Industrial Revolution
The spread of the factory system affected all of the following except
result in poor quality of iron
The textile industry meet its last with the development of what
steam engine by James Watt
Which of the following did not contribute to Britain's industrial revolution?
powerful monarchy
The pitiful conditions created by the industrial revolution gave rise to
socialism; in which society owns and controls the means of production
What 2 classes were brought about by the industrial revolution
The middle class and the industrial working class
6. Who developed the machine engine that could drive machinery
James Watt
7. Who made up most of the industrial workforce
children and woman
8. One thing good the factory system created was
relative working hours and repetitive work
9. One of the first industries affected by the industrial revolution
cotton industry
10. One place that the industrial revolution did NOT create more jobs
farming ( agricultural society )
11. DBQs
25 Matching
12. Substandard multi family dwelling usually old and occupied by the poor
tenement
13. The process of taking over and consolidating land from the peasant farmers
enclosure
14. A political philosophy that aims for classless and no one has private property
Communism
15. The use of machines, tools, and labor to make things for use or sale
manufacturing
16. Industrial Revolution
Understand the concept
17. Agricultural revolution
Understand the concept
18. Industrialization
the process of transforming the economy of a nation or region from a focus on agriculture to a reliance on manufacturing
19. Rural
more farms and less population
20. Urban
people moving to city for work
21. Rural or urban ; farming or country life villages
22. Urbanization
is the increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities
23. Free market (Laissez faire)
a market in which there is not economic intervention
an economic system where the market operates with minimal government intervention, allowing supply and demand to naturally determine prices and production
24. Capitalism
an economic system in which the means are privately owned and operated ; where private individuals own and control property, and where prices are determined by supply and demand.
25. Eli Whitney
inventor of the cotton gin; father of the mass production method.
26. Cottage industry
a system of producing goods by hand in homes or small workshops, rather than in factories
27. Spinning Jenny
a machine used for spinning wool or cotton. English inventor James Hargreaves created it about 1767 and patented it in 1770. The spinning jenny helped to usher in the Industrial Revolution in the textile industry.
28. The Cotton Gin
machine for cleaning cotton of its seeds, invented in the United States by Eli Whitney in 1793
29. Steam Engine
A machine that turns the energy released by burning fuel into motion. Thomas Newcomen built the first crude but workable steam engine in 1712. James Watt vastly improved his device in the 1760s and 1770s. Steam power was then applied to machinery.
Used coal, etc
30. Railroads
Transformation and innovation that changed how goods were moved for people, helped moved products and goods easier
31. Factory
a method of manufacturing that emerged in the late 18th century and early 19th century. It involved the use of specialized machinery, such as power looms and spinning frames, to produce goods on a large scale in a centralized location
32. What is the Bessemer Process- using oxygen and air blown through an iron to make steel
The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. The key principle is removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation with air being blown through the molten iron.
33. James Hargreaves
invented the 'spinning jenny', which was the earliest of a succession of inventions that enabled the industrialization of cotton spinning
34. James Watt
improvements to the steam engine were a key factor in the Industrial Revolution. His engines were more efficient and cost-effective than earlier models, and they could power a wide range of machinery.
35. Who is Upton Sinclair- a writer, The Jungle
'The Jungle' is his belief in Socialism and criticism of Capitalism, particularly within the meatpacking industry. His goal was to highlight worker exploitation, but public reaction focused on unsanitary food practices
36. Labor Unions
encourage work organized strikes and tried to make life better for works
37. Assembly lines
a production process that breaks the manufacture of a good into steps that are completed in a pre-defined sequence