206210525 | Eli Whitney's "claim to fame" | Cotton Gin | |
206210526 | Major use of high-quality iron | To make railroads | |
206210527 | Describe the Industrial Revolution | There was a significant change in the way people lived and worked | |
206210528 | Country where Industrial Revolution began | Britain | |
206210529 | Three main ingredients that allowed IR to take root and thrive | Land, Labor, and Capital | |
206210530 | Jethro Tull's "claim to fame" | Seed Drill | |
206210532 | Positive effect of the IR | A rise in wages | |
206210533 | What was one hazard of working in a textile factory | The air was filled with lint | |
206210534 | Why did factory owners prefer to hire women? | Women could be paid less than men | |
206210535 | Thomas Newcomen's "claim to fame" | Steam Engine | |
206210536 | Thomas Malthus' "claim to fame" | Wrote about population and food supply | |
206210537 | Name two goals of Communism | To end capitalism and create a classless society | |
206210538 | Factories were first used by this industry | Textile Industry | |
206210539 | Abraham Darby's experiments led him to this | Produce a less expensive, better quality iron. | |
206210540 | Laissez-faire economists believed that | A free market would help everyone. | |
206210541 | John Kay's "claim to fame" | Flying Shuttle | |
206210542 | Karl Marx thought society should evolve from | Capitalism to Communism | |
206210543 | Why did Karl Marx dislike capitalism? | He believed it created prosperity for few and poverty for many | |
206210545 | Stevenson's "claim to fame" | Locomotive | |
206210546 | Two reasons the IR began in Britain | Plentiful natural resources and easy access to the sea | |
206210547 | James Watt's "claim to fame" | Improving the steam engine | |
206210548 | Why did Thomas Malthus discourage vaccinations? | Disease was a natural means of population control | |
206210549 | Define enclosure | Consolidating land formerly shared by peasant farmers | |
206210550 | What are tenements? | Multi-story buildings divided into apartments. | |
206210551 | The cause of the growth of cities in the IR | The need for factory workers | |
206210552 | Name one problem with the "sources of power" man depended on before the IR | Unreliable | |
206210553 | Workers' organizations that wanted to initiate worker reforms were | Labor Unions | |
206210554 | To actively give money to other people and promote the welfare of others is | Philanthropy | |
206210555 | When many people agree not to use or buy a product or service | Boycott | |
206210556 | A person who pleads for the cause of others or speaks for them in | Advocate | |
206210557 | A number and or statistic about human populations | Demographic | |
206210558 | When one group exclusively owns all the supply in a market | Monopoly | |
206210560 | Karl Marx's & Friedrich Engels' famous book | "The Communist Manifesto" | |
206210562 | Karl Marx believed that pure Communism would be a system where | Each person would contribute what he or she could and receive what he or she needed | |
208960596 | Utilitarianism | Idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people | |
208960597 | Robert Owen | created a "utopian" community | |
208960598 | Proletariat | the working class | |
208960599 | Bourgeoisie | the middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people |
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