The Industrial Revolution Quiz

(vocab, people, events)

spinning Jenny

hand power machine for combining yarn. Help mass production

MacAdams road

road system that made roads smoother and more durable. Helped with transportation of goods and people.

Steam engine

made to make mine deeper to get more coal and ores. Main machine that helped the Industrial Revolution. 

cotton gin

separated the seeds from cotton fibers, making the process of cleaning short-staple cotton much faster and more profitable. 

having to do less work for more product. 

The dynamo

converted mechanical energy to electricity. making it more practical to have electricity.

Urbanization

moving from rural to urban, making a place more urban 

Laissez- Faire 

let people do what they want with minimum government. 

wealth of nations

book by Adam smith; describes first systems of the political economy 

Adam smith

argues for a more liberal economy with less governmental control

Thomas malthus 

if people can’t secure the means to live, they have no right to be provided by society 

• survival of the fittest 

• ur problem if you dont have enough resources 

karl Marx

ideas of marxism, equality is a classless society. between the bourgeoisie and proletariat

socialism

production, distribution, and exchange should be owned by th community as a whole.

Irish potato famine

mass starvation in ireland cause by a potato blight that affected the food sources. 

cottage industry 

business or manufactory activity in someones house 

endosure movement

convincing small landlords to get bigger farms. making increase in agriculture productivity. 

agriculture revolution

technological improvement and increase in crop productivity

factors of industrial land

1. political stability: political freedom, equality of oppertunity 

2. labor: people available to work 

3. recources; natural recources provided by the land (“Minecraft”)

4. capital: money and property used to create wealth 

5. entrepreneurship; skilled workers develop practical new inventions (“shark tank”)

3 positive effects of the industrial revolution

1. more jobs - earn more money

2. cheaper good- advanced machines making things easier

3. transportation- macadams roads and boats 

3 negative effects

1. dirty work places- leading to injury and sickness 

2. child labor - less education 

3. pollution- dirty air and water quality 

why did cities have hard time urbanization?

over crowding, not enough resources to feed, build and produce 

why was their tension between classes?

no equality, unfair working systems were bourgeoise got paid more the the poletariat. workers wanted change

work conditions that need to be changed

• not wearing equipment

• child labor

• filthy complexes for workers (taken out of paychecks)

key ideas or capitalism

• people owning businesses and land 

• goal is to make profit 

• prices and wages are set by the market 

key ideas behind communism/ socialism

• gov’t/ people share businesses and land

• wealth is shared more equally

• focus on helping

marx’ big ideas

(marxism)

• classes struggle to be equal and fair

• worker rise up and take control things would be more fair

• classless society equals equality