Unit 7: Industrial Revolution
Which phrase encompasses: No private property Equal distribution of wealth Rule of the working class
Principles of Communism
Which traits characterize a laissez-faire capitalist economic system?
Private property and profit incentive
All of the following belonged to the middle class *except*
Railroad engineers
Whose water-powered spinning frame resulted in the need to build mills for textile production?
Richard Arkwright
Adam Smith's laissez-faire theories are most closely associated with
minimal government regulation of the economy
The 1844 rules of the Foundry and Engineering Works in Berlin, Germany proved
owners exercised great control over the lives of their laborers
Based on table above of industrialization per capita,
Western Europe was the most heavily industrialized area
The Communist Manifesto states that the bourgeoisie
expanded the manufacturing capacity
What was an impact of the development of the cotton gin?
exponential increase in slavery
What are the 4 stages to communism?
1. Feudal (agrarian) 2. Capitalism 3. Socialism 4. Pure communism
The aristocracy elite controlled _______ of an industrialized nation's wealth by 1900.
1/3
By 1900 in most industrialized nations, _______ percent of the people belonged to the middle class
15%
By the turn of the 20th century, _________ percent of industrialized nations' populations belonged to the working class?
80%
Who believed that governments should *not* interfere with a free market economy?
Adam Smith
Which statement best describes the effects of the Industrial Revolution on families?
Family-based cottage industries were weakened
The Enclosure Movement involved
Fencing off farmland
Which of the following belonged to the *highly skilled* "labor aristocracy" of the working class?
Construction bosses/railroad engineers
During the 19th century, which change led to an increase in the use of child labor?
Development of the factory system
Who developed the small pox vaccination?
Edward Jenner
Who developed the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Where did the 19th century industrial revolution begin?
Great Britain (midlands)
Who developed a cheaper, more efficient way to produce steel?
Henry Bessemer
Edward Jenner's innovation helped to
Improve public health (smallpox vaccination)
Which of the following was *not* an impact of the industrial revolution on industrialized countries?
Increased standard of living for all Reason: Not all --> not applicable to unskilled lower class
Which person developed the spinning jenny?
James Hargreaves
Who developed the steam engine?
James Watt
Who wrote Das Kapital?
Karl Marx
Whose germ theory revealed his discovery of bacteria?
Louis Pasteur
Who belonged to the proletariat?
Workers (this is the lowest class)
Which event led to women in Britain and the US securing the right to vote?
World War 1
Why were children often employed in 19th century industrial societies?
children were cheaper & more adaptable to machines and discipline
Cottage industry
creating things out of homes rather than a factory
The causes of the industrial revolution included
~Plentiful natural resources ~Stable government ~Overseas markets ~Technological advances