Terms to Know Flashcards
Coal Industry
The mining, distribution, and use of coal to power machines
Steam Engine
Used to transport materials down the river and used as transportation
Steel and Iron
The coming of age of metal used to create sturdier machines and impacted the industry by becoming high resourceful
Telephone
Created by Alexander Grahambell
Telegraph
Created by Morse to use dashes and dots to send messages via wire. First long distance communication transmitter
Electricity
Found by Thomas Jefferson, kick started the revolution
Textile Industry
The factory system used to create cloths, made things cheaper
Domestic System
The idea that everything should be done at home, lifestyle before the revolution.
Factory System
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.
Child Labor
The utilization of children as workers. The children were young, payed unfairly, and worked ungodly hours
Laissez-Faire
The belief that the government should stay out of business affairs. Adam Smith view point
Adam Smith
Laissez-Faire and the invisible hand, thought of by Adam Smith and spread of beliefs
Utilitarianism
The choice that benefits and provides happiness to the most people. Government opperating on what will benefit the most people
Bessemer Process
Revolutionized the steel industry. Produced it faster and cheaper
Unskilled Labors
General Labors, didn’t have a significant skill, easily replaced
Skilled Labor
Workers who had a specific trade that was hard to replace
Monopoly
A business that has eliminated all of their competition out of business
Humanitarianism
A growing interest in the plight of man. A responsive movement created by the problems of the industrial revolution.
Labor Unions
When workers realized their poor conditions and strung together for a cause to improve their lives
Queen Victoria
Queen during most of the revolution. Overlapping revolution and Victorian era
Socialism
Collective ownership, equal interest, equal goods
Robert Owen
Tried to create equal communities and a utopian socialist. Created a successful town in Scottland.
Social Darwinism
Survival of the fitest. The best adopted to survive in society will be the most successful
Supply and Demand
The more demand for a product the more supply needed and the manufacturer could charge
Corporations
Large businesses that produced certain products
Charles Darwin
The man who created social Darwinism and the idea of survival of the fitest
Poor laws
Laws that didn’t necessarily protect the people, their rights, or lives
Abolition
Slave trade banned
Settlement Houses
Community centers in poor areas and provided community service
Temperance Movement
Campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages
Woman’s sufferage
The right to vote
Steam Train & Steam Ship
Contributed to the transportation industry and impacted settlement since people started moving further west
Capitalism
The means of production are privately own. Goal is of self interest
Socialism
Government collectively owns means of production and main goal is social equality
