22-23 Test Flashcards
Mass production
- Manufacture of many identical products
- 1760-1890
- introduced my Josiah Wedgewood
Agricultural revolution
- transformation of farming
- 1760-1890
- resulted from improvements in cultivation techniques
Enclosure was
Restriction of common agricultural land
What new crop contributed to the agricultural revolution
The potato
The agricultural revolution was a change in farming methods and crops that resulted in
All of these
The most profitable item in international trade in the 18th century was:
Sugar
Britain’s social structure is deceived as being “more fluid” that the rest of Europe. Which of the following is the most likely reason for that?
It has a less powerful aristocracy
A significant technology that transformed the lives of factory workers hours was:
Gas lighting
In the early years of industrialization, most women worked in
Domestic servant positions
Single and married women both did factory work but for different reasons:
Married women worked if their husbands were unable to support their families
In the United States, many factory owners opened their factories with a commitment to decent wages and housing
But eventually lowered wages and imposed longer hours
The cotton boom enriched planters as well as manufacturers and
Created a high demand for slaves
Andrew Jackson
- 1st US president born in humble circumstances
- 1769-1890
- personalist leader
Tecumseh
- Shawnee leader
- 1760-1890
- became an ally to the British in the war of 1812
What invention revolutionized communication during the industrial revolution
The electric telegraph
One profound effect that industrialization had on the world was that
Europe and North America were empowers at the expense of the rest of the world
Urbanization had the greatest impact on
The poor, who came to the city from rural areas for work
A significant technology that transformed the lives of factory workers hours was:
Gas lighting
Smith’s argument challenged prevailing economic model of the time, which was
Mercantilism
Thomas Malthus’s explanation of worker’s misfortunes was that
The population was outgrowing the food supply
Chartism appealed to which group in England
Industrial workers and miners
How did industrialization change China’s relationship with the west
European steam-powered gunboats humiliated China’s military
Britons main strategy to eliminate competition in trade was to
Flood the market with cheap goods and drive competitors out of business
The “crisis of legitimacy” that undermined colonial authority in Latin America was caused by
Napoleons invasion of Spain and Portugal
