Chapter 22 Flashcards
World History AP
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| 327953416 | Industrial Revolution | ---cotton textile industry was well established ---Britain was a colonial and maritime power and was able to easily ship products; rivers provided the necessary waterpower to run machinery ---England had abundant reserves of coal and iron ---The necessary labor force was in place following the enclosure movement that forced thousands of people from rural land to cities ---Investment capital supplied by a burgeoning middle class provided money to purchase equipment for the emergent factories | 0 | |
| 327953417 | Impact of Industrial Revolution | -Women and children entering the workplace as cheap labor -Intro of reforms to end child labor -expansion of education -Women's increased demands for suffage | 1 |