Chapter 20 questions

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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What year were the Combination Acts repealed?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


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