AP Euro: Unit 10 - The Industrial Revolution

Russia

failed to industrialize by WWII and had 2x casualties than everyone else.

Railroads

put canals out of business (don't explode and run where canals can't) and revolutionized travel (USA use this to cross great plains and desert)

Blast furnaces

allows us to shape iron easily and gets rid of impurities and makes metal stronger (pig iron to wrought iron)

Department stores

open up and changes life for consumers, producers, and entrepreneurs.

Iron

was cast into rails for railroads and to reproduce steam locomotives which powered trains.

England

Entrepreneurs: had men with disposable money who wanted to make more.

IR

began in England and spread throughout the world.

Napoleon

Industrialization began after 's defeat at Waterloo.

Factory

work was boring and repetitive, adults were fined /fired if late, children were beaten because they didn't understand the implications of their mistakes.

Capital

are factors that allow further production of raw materials (factories, machines, etc .)

England

wanted to protect this industry so it was illegal for factory owners and machine designers to leave .