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Ch. 22-Industrial Revolution

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tax on imported goods
wealth in the form of money, property or tools
the ability of workers to freely move from job to job
Woven or machine-knitted fabrics
A machine that could spin several threads at once-advanced textile industry
these people continued to work in their homes experiencing decades of declining trade and growing poverty in their unsuccessful competition with power looms
A person who works for another in order to learn a trade
improved the steam engine
1851 World's first industrial fair. Held at the Crystal Palace in London
Word that refers to the European mainland
the first effective locomotive
Group of people who fought against the new industrial world
A Political reform movement, that favored universal man suffrage and secret ballots
outlawed unions and strikes
19th century notion that men and women had distinct and different traditional roles
someone who is hired to do all or part of the work for the primary contractor
French bank used savings of thousands of investors in transportation and indusry
champion of working class who wrote that society's problems were caused by the middle class who he called murderers and robbers
poet who wrote of the plight of the poor
equipment that used coke to superheat iron ore for refinement
coal superheated to remove impurities
called for nations to support the industry in their countries
inventor of the steam engine
mineral that replaced charcoal as fuel thereby providing the stimulus for growth in the Industrial Revolution
supported the idea that the population would always be greater than the food supply so advised smaller families
wrote that people's salaries would only be enough to avoid starvation-The Iron Law of Wages
made the point that the Industrial Revolution allowed workers to afford new luxuries
Scottish manufacturer who fought against child labor and began an early union
the attitude that a household should be headed by a male
organization dedicated to improving working conditions and wages of workers
the right to vote
German who tried to bring English manufacturing technology to Germany
limited hours that young children could work
inventor of water frame that brought water power to textile making
Brought British inventions and workers to Belgium to begin Europe's textile industry

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