Unit 2

Question 1

Enclosures

Answer 1

The Enclosure Act fenced off lands belonging to their owners. Before, the people did possess certain portions of lands, however, the boundaries were not strictly kept. As the Enclosure act took place, farmers are now unable to farm beyond the small lands that they actually own .

Question 2

Crop Rotation

Answer 2

Farmers could plant more crops, farmers varied crops one after another in the same place

Question 3

Reason for British Dominance

Answer 3

They had…
Coal
A stable Economy
Good location–> easy exporting goods through Ocean

Question 4

Agricultural Revolution

Answer 4

More sophisticated method of farming, such as crop rotation, leading to a great increase in harvests.

Question 5

Population Expansion

Answer 5

More than doubled from 1750-1850: More work.

More food. Was kind of a result from the agricultural revolution.

Question 6

industrialization

Answer 6

Start in British.
Coal fuels the revolution.
Took place under capitalism.
Machines replace the jobs that used to be done by humans & animals.

Question 7

factories

Answer 7

Foundation for the industrial revolution. Led to rich dominating and lassez faire economics

Question 8

Steam Engine

Answer 8

Factories could be located anywhere (not just next to water), better and smaller engines could be completed

Question 9

Infastructure

Answer 9

Roads, canals, etc helped to transport things o the factories and out of factories thus increasing the speed of production

Question 10

Mass Production

Answer 10

Mass production was caused by the industrial revolution, with assembly lines and better tech, things now cost less and more people were able to buy them

Question 11

Urbanization

Answer 11

When the peasants living in the farms moved into cities as the agricultural revolution decreased the demand for the workers.

Question 12

Middle Class

Answer 12

Benefitted the most from the industrial revolution due to cheaper goods, and since they usually had higher education, the could avoid working in the poor factory conditions

Question 13

Working Class

Answer 13

Were the main portion of the population that fueled the domestic reforms to occur.

Question 14

Conditions in Factories

Answer 14

Dangerous machinery
Poor air quality
Led to many diseases and health risks

Question 15

Living Conditions in Cities

Answer 15

With more people coming to cities for work, and more factories popping up, cities became overly dense, dirty, and disease was rampant

Question 16

Female and Child labor

Answer 16

The 2 groups were forced to work if the family needed more money
They often got hurt, especially women with their long hair and clothing
Both groups were paid less wages
Eventually, the were banned from working in some places, and child labor was banned to a certain age

Question 17

Laissez Faire

Answer 17

“Hands off” idea of economy, were people control everything, no government restrictions. Kind of natural selection of people

Question 18

Adam Smith

Answer 18

Adam Smith believed that incentive made the perfect economy, that a competitive market was a good market

Question 19

Steam Engine

Answer 19

Factories could be located anywhere (not just next to water), better and smaller engines could be completed

Question 20

Infastructure

Answer 20

Roads, canals, etc helped to transport things o the factories and out of factories thus increasing the speed of production

Question 21

Mass Production

Answer 21

Mass production was caused by the industrial revolution, with assembly lines and better tech, things now cost less and more people were able to buy them

Question 22

Urbanization

Answer 22

When the peasants living in the farms moved into cities as the agricultural revolution decreased the demand for the workers.

Question 23

Middle Class

Answer 23

Benefitted the most from the industrial revolution due to cheaper goods, and since they usually had higher education, the could avoid working in the poor factory conditions

Question 24

Working Class

Answer 24

Were the main portion of the population that fueled the domestic reforms to occur.

Question 25

Conditions in Factories

Answer 25

Dangerous machinery
Poor air quality
Led to many diseases and health risks

Question 26

Living Conditions in Cities

Answer 26

With more people coming to cities for work, and more factories popping up, cities became overly dense, dirty, and disease was rampant

Question 27

Female and Child labor

Answer 27

The 2 groups were forced to work if the family needed more money
They often got hurt, especially women with their long hair and clothing
Both groups were paid less wages
Eventually, the were banned from working in some places, and child labor was banned to a certain age

Question 28

Laissez Faire

Answer 28

“Hands off” idea of economy, were people control everything, no government restrictions. Kind of natural selection of people

Question 29

Adam Smith

Answer 29

Adam Smith believed that incentive made the perfect economy, that a competitive market was a good market

Question 30

Thomas Malthus

Answer 30

An economist who believed that the human race had a breaking point and at some point we would reach it. That one day all our supplies will run out (think Urinetown)

Question 31

Iron Law of Wages (David Ricardo)

Answer 31

The iron law of wages is a proposed law of economics that asserts that real wages always tend, in the long run, toward the minimum wage necessary to sustain the life of the worker

Question 32

Utilitarianism

Answer 32

An action is morally correct if the majority benefits from it
“Make the most happy”

Question 33

Utopianism

Answer 33

Everything is shared including work a property
No wealth gap, kids are educated
Held together by looove

Question 34

Socialism

Answer 34

People have control, not the government and not private people
Believe in the basic goodness of human nature

Question 35

Karl Marx

Answer 35

revolutionary socialist

founder of communism

Question 36

Proletariat

Answer 36

The communists’ expression of workers

Question 37

Communism

Answer 37

Wanted to abolish private property and have complete Gov control, thought Utopian Socialists were unrealistic. The ideas originated by Karl Marx

Question 38

Union

Answer 38

A group of people who supported a certain cause, I.E coal miner union

Question 39

Public Education

Answer 39

Public Education could arguably be the result of factories, as people wanted less kids working and more kids learning