Chapter 20 questions
What year did the Strike of Manchester cotton spinners happen?
1810
What year did Germany and the USA begin to rapidly industrialize?
1860's
What was class-consciousness?
Awareness of belonging to a distinct social and economic class whose interests might conflict with those of other classes
Who was responsible for creating "The Rocket"?
George Stephenson
Who created the spinning jenny and when?
James Hargreaves and it was created in 1765
What was the Industrial Revolution's most fundamental advance in technology?
The coal-burning steam engine
David Ricardo's iron law of wages states that
the pressure of population growth will always sink wages to subsistence DIFF: Level
What did James Watt gain from his partnership with Matthew Boulton?
Capital and skill in salesmanship
What were the Factory Acts?
English laws passed from 1802-1833 that limited the workday of child laberers and set minimum hygiene and safety requirements
Who were the Luddites?
Group of handicraft workers who attacked factories in northern England in 1811 and later, smashing the new machines that believed they were putting them out of work.
Who increased the efficiency of the steam engine?
James Wyatt
Married women were much _________ to work full-time for wages outside of the house after the first child arrived.
Less likely
What did the Combination Acts do?
Outlawed unions and strikes, favoring capitalist business people over skilled artisans
What was the Crystal Palace?
The location of the Great Exhibition in 1851 in London; an architectural masterpiece made entirely of glass and iron
What did Henry Cort develop?
The puddling furnace, which allowed pig iron to be refined with coke
What were the conditions of separate spheres?
The woman worked at home as a mother and did domestic jobs while the father worked as a wage earner
What was the water frame?
spinning machine created by Richard Arkwright that had a capacity of several hundred spindles and used water power
What was the Industrial Revolution?
term coined in 1799 to describe the burst of major inventions and economic expansions
What year were the Combination Acts repealed?
1824
What year did Britain produce 3 million pounds of iron?
1844
