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Industrial Revolution
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History
11th Grade
11/15/2012

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Agricultural Revolution
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When The amount of food was scarce due to the rising population of people. The food couldn't sustain the number of people. So people made dikes, fertilizers and crop rotation.
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Enclosure Movement
Definition
Taxing over and consolidating land formerly owned by peasant farmers. Used for sheep pastures.
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Putting-Out system
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When one part of skilled workers did their part, then gave it to another group. For example, Raw cotton was given to peasants who had to spin it into threads, then given to skilled artisans to finish and dye the cloth.
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Thomas Malthus
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Said that population will one day exceed its limit and will fall down due to famine, disease and war. (Malthusian limit)
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David Ricardo
Definition
Came up with the Iron Law of Wages. It stated that poor families have low wages and small families, if wages increased then they're will be larger families and with that, larger poor families.
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Iron Law of Wages
Definition
poor families have low wages and small families, if wages increased then they're will be larger families and with that, larger poor families.
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Wealth of Nations
Definition
A book based on how nations get their wealth.
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Laissez-faire Capitalism
Definition
Private ownership of a company without government interference.
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Invisible hand
Definition
An idol to the self regulating market.
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Urbanization
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When people from the country moved to cities for new job opportunities.
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Factory System
Definition
A new form of making goods. Instead of using the putting-out system, the factory system was much more manageable since it is in a factory.
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Textiles
Definition
Cloth.
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Steam engine
Definition
Invented by james watt. It used coal to boil a well of water and the engine ran on that.
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Labor unions
Definition
Group of workers that formed together to gain a common goal like good working conditions, good hours, etc.
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Puddling Furnace
Definition
Created steel from "pig" iron, Pulled hot air over the iron.
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Standard of Living
Definition
The way people live. For example, the type of social class I'm in, the type of house I live in, what type of education I get etc.
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Social Darwinism
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When people put charles Darwins theory of "Survival of the fittest" into society.
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Communism
Definition
Classless, moneyless, and stateless order of government.
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Karl Marx
Definition
Wrote the "Communist Manifesto."
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Cult of Domesticity
Definition
When women took care of house chores and children while the house was a refugee for working fathers.
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Suffrage
Definition
The right to vote
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Causes for the industrial revolution? What were the effects?
Definition
Causes for the industrial revolution were for need of innovation, new ways to do things. The effects were new inventions that changed the world forever.
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Why did the industrial revolution begin in England?
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It began in England because england had a vast amount of natural resources, navigable rivers and seas. rivers supplied water power, and population.
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What was the factory system? What was its impact on workers and on factory owners?
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The factory system was a new way of making goods. Instead of the putting out system, the factory system created its goods in factories. Its impact on factory owners were bad working conditions and hours. It made factory owners wealthy.
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How did urbanization change the standard for living for the average person?
Definition
The average person lived in tenements and they always lived close to work in their cities.
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How was life different for women and children within the factory system?
Definition
Women and children were treated unfairly, they were paid very little and worked like animals.
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What role did the railroads play in industrialization?
Definition
The railroads created a new way of transporting goods cross country instead of horse and carriage.
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