industrial revolution Flashcards

1
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what years did the revolution

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1760-1914

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2
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Life before

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Before the industrial revolution life was hard
Most people were farmers working in small towns and villages
Education was poor

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3
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where did the rev begin

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Britain in the 1760s

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4
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what did Britain surge ahead in the production of

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inexspenive cotton goods

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5
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what is the cottage industry

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the manufaction of cloth in rural cottages in Britain during the 18th century

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6
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who invented the spinning jenny

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1764 james hargreaves

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7
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who made the water powered loom

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edmund cartwright in 1787

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8
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what do the spinning jenny and water powered loom do

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spin thread faster

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9
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who designed the first steam engine

A

Thoman newcomen

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10
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who invented the steam engine with rotary motion

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james watt

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11
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what year did watt make changes to drive the machinery

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1782

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12
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why did factories not need to be by water anymore

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because steam engines were powered by coal

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13
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why did the iron industry boom

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bc the need for coal for steam engines

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14
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whe was the first locomotive pulled on an industrial line in britain

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1804

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15
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In 1837 british inventors william cooke and charles wheatstone patented the

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first commercial telegraph

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16
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1852

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britain produced almost 3 million tons of more iron than was produced by the rest of the world combined

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17
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1740

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Iron industry boomed

18
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In 1840

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britain had almost 2000 miles of railroad track crisscrossed much of the country

19
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In 1837 british inventors william cooke and charles wheatstone patented the

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first commercial telegraph

20
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Factory owners and people who invested in their factories often

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got rich

21
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As capitalists they owned the means of production so

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they got the profits

22
Q

Capitalists

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a wealthy person who uses money to invest in trade and industry

23
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who made remorse code

A

Samuel morse

24
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With the development of factories came the

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development of cities

25
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PAS
short a

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population
agriculture
supply of markets

26
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what was the class system
short a

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owners and investors of factories gor rich and the workers were poor

27
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factory workers often worked

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16 hour shifts

28
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workers worked in

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small spaces
denied breaks
little pay
dangerous machines
intense labor

29
Q

thegov didnt get involved and protect

A

workers

30
Q

By the mid 19th century great britain had become

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the world’s first industrial nation and richest nation

31
Q

who was one of the first states to be industrialized

A

france

32
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when did French play a big role in industrializatioj

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19th century

33
Q

where did industrialization take over in the mid 1900s

A

germany

34
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which German state was especially rich in iron and coal resources

A

prussia

35
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Unification of germany in 1870 led to

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rapid industrial growth

36
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*farms were isolated

A
37
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*urbanization

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38
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Bc of the increase in food supply people were

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better fed and more resistant to disease

39
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Commercial capitalism

A

an economic system based on trade

40
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Industrial capitalism

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an economic system based on industrial production

41
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*industrial capitalisms new economic stysem

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This new economic system produced a new middle class group known as the industrial middle class