Q/World History - Unit 7: The Industrial Revolution
Wars that matured American industry included (1) War of 1812, (2) Civil War, (3) American Revolution, (4) Spanish-American War.
1, 2
Sources of power in America by the early 1900s included: (1) oil, (2) coal, (3) electricity, (4) atomic power, (5) water power
1, 2, 3, 5
Advantages that corporations brought to the United States included: (1) decreased unemployment, (2) lower prices, (3) reduced competition, (4) quality goods, (5) a larger variety of merchandise, (6) increased production
1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Wars brought (1) increased production, (2) fewer jobs, (3) decreased unemployment, (4) growth to industry.
1, 3, 4
increased production of American products
Embargo Act of 1807
Middle Ages
European history--from Rome's fall to the Renaissance
Olds
Ford's competitor
Ford
Model T ®
Tom Thumb
Peter Cooper
Roosevelt
President enforcing early antitrust laws
tariff
Taxes on imported goods.
improved road building
able to power the machines; more versatile use of power
steam engine
able to power the machines; more versatile use of power
Factors giving rise to the theories of Marx included:
abuses dealt to the working class poor conditions under which laborers lived and worked employers taking advantage of employees lack of profits given employees
Wright
airplane
Crusades
attempts to free the Holy Land from the Muslims
Trade was so poor during the Middle Ages because:
bandits were abundant on land and sea, making trade difficult and unprofitable there were high taxes charged to use roads
Stockholders in large businesses:
became part owners received a share of the profits lost when the company lost
free-enterprise system
businesses competing for profit without undue government intervention
Industrial Revolution
change from hand power to machine power
Factory workers had their grievances heard through a process called:
collective bargaining
Federal Trade Commission
committee appointed by the president for corporation control
Lowell
cotton cloth factory
Whitney
cotton gin
Problems facing tenement dwellers included:
cramped quarters poor sanitary conditions crime and immorality poor housing
The Erie Canal
direct water route
monopoly
exclusive control of a product
business specialists
experts in business management
Nations _ surplus goods in order to _ needed products and materials.
export, import
Ford's system of standardized parts allowed the broken or worn parts to be replaced.
false
Fulton and Stephenson developed steam locomotives.
false
Karl Marx endorsed a laissez-faire policy in economics.
false
Money for the growth of United States' industry was supplied by Southern plantation owners.
false
The Embargo Act reduced production in the United States.
false
The United States' first canal connected Lake Erie with the Ohio River.
false
The following groups of people became factory workers:
farmers women and children skilled artisans
The discovery of iron soon replaced steel as a structural material.
fasle
steam locomotive
faster and safer than road travel; could carry freight overland
The basic component a nation does NOT need to become industrialized is:
fertile soil
Kay
flying shuttle
Clayton Antitrust Act
fought illegal competition methods
thresher and reaper
grain production
The blast furnace:
has great quantities of air forced throughout
Factors luring rural families to the city included:
higher wages better life style variety of entertainment
Cumberland Road
improved road surface
profit motive
investing at a risk for financial gain
stockholders
investors in corporations
Wood
iron plow
Coke, an essential improvement in the iron industry:
is coal with certain impurities removed
Edison
light bulb
canals
made distribution cheaper and easier, eliminated delays between water routes
steam locomotives
made distribution quicker, cheaper, and easier on land.
crushed rock roads
made land travel quicker, safer, more enjoyable
The Industrial Revolution needed:
many new inventions
consolidation
merging of several businesses into one
steam ship
not having to rely on wind power provided quicker distribution of goods
Drake
oil well
Gutenberg
printing press
steamboats
quickened distribution, lowered transportation costs on water
McCormick
reaping machine
Effects the Crusades had in sparking the industrial age included:
revived interest in trade revived interest in business increased desire to be prosperous and productive interest in factory development
The factory worker bore the brunt of the factory system through the stifling of his:
self-worth creativity dignity
Before the Industrial Revolution, craftsmen:
set their own hours usually ran their business at home
improved textile industry
sewing machine
Hargreaves
spinning jenny
Cooper
steam locomotive
improved transportation
steam locomotive
Fulton
steamboat
the Clermont
steamship
Oliver
steel plow
improved agriculture
steel plow
Patterns monasteries established for helping industry included:
strict discipline specific work responsibilities
Communists:
support a type of socialism believe that the working class would overcome through force agree with the free enterprise system seek to set up a future ideal socialist government
Taxes placed on imported goods to raise their prices are called _____.
tariffs
Bell
telephone
Steel is iron:
that has certain minerals added
Positive advantages of the machine age were:
that it supplied jobs that it improved the economy that it increased productivity
Field
transatlantic cable
Assembly-line production dropped the cost per unit drastically.
true
Better communication and cheaper transportation both contributed to wider distribution of goods.
true
Dickens wrote about deplorable factory conditions in England.
true
Early factories were located by rivers so they could operate by water power.
true
Employers lost money during strikes even though workers were not paid during strikes.
true
England was the leading European industrial nation in the 1700s.
true
Immigrants supplied a large amount of the workforce in factories.
true
New Englanders grew wealthy from shipbuilding and trading.
true
Newcomen and Watt made improvements in the steam engine.
true
The Industrial Revolution raised the world's standard of living.
true
The first national road in America was called the Cumberland Road.
true
Unemployment was feared by early laborers.
true
Unions organized and represented laborers in demanding increases in factory pay.
true
