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