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Fulton

american inventor who designed the first commercially successful steam boat and the first steam warship

urbanization

the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban

marx

founder of modern communism; wrote the communist manifesto with Engles

Smith

scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade

entrepreneur

someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it

Hargreaves

invented spinning jenny

slater

brought the industrial revolution to america

Bentham

an English philosopher and founder of utilitarianism

capitalism

an economic system based on private ownership of a capital

factors of production

land,labor, and capital

communism

the gov owns and controls all property and businesses

utilitarianism

gov actions are useful only if they promote the greatest good for the greatest number of people

Watt

Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry

industrial revolution

change from making goods by hand to making them with machines

mass production

goods that can be made in large quantities in a short time for less cost

Wilberforce

a British politician and a leader of the movement to abolish slavery

Bessemer

British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process

strike

when workers stop work to protest over low pay or poor working conditions

enclosures

spaces surrounded by a fence or wall

corporation

a company that is owned by individuals who invest money in that company

Whitney

invented the cotton gin

union

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

what made the industrial revolution a thing?

rise of population and the expanding economy

if you see oil who should you think of

rockafeller

who founded Utopian community in New Harmony Indiana

Robert owen

if you think of steel who should you think of

Carneige Steel

some of the effects the railroads had on great Britain?

faster transportation and faster goods transported

2 positive effects of the industrial revolution?

created more jobs and allowed a faster production of items

2 neative effects of the industrial revolution?

diseases, overcrowding and child labor

how are socialism and communism similar

both believe that capitalism causes poor working and living conditions

what was the goal of the 1799 and 1800 combination acts

to outlaw the formation of labor unions in the united states

what would Thomas Malthus agree with

that a government should refrain from feeding their citizens in times of famine

what does interchangeable parts allow

a broken machine to be fixed quickly using an identical item

a theory that states that laws should be ignored and the government should be eliminated

anarchism

why did germany industrialize later than the US and Great Britian

because it was politically separated into smaller states

what did the supporters of utilitarianism believe

a government that creates policies benefiting the greatest number of people was a good government

entrepreneurs such as matthew boulton helped developed the british industrial revolution how

by investing money needed to pay for the development of invention

why were women and children often employed over men in Britain

because they were paid less money than adult males

what was Great Britain relatively like in the 18th and 19th century

stable and this security promoted business development

what directly affected industrialization in Great Britain

fewer farmers working the land and rural population could move to the cities