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Chapter 25 Review sheet Flashcards

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Industrial Revolution

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Mid-1700s. Output of machine made goods. It began in England.

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Enclosures

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Larger fields > productive seeding / harvesting methods improved

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Crop Rotation

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three field system, build up nutrients

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Industrialization

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Industrialization refers to the process of using machines in the production of goods.

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Factors of Production

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Land, labor, and capital ($). Resources needed to produce goods & services.

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Factories

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Buildings equipped with machines that are used for production

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Entrepreneur

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An entrepreneur is a person who organizes, manages, and takes the risk of owning a business.

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Cottage Industry

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Goods were made by hand in homes

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Urbanization

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A time of rapid movement of people to the cities.

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Middle Class

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Social class (Bourgeoisie) made up of skilled workers.

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Stock

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A right of ownership to a publicly owned corporation or business.

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Corporation

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A business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts.

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Laissez-Faire

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An economic policy (theory) stressing an unregulated free market. “Let Do” “Let people do as they please.”
ADAM SMITH

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Capitalism

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Factors of production, privately owned

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Socialism

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Factors of production are operated for the good of all

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Utilitarianism

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Usefulness; good for the greatest number of people.

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Communism

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Government controls everything

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Union

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Association of workers formed to improve working conditions / pay.

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Strike

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A refuse to work until demands are met

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John Kay

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1733 - flying shuttle

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James Hargreaves

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1764 - spinning wheel / jenny

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Richard Arkwright

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1769 - Water frame

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Samuel Crompton

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1779 - Spinning Mule, which combined the Spinning Jenny and the Water Frame. Stronger thread

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Edmund Cartwright

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1787 - power loom which was run by water and did the fastest weaving of it’s time.

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Elizabeth Gaskell

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(1810-1865) Gaskell wrote “Mary Barton” - sympathized with the working class

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Elizabeth Bentley

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1832 Testified before the British Parliament - deformed at 23 years old

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John D. Rockefeller

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Founded Standard Oil

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Andrew Carnegie

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Founded Carnegie Steel

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Adam Smith

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Wealth of Nations - law of self interest - law of competition - law of supply and demand

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John Stuart Mill

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questioned unregulated capitalism

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Robert Owen

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British factory owner, improved working conditions

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Karl Marx

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Wrote “The Communist Manifesto”. (father of socialism)

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Cottage Industry vs. Machine Driven Industry

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Cottage Industries were run out of an individuals home.

Machine Driven Industries were run out of a factory.

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Improvements in agriculture that led to the Industrial Revolution.

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Agricultural improvements that led to the Industrial Revolution were:
+++ Enclosures (fenced in farm land)
+++ Crop Rotation
+++ Better livestock breeding

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Reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in Britain.

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Britain was a perfect place for the Industrial Revolution to begin. Britain had these things:
+++ Water (rivers) and Coal to power new machines.
+++ Iron ore for manufacturing tools & machines.
+++ Rivers for transporting goods across the country.
+++ Harbors for sailing merchant ships to enter and leave from.

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Cycle of invention: the textile industry.

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more raw materials - more workers - more products - more wages - need for more products

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Steam: revolutionizing transportation

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Steam made these things possible:
+++ transporting materials & finished product
+++ transporting fish & farm products
+++ travel for people for jobs (like miners)
+++ new jobs for people to build railroads

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“Mixed Blessing” of the Industrial Revolution

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positives negatives

  • free public schools -water/air pollution
  • extra money to spend -waste/sewage
  • child labor outlawed -land torn up
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Working & Living conditions for industrial laborers.

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  • breathe in cotton dust -houses with broken
  • unsafe machinery windows patched w/rags
  • badly lit factories -2-3 families per house
  • no shoes -garbage emptied in streets
  • no schools
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Positive and Long-Term effects of the Industrial Revolution

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positive long-term

  • healthier diets -affordable goods
  • better housing -living/working conditions
  • raised standard of living improved
  • provided hope/improvement -profits reduced tax revenue
    - standard of living
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Obstacles to industrial progress in continental Europe

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Some of the obstacles to industrialization across continental Europe were:
Germany - Political, economic barriers,
France - Revolutions & Napoleonic Wars
US - Civil War
-halted trade / interrupted communication

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Spread of Industrialization across Continental Europe

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Belgium = took ideas from Britain

  • favorable geography
  • financial systems
  • political stability
  • natural resources
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Adam Smith’s 3 Laws of Capitalism

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Adam Smith wrote the book “The Wealth of Nations”. He said that there are 3 laws of capitalism which are:
Law of Self - people work for own good
Law of Competition - makes products better
Law of Supply/Demand - goods produced will meet market demand at lowest possible price to meet demand

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Types of socialism: Utilitarianism, Utopian, & Socialism

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Utilitarianism:
-worth what you can do
-equal division of profits
Utopian:
-perfect harmony
Socialism:
-no classes
-all factories owned by government
45
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Major reforms of the Factory Acts

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1833 - illegal to hire children under 9 years old
- children 9-12 could not work more than 8 hr/day
1842 -women/children allowed to work underground.
1847 -women and children can work no more than 10 hrs/day.

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Effects of the Industrial Revolution on the Slave Trade and Women’s Rights.

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1833 -slavery end in British Empire
1865 -slavery ends in the US
1848 -women start pursuing social rights
1888 -International Council for Women

MWHS Modern World History 11 Heibert (14 decks)

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