Industrialization - History 2/27

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Textiles

The first factories developed

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Assembly line

production method in which workers were assigned one repeated specific task

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Social Darwinism

a theory or idea about natural selection to the development of society and business

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Realism

an artists attempt to portray life as it really was no matter how horrible the situation

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Bessemer process

a method for producing steel

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Corporation

company which sells ownership shares to many investors

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Cotton Gin

separates seeds

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Carl Marx

“MR. COMMUNISM” despised capitalism because it created poverty for many and wealth for a few

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James Watt

made improvements to the steam engine

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Joseph Lister

discovered sterile surgical instruments with antiseptics to help prevent infection

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Why were women ineffective in the temperance movement?

They were barred from most schools and couldn't vote

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What allowed for the growth of railroads?

Steam engines

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Why were railroads better than rivers?

They could create their own path

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Why were many women factory workers?

They could be paid less than men

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What was the cause of a rise in the standard of living?

The Industrial Revolution

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Where did America’s technology for the first textile factory come from?

Great Britian

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What made the Wright Brother’s flying machine possible?

The Internal Combustion Machine

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Why did the population in Europe explode between 1800 and 1900?

The improvement of medical practices

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What was the cure to poverty, according to those who wanted government to stay out of business?

An unrestricted free market

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How did technological change and population growth impact the Industrial Revolution?

Steam engine (James Watt), became a standard power supply for most British factories. -- The enclosure movement converted public pasture land into private property, which meant lots of farming families moved into cities for work. -- The cotton gin made it easier to make more cotton, faster. -- The growth in population provided cities with work forces to keep up with new developments and keep the revolution going for many years

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What were living conditions like during the Industrial Revolution?

Lower class people lived in cramped, dirty quarters, which often spread lots of sickness and diseases. No indoor bathrooms, stoves were used to heat houses, crowded

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How did workers organize to change their working conditions?

Workers came together to form unions which would protect their rights and grant them safer work conditions, higher wages, and a 8-hour work day.

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