Industrial revolution pt 2
Why did the industrial revolution begin in great britain?
-The Agricultural revolution -with increased food supply, population grew -Britain had a ready supply of money to invest in machines and factories -Britain is located on the atlantic ocean
What percent of the labor force was made up of children in 1900?
6%
What is the British Isles?
A group of islands off the north-western coast of continental Europe
What is Capitalism?
An economic system Private ownership of the means of production the goal is to make a profit
What is a tenement?
An over crowded urban dwelling in the slums
Why was the steam engine more useful?
Because steam engines were fired by coal, not powered by water, they did not need to be located near rivers
Who is Jane Addams?
Born in Illinois She started a settlement house called huller house that offered a gym, learning, and music classes Used slogan "neighboring with the poor"
What is a Bessemer Process?
Built by Andrew Carnegie Used to Mass produce steel
What did Richard Trevithick build?
Built the first steam locomotive. Locomotive ran on an industrial rail line in Britain
Who invented the Water-powered loom? What was it?
Created by Edmund Cartwright. Made it possible for the weaving of cloth to catch up with the spinning of thread.
Who created puddling? What is it?
Created by Henry Cort Improved quality of iron. coke, which was derived by coal, was used to burn away impurities in crude iron.
Who created the steam engine? What is it?
Created by James Watt Steam power could now be used to spin and weave cotton.
What is Communist Manifesto?
Created by Karl Marx Compares capitalism to a monster and hell supports communism and calls it a total economic and social equality
Who created the steam locomotive?What did it do?
Created by Richard Trevithick. Ran on an industrial rail line in Britain.
What is an assembly line?
Created by henry ford to make car production for efficient
Who is Henry ford?
Created model T car (1st affordable car) used mass production techniques to cut the cost got rich and supported capitalism
Who was James Hargreaves?
Created the spinning jenny, made spinning process much faster
What did Henry Cort develop?
Developed puddling, produced quality iron
What is a cotton gin? who invented it?
Faster way of getting cotton, revived slave labor Invented by Eli Whiney
What were Friedrich Engel's views on capitalism
Feels capitalism makes people see each other as objects to use to get more money
What is Socialism?
Government owns and controls the means of production
Where did the industrial revolution begin?
Great Britain
Who is Robert Fulton?
He created the first paddle-wheel steam boat, the Clermont.
Who is Eli Whitney?
He revived slavery by creating the cotton gin which used slaves to pick the cotton
What did Edmund Cartwright invent?
Invented power loom - water powered; Automatically wove thread into cloth
Who is James Watt?
Invented the steam engine
What is a spinning Jenny? Who invented it?
Made spinning process much fast invented by James Hargreaves
What was Karl Marx's main concern? what did he do?
Main concern was to help with the poor fought for the rights of the proletariat (factory workers)
What was life like before the industrial revolution?
People got most of their food from small farms close to home clocks were unnecessary because they followed the sun no public education people knew very little about the outside world
What is communism?
Public ownership of the means of productions often has a dictator for a leader
What was the Factory act of 1833?
The factory act forbade all factories to have child labor
What did Adam Smith Believe?
The government should not deal with economics
Why do you think the working conditions during the Industrial Revolution led some to argue for socialism?
The working conditions were extremely harsh for the proletariats and unsafe
What did Jacob Riis do?
Took pictures of life in the slums and wrote a book for the wealthy people to see
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Took place in New York. Most devastating tragedy in a workplace until 9/11
How did the Industrial Revolution effect England?
cities grew and two new social classes—the industrial middle class and the industrial working class—emerged.
Model T
created by henry ford first affordable car 1 car sold every 90 seconds
Bourgeoisie
factory owners
Proletariat
factory workers
What 3 problems did the cities face?
over populated crime poverty
