Mr. D's AP Euro Review Industrial Revolution

6718301	George Stephenson	In 1815 he successfully invented a locomotive engine, which revolutionized rail transport.
6718302	Richard Arkwright	British inventor of the water frame (1769), which helped revolutionize textile production.
6718303	The Putting-Out System	When textile workers performed tasks at home. Vendors left raw material and picked up the finished product. This was replaced by the factory system.
6718441	Mass Production	The process of producing a large number of items quickly using an assembly line. Numerous identical items could be quickly and cheaply produced. Modern factory systems of production developed in the mid-19th century as a result.
6718476	James Watt	Scot who invented the steam engine n 1869.
6718484	Luddites	In 19th century Britain, some workers, accurately predicting that the factory system would replace them, joined forces and attacked factories and destroyed machines. Their movement lasted from 1811-1.
6718746	Second Industrial Revolution	This term refers to the second wave of the late 18th century industrial movement which was generally focused in the United States and Germany. This second wave, with the movement from domestic systems of production to factory systmes, involved heavy industry and innovations such as mass production.
6718841	Josiah Wedgewood	An English maker of pottery and china, he developed the pyrometer (measures temperature in kilns) and was able to produce inexpensive china. He is also noted for introducing mechanization to the porcelain industry.
6718953	working class	The term introduced in the early 19th century for those who worked in the new factories of the Industrial Revolution. The factory system, in which laborers worked together under close supervision, enabled members of this new socioeconomic class to develop a sense of common interest and identity.
6873880	Chartism	The movement of supporters of the People's Charter (drawn up in Britian in 1838), which sought to transform Britain into a democracy and demanded universal suffrage for men, vote by secret ballot, equal electoral districts, annual elections, and the elimination of property qualifications for and the payment of stipends to members of Parliament.