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Industrial Revolution
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9th Grade
02/06/2012

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Laissez-Faire
Definition
Letting the owners of a business set working conditions without interference from the government.
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Where did the idea of laissez-faire originally come from and who built upon it?
Definition
The enlightenment; Adam Smith
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What did Adam Smith believe?
Definition
That government regulations, like taxes, interfered with the production of wealth
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Who took Adam Smith's idea of laissez-faire further?
Definition
Malthus & Ricardo
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What is capitalism?
Definition
A system in which money is invested in business ventures with the goal of making a profit
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Who is Malthus Further and what did he argue?
Definition
That population tended to increase more than food supply leading to a group of poor people remaining poor.
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Who is Ricardo Further and what did he believe?
Definition
Ricardo Further believed that there would always be a permanent underclass of poor people
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What is utilitarianism?
Definition
Utilitarianism said that people should judge businesses, workers, and actions by their utility (usefulness)
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Who wrote the book on the wealth of nations?
Definition
Adam Smith
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What did Jeremy Bentham think?
Definition
He thought that the goal of government was to do what is best for the greatest number of people
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Who wanted reforms to the legal system and schools?
Definition
Many utilitarians
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What is a Utopian Idea?
Definition
A perfect society
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Who was Robert Owen?
Definition
a factory owner who was shocked by the horrible conditions for the workers
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What did Robert Owen own?
Definition
A textile mill in Scotland
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What is socialism?
Definition
When the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all
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What significant quote did Karl Marx say?
Definition
"Religion is the opiate of the masses"
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What is communism?
Definition
A form of complete socialism in which all means of production
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Who are the bourgeoisie?
Definition
People that had everything they needed and held down the proletariat
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Who are the proletariats?
Definition
The poor
Term
What is a union?
Definition
A voluntary trade associates joined to make reforms
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What did the Enclosure Acts result in?
Definition
Commoner farmers moving to cities and becoming labor for factories
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What is Charcoal?
Definition
An inefficient fuel source
Term
What is the first side of the Colombian Exchange Triangle
Definition
Manufactured goods, rum and textiles from England to Africa
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What is it when a country must purchase from a certain supplier
Definition
A captive market
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What does "sapere aude" mean?
Definition
Dare to know
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Who invented the water frame in what year?
Definition
Richard Arkwright in 1769
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Who invented the first efficient steam engine?
Definition
Matthew Boulton and
James Watt
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