What was the Industrial Revolution?

What was the Industrial Revolution?

A period of improvements in technology, increased output of machine-made goods

Explain the problems of living in a city during the Industrial Revolution

Disease, poor housing, difficulty holding a job, no sanitation

Explain how utilizing the process of division of labor increased production.

Each worker specialized in a specific task speeding up the process for a final product

Explain what the domestic system was and how it worked?

Early industrial labor system where people produced goods at home

What factors contributed to Great Britain's industrial success? Include a minimum of four.

Expanding economy, demand for goods, natural resources, large, able, and willing workforce, ability to invest, transportation

Explain the conditions workers faced during the Industrial Revolution.

Long days, low wages, dirty and dark factories, dangerous, loud machines

Explain the factory system and how it worked?

Method of production in which goods are made by workers and machines in one location

What were labor unions, why were they formed, and how did they achieve their goals?

Organization of workers formed to put pressure on business owners to improve wages and working conditions. Many times these groups would go on strike

What were the benefits of industrialization?

Quicker workers, faster production, more pay, more jobs

What was the first industry to industrialize?

Textiles

What does the term proletariat mean?

The working class

What were some of the inventions from this time period?

Water loom, power loom, flying shuttle, steam engine