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What is Great Britain and the 18th century
The Industrial Revolution began in this European country in this century
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What is the factory system
The mass production of goods in a central building or buildings
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Who is Eli Whitney
This American inventor invented the cotton gin in 1793.
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What are the living conditions of the workers
Dark places, unsanitary conditions, no rights, grime, sickness
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What is capitalism
An economic system based on private ownership and investments of money in business ventures to make a profit.
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What is the Agricultural Revolution
This revolution paved the way for industrialization
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What is industrialization
The large-scale introduction of manufacturing, advanced technical enterprises, and other productive economic activity into an area, society, country, etc
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Who is John Kay
This inventor created the flying shuttle which doubled the work a weaver could do in a day
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What are factory rules and regulations of the workers
Arrive on time, eat or take breaks only at set times, leave only with permission
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What is Laissez-faire economics
Policy in which governments do not interfere with operations of business
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What is the textile industry
The first industry to undergo major industrialization
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What are unions
Voluntary associations of workers seeking labor reforms
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What is the spinning jenny
This invention made by James Hargreaves advanced machinery in factories so that one spinner could work eight threads at a time
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Who are middle-class women
These women had luxury and more money. They were able to hire maids while their husbands worked.
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What is a socialism
System in which the government owns the means of production and operates them for the welfare of all people
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What is rural to urbanization
The Industrial Revolution changed how people lived. There was a shift from ________ to _________ or people living in farms to people living in factories.
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What is mass production
The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items
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What is the steam engine
This invention made by James Watt made several improvements in transportation as well as the machines in factories
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Who are children/ What is child labor
This group of people were forced to work long hours in terrible, filthy conditions making less than minimum wage, that is until reforms made it illegal for them to work such long hours in the factory conditions
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What is utilitarianism
Jeremy Bentham's idea that every act of society should be judged in terms of "the greatest happiness for the greatest number" of people
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What is increasing population, natural resources/geography, factors of production, and expanding economy and political system
Many factors contributed to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Name 4 factors.
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What are regulations
Governmental restrictions on factory workers and conditions
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What are railroads
George Stephenson invented this which spurs industrial growth, creates jobs, provides cheaper transportation, boosts many industries, causes people move to cities
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What is the union movement
Associations that would collect dues and use money to pay workers while they were on strike
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What is communism
System in which the government owns the means of production and controls economic planning
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