12882185634 | England | In the mid-1700s, an Industrial Revolution began in ___ that transformed the way work was done | 0 | |
12882185635 | small farming villages | Before the Industrial Revolution, most Europeans worked & lived on ____ ____ ____ using inefficient methods of farming | 1 | |
12882185636 | three field | Before the Industrial Revolution, farmers relied on the medieval & inefficient ___ ___ system. Few farmers experimented with new techniques, and as a result, the food produced kept the population from growing rapidly | 2 | |
12882185637 | Agricultural Revolution | In the mid-1700s new farm techniques led to an ___ ___ in Europe | 3 | |
12882201972 | Enclosure Movement | The process of consolidating small landholdings into a smaller number of larger farms in England during the eighteenth century using fences | 4 | |
12882208952 | enclosure movement; crop rotation; corn; potatoes; iron plow; seed drill | AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION - ___ ___: Fences used to protect large farms - Scientific farming methods like ___ ___ maximized farmland and increased production - New crops like ___ and ___ were introduced - New tools like the ___ ___ and ___ ___ made farming more efficient | 5 | |
12882227154 | industrial factories | As a result of the agricultural revolution, the population soared and workers went to find work in ___ ___ | 6 | |
12882185640 | iron; coal; banks; colonies | The Industrial Revolution in England started for a variety of reasons; - had large deposits of natural resources, especially ___ and ___ - They had ___ and a government that encouraged trade invention, and money to invest in industry - ___ provided cheap raw materials and markets to sell | 7 | |
12882185641 | textile industry | As a result, the _____ became the first to become industrialized | 8 | |
12882249673 | England | From 1750 to 1850, ___ was the most industrialized nation in the world | 9 | |
12882256427 | sewing machine | One of many new inventions that sped up spinning, weaving, sewing | 10 | |
12882185642 | rivers | Textile Factories needed power & were usually located near _ | 11 | |
12882262828 | cotton; cotton gin | European demand for ___ led to a boom in production and slavery in the southern US. Whitney's ___ ___ stimulated a demand for these textiles as well | 12 | |
12882185643 | steam engines | IN 1765, James Watt invented the first ___ ___, which produced more power & allowed factories to be built in cities near workers | 13 | |
12882185644 | roads; canals; steamboat | Factoris led to a demand for faster transportation: - ___ and ___ were built in England; - Robert Fulton's ___ increased the speed of water travel | 14 | |
12882185645 | steam-powered railroad | The greatest improvement to transportation was the ____-___ ___. These wer fast, increased profits, and sitmulated iron and coal industries | 15 | |
12882185646 | Iron | _ was needed to produce new machines, engines, & railroad track | 16 | |
12882185647 | iron | By 1800, England made more ___ than all other nations in the world combined in response to its demand for machines, engines and railroad track | 17 | |
12882304199 | steel | Henry Bessemer invented a cheap process for making ___, which is stronger than iron. This allowed engineers to design more powerful machines, taller building, longer bridges | 18 | |
12882185648 | coal | The Industrial Revolution led to an increase in ___ to power factories & RRs | 19 | |
12882185651 | electricity, telegraph; telephone, vaccines, typewriters, cash registers | OTHER INVENTIONS OF INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION - ___ - Forms of communication such as ___ and ___ - Business machines like ___ and ___ ___ - Medical improvements like ___ | 20 | |
12882185652 | Germany | By the mid 1800s, ____was one of the world's industrial leaders & built a powerful modern militaries | 21 | |
12882324927 | coal; iron | Germany was quick to embrace the Industrial Revolution. They had large supplies of ___ and ___ ore, and built a large network of railroads, iron, and textile factories | 22 | |
12882185653 | textile mills | Southern cotton led to ____ ____ in the North | 23 | |
12882338983 | railroads, oil, steel, electricity; monopolies | After the civil war, American industry boomed and the US became a worl leader in ___, ___, ___, and ___ (ROSE). Many companies merged to form corporations and ___ | 24 | |
12882185655 | working; standard of living | Industry also had numerous negative effects on ___ conditions and the ___ ___ ___ for urban workers | 25 | |
12882185656 | less skilled, dirty, long, Women & children | The factory system was a major change for European workers: Factory work became ____ ____ - Conditions were ____, dangerous, and unhealthy -Workers worked ___ hours (12-16 hr day) -Factory workers were not paid well; ____ and ____ were paid less than men Owners required workers "clock in" & limited their breaks to increase production | 26 | |
12882382274 | coal; lung; poison | the invention of the steam engine increased demand for ____ - Production spiked - Men, women children in mines - They were unhealthy and dangerous: ____ disease, ____ gas, drowning, explosions, cave-ins common | 27 | |
12882397114 | kids; 10; beaten | CHILD LABOR - Living in city was expensive so poor families needed thier ____ to work - Child workers earned ____% of an adult wage, worked long hours, and often ____ | 28 | |
12882421347 | factories; domestic | WOMEN IN CITIES - Rather than a domestic role, poor women worked in ____ in the city - Some worked as ____ servants - Factory jobs were long hours away from children and left them crippled, sick, deformed - Paid 1/2 or 1/3 of man's salarh | 29 | |
12882185657 | increased, lowered | The Industrial Revolution ___ production, _____ the cost of goods, & led to new technologies. | 30 | |
12882444968 | slums; sanitation; short | URBANIZATION - Poor families lived in poorly constructed apartments called ____ - Families shared cramped space that lacked running water or ____ - Hard jobs and disease led to ____ life expectancies | 31 | |
12882185660 | factories, middle; wages | CHANGING CLASS STRUCTURE: Land ownership was no long the most important factor At the top were the industrial capitalists who gained wealth by owning ____ The ____ class grew because of growth of engineers, managers, shopkeepers The bottom class grew because of the size of the urban poor who worked for low ____ in factories | 32 | |
12882185661 | hours; type; education | REFORMS - Some demanded reforms to fix problems caused by the Industrial Revolution - In the mid-1800s, Britain & the U.S. passed child & women labor laws that limited ____ & ____ of work they could perform - Reformers regulated water, food, sewage; Offered public ____; Regulated living & work conditions | 33 | |
12882185662 | unions; strike | RESPONSE TO INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Workers joined ____ & demand better pay, fewer hours, safer work conditions When union demands were not met, workers went on ____ | 34 | |
12882185663 | capitalism; free market; laissez-faire | ECONOMY DURING INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION - The economy of the Industrial Revolution was based on ____ - As Adam Smith explained, businesses operated in a ____ ____ economy based on competition, profits, supply & demand - Governments applied ____-____ principles & avoided heavy taxes, regulations, or interference in business | 35 | |
12882185665 | Karl Marx | After the Industrial Revolution, ____ ____ introduced a radical form of socialism called communism | 36 | |
12882185666 | Friedrich Engels | Marx & ______ ____ wrote The Communist Manifesto which predicted a war between the "haves" & "have nots" | 37 |
AP World History: The Industrial Revolution Flashcards
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