Untitled Deck

Question 1

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin? What are 5 primary reasons the Industrial Revolution began there? England / Britain

Question 2

Four-Field System – Helps improve food production.

Question 3

Natural Resources – Coal & Iron – Help run machines.

Question 4

World-wide trade network.

Question 5

Population – to work in factories.

Question 6

$$$ to invest into factories.

Question 8

What was the Enclosure Movement and how did it help the Industrial revolution?

Question 9

Moved peasants from farmland to cities. – work in factories now.

Question 10

What is the Puritan/Protestant work ethic

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and how did it help expand industry?

Question 11

Religious belief that working hard is morally a good thing.

Question 12

What is the economic benefit of a nation not being at war?

Question 13

Stability

Answer 13

so factories aren’t attacked.

Question 14

What was the Industrial revolution’s first major industry?

Question 15

Textiles / clothing / cotton

Question 16

What is the cottage industry? Where did it take place and what form of power did it need?

Question 17

Local families working together – workshop / early factory. Built beside rivers.

Question 19

What was the two-step process for developing cloth?

Question 20

Create thread

Question 21

Weave clothing

Question 23

What inventions helped speed up the textile industry?

Question 24

1. Flying Shuttle – Sped up weaving.

Question 25

2. Spinning Jenny – Sped up thread creation.

Question 26

How were people treated at the start of the Industrial Revolution?

Question 27

Like machines – expected to be perfect. Not well.

Question 28

What did James Watt create? How did it affect the Industrial Revolution?

Question 29

Steam Engine – It became the basis of the Revolution.

Question 30

What is puddling and what did it do?

Question 31

Cleared away impurities in metals – Made iron stronger.

Question 32

What other industries thrived because of the steam engine? Why?

Question 33

All of them

Answer 33

especially transportation. – Move goods to and from factories.

Question 34

Who was Samuel Slater? How did he help spread the Industrial Revolution to the U.S.?

Question 35

Snuck into the United States – Built a textile machine by memory.

Question 36

Which countries did the Industrial Revolution spread to first

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and why?

Question 37

Nearby countries – France

Answer 37

Belgium

Question 38

What was the name of the Industrial Revolution’s middle class? What defined this class?

Question 39

Bourgeoisie - $$$ from owning factories.

Question 40

How did factory workers live at the start of the Industrial Revolution? How did it change from before?

Question 41

They had specific work hours. Longer shifts. Families not working together.

Question 42

Why were railroads an important part of the Industrial Revolution? How did it help spread industry?

Question 43

Needed to move very heavy goods long distances

Answer 43

fast and cheap.What forms of resources

Question 44

Steel

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electricity

Question 45

What did the Bessemer Process do? Why was it important for the advancement of industry?

Question 46

Made steel very fast and cheap – the steel was used to make buildings and factories and vehicles.

Question 47

How did workers including the Luddites react to machines replacing the putting-out system? (Sabotage)

Question 48

Angrily destroyed machines with shoes.

Question 49

The Second Industrial Revolution had many new inventions

Answer 49

what were they? What were their effects? (Need at least 4)

Question 50

Thomas Edison – Practical lightbulb

Question 51

Alexander Graham Bell - Telephone

Question 52

Guglielmo Marconi – Radio Waves

Question 53

Internal Combustion Engine – Used for vehicles.

Question 54

What business strategy did Henry Ford Develop?

Question 55

Assembly Line

Question 56

How did limited liability influence more people to invest in businesses?

Question 57

Less chance for legal issues = more money invested.

Question 58

What do Vertical and Horizontal monopolies involve

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and how do they limit competition?

Question 59

V – Control the entire industry

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step by step

Question 60

H – Control one part of an industry

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so everyone has to work with you.

Question 61

What are Cartels?

Question 62

Businesses working together to control prices.

Question 63

What is Industrial Capitalism? What is its primary focus?

Question 64

Society based on businesses and making profit. Focused on money over people’s welfare.

Question 65

What are some examples of difficult working conditions suffered by the working class?

Question 66

12+ hour workdays

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unsafe conditions

Question 67

What were the goals of moderate reformers? Radical reformers?

Question 68

Make light changes over time.

Question 69

Change the entire Industrial Capitalism System.

Question 70

What is Capitalism? Socialism? Communism?

Question 71

Cap – Society based on individual / private ownership.

Question 72

Soc – Society based on SOME government ownership and control – like utilities.

Question 73

Com – Society based on complete government ownership and control.

Question 74

What are trade unions? What was the main tactic used to force companies to improve working conditions?

Question 75

Workers uniting to improve their working conditions. Used Strikes to convince factory owners to improve conditions.