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12882185634EnglandIn the mid-1700s, an Industrial Revolution began in ___ that transformed the way work was done0
12882185635small farming villagesBefore the Industrial Revolution, most Europeans worked & lived on ____ ____ ____ using inefficient methods of farming1
12882185636three fieldBefore 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 rapidly2
12882185637Agricultural RevolutionIn the mid-1700s new farm techniques led to an ___ ___ in Europe3
12882201972Enclosure MovementThe process of consolidating small landholdings into a smaller number of larger farms in England during the eighteenth century using fences4
12882208952enclosure movement; crop rotation; corn; potatoes; iron plow; seed drillAGRICULTURAL 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 efficient5
12882227154industrial factoriesAs a result of the agricultural revolution, the population soared and workers went to find work in ___ ___6
12882185640iron; coal; banks; coloniesThe 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 sell7
12882185641textile industryAs a result, the _____ became the first to become industrialized8
12882249673EnglandFrom 1750 to 1850, ___ was the most industrialized nation in the world9
12882256427sewing machineOne of many new inventions that sped up spinning, weaving, sewing10
12882185642riversTextile Factories needed power & were usually located near _11
12882262828cotton; cotton ginEuropean demand for ___ led to a boom in production and slavery in the southern US. Whitney's ___ ___ stimulated a demand for these textiles as well12
12882185643steam enginesIN 1765, James Watt invented the first ___ ___, which produced more power & allowed factories to be built in cities near workers13
12882185644roads; canals; steamboatFactoris led to a demand for faster transportation: - ___ and ___ were built in England; - Robert Fulton's ___ increased the speed of water travel14
12882185645steam-powered railroadThe greatest improvement to transportation was the ____-___ ___. These wer fast, increased profits, and sitmulated iron and coal industries15
12882185646Iron_ was needed to produce new machines, engines, & railroad track16
12882185647ironBy 1800, England made more ___ than all other nations in the world combined in response to its demand for machines, engines and railroad track17
12882304199steelHenry Bessemer invented a cheap process for making ___, which is stronger than iron. This allowed engineers to design more powerful machines, taller building, longer bridges18
12882185648coalThe Industrial Revolution led to an increase in ___ to power factories & RRs19
12882185651electricity, telegraph; telephone, vaccines, typewriters, cash registersOTHER INVENTIONS OF INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION - ___ - Forms of communication such as ___ and ___ - Business machines like ___ and ___ ___ - Medical improvements like ___20
12882185652GermanyBy the mid 1800s, ____was one of the world's industrial leaders & built a powerful modern militaries21
12882324927coal; ironGermany was quick to embrace the Industrial Revolution. They had large supplies of ___ and ___ ore, and built a large network of railroads, iron, and textile factories22
12882185653textile millsSouthern cotton led to ____ ____ in the North23
12882338983railroads, oil, steel, electricity; monopoliesAfter the civil war, American industry boomed and the US became a worl leader in ___, ___, ___, and ___ (ROSE). Many companies merged to form corporations and ___24
12882185655working; standard of livingIndustry also had numerous negative effects on ___ conditions and the ___ ___ ___ for urban workers25
12882185656less skilled, dirty, long, Women & childrenThe 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 production26
12882382274coal; lung; poisonthe 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 common27
12882397114kids; 10; beatenCHILD 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
12882421347factories; domesticWOMEN 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 salarh29
12882185657increased, loweredThe Industrial Revolution ___ production, _____ the cost of goods, & led to new technologies.30
12882444968slums; sanitation; shortURBANIZATION - Poor families lived in poorly constructed apartments called ____ - Families shared cramped space that lacked running water or ____ - Hard jobs and disease led to ____ life expectancies31
12882185660factories, middle; wagesCHANGING 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 factories32
12882185661hours; type; educationREFORMS - 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 conditions33
12882185662unions; strikeRESPONSE TO INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Workers joined ____ & demand better pay, fewer hours, safer work conditions When union demands were not met, workers went on ____34
12882185663capitalism; free market; laissez-faireECONOMY 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 business35
12882185665Karl MarxAfter the Industrial Revolution, ____ ____ introduced a radical form of socialism called communism36
12882185666Friedrich EngelsMarx & ______ ____ wrote The Communist Manifesto which predicted a war between the "haves" & "have nots"37

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