Industrial Revolution Flashcards

(35 cards)

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Industrial revolution

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18th century in England where man made goods greatly increased

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Factors of production

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Labor,capital,land

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Crop rotation

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Change the crop grown in fields each year so the soil stays good

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John McAdam

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Invented roads with crushed stone

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George Stephenson

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First steamed power train (8mph) -rocket

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Robert Fulton

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Steam power of ships

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Samuel Morse

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Invented Telegraph(Morse code)

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Eli Whitney

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Invented cotton gin

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Laissez-faire economics

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People work as they want-physiocrats believed in this system-capitalist system

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Adam smith

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Wrote wealth of nation-said even though people act selfishly then society will benefit from it

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Thomas Malthus

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Write essay in population-says human population is growing faster than food production-can’t correct it

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David Ricardo

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Created iron law of wages-when wages are high people have more kids, when wages are low people have less kids

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Jeremy benthem

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Said government should take action if the actions of a few bring misery to men

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John Stuart Mill

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Believed labor unions should be used to protect the rights workers-government should only intervene if necessary

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Charles Fourier

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Tried to create utopia with 5000 people-people did the job they were best suited to do

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Louis blanc

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Said government should create workshops for the skills they need to work

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Alessandro Volta

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Invented the first battery

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Michael faraday

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First generator invented

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Alexander graham bell

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Invented telephone (landline)

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Thomas Edison

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Invented lightbulb

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Internal combustion engine

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The most significant invention

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Gottlieb Daimer

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First car to use internal combustion engine

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Rudolf diesel

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Made engines for trucks,ships,trains,built for power not speed

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Bourgeoise

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Middle class (haves) have some stuff

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Proletariat
Working class (have nots)
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Natural selection
Nature will weed out the weak organisms with strong traits will live on-survival of the fittest
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Gregor Mendel
Discovered basic scientific reading of plants/animals
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Louis Pasteur
Discovered pasteurization
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Robert Koch
Discovered way to vaccinate people for rabies
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Dmitri Mendel eev
Discovered periodic table of elements
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Albert Einstein
Said that motion is relative to other things(theory of relativity)
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Sociology
Study of different groups in society and society itself
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Psychology
Study of human behavior
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Charles Darwin
Author on the origin of the species presented his theory of evolution
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Agricultural revolution
New farming techniques that lead to more food production and better health