answer 34

Government collectively owns means of production and main goal is social equality