Industrial revolution results
Romanticism
19th century artistic movement that appealed to emotion rather than reason
Migration
A movement from one country or region to another
Causes of Urbanization
Changes in farming, population growth, and factory jobs available in the cities
Great Britain / England
First country to industrialize, Most dominant power prior to WWI
Outcomes of the Industrial Revolution
Increased wealth, growth of the middle class, rise in the standard of living, increased life span, increased productivity, Industrial growth
Capitalism
Individuals own the property and means of production in order to make profit
Urbanization
Movement of people from rural areas to cities
Abolition
Movement to end slavery which began to gain ground during the late 19th century
Utopianism
Robert Owen. Goal to create an ideal society based on cooperation and economic self-sufficiency
Communisum
The government owns as operates all property and the means of production on behalf of the people.
Socialism
The people as a whole rather than private individuals own all property and operate all businesses
Industrialization
This gradually changed the way that things were produced, starting in the mid 18th century, but escalating greatly by the mid 19th century with the use of machines
Karl Marx
Wrote the communist manifesto
Charles Dickens
Wrote the novel Hard Times in response to industrialization
Laissez-faire economics
capitalism, supply and demand, government takes a hands off approach to controlling economics
Labor unions
developed in the 19th century in response to wages and working conditions
Slums
extremely densely populated area of a city with low quality housing and poor sanitation
Proletariat
the industrial working class. suffered the worst living conditions during the industrial revolution
Entrepreneurship
the process of starting, organizing, managing, and assuming the responsibility for a business. The foundation of the free market Capitalist economy.