test 10 Flashcards
(31 cards)
when, where and what started the industrial revolution?
mid/late 1700’s great Britain
why didn’t the industrial revolution happen in China first?
-did not trade much with other countries
-did not have colonial empire
-didn’t use coal
-arguably their culture and/or governments.
what is an assembly line?
a manufacturing process where parts are added and sequentially to make a finished product.
what are the 5 types of recourses?
labor, capital, technology, land, entrepreneurship
what is the difference between scarcity and surplus?
scarcity= not enough surplus= more than enough
how did the rise of factories change society?
-more people in cities
-more people could work for salary
-cheaper prices for factory made goods
-workers did not have to be skilled
-wealth increases.
how was the industrial revolution also a transportation revolution?
stem boats, railroads, ironclads, airplanes where all invented.
how was the industrial revolution also a communication revolution?
telegraph, radio, phone were all invented.
what were the two vital types of fuel in the IR
coal, and oil
what is oil used for today?
gasoline, lubrication for machines, plastics, Styrofoam, asphalt
what were some problems with urbanization?
-inadequate housing
-lack of sanitation
-inadequate education
-rampant disease
-crowded cities
what is bargained in collective bargaining?
wages, hours, conditions
what can unions threaten to do if the workers do not like their contract/collective bargaining agreement?
threaten to strike.
what were some problems with labor in the IR era?
-very long work hours
-child labor
-no unions
-no workers rights
-no hazard pay
-low wages
what were some reasons for the common school movement in the 1800’s?
-ethical to have children learn not work
-businesses wanted people to be literate and know basic math
-way to assimilate certain groups of people
what sorts of mass culture became popular to the public by the early 1900’s in the west?
magazines, newspapers, novels, vaudeville shows, movies, sports.
what were some social reform movements in the west in the 1800’s?
-abolition
-women’s rights and suffrage
-labor movement
-men’s suffrage
-public education
-prison reform.
what were the first 2 waves of the feminist movement?
first- woman’s suffrage movement
second- workplace equality, anti-sexism, reproductive rights.
abolition movement- US
1865
abolition movement- British Empire
1807
abolition movement- French Empire
1794-1848
abolition movement- japan
1590
abolition movement- china
1910
abolition movement- Latin America
mid 1800’s
