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Fisher Global Era 1C
Global Era 1 C: Industrial Revolution
Question | Answer |
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Changes in production | handmade to machine-made, domestic system to factory system, mass production, new technology |
Reasons for beginning in England | Natural resources, harbors and rivers, large labor supply, raw materials from colonies |
Steam engine | Use of steam to drive engines reduced need for water source, allowed cities to expand, drove textile machinery and locomotives |
Natural resources | Raw materials used in production |
Agricultural Revolution | Use of machinery in farming = increased food production, fewer farms needed, increased labor supply for factories |
Industrial Revolution negative impacts | Crowded cities, pollution, poor working conditions, child labor |
Laissez-faire government | Hands off the economy, favors owners over workers |
Sadler Report | Exposes terrible factory conditions for workers |
Ashley Report | Exposes poor conditions for mine workers |
Labor laws | Improve conditions in the workplace; ex. Factory Acts, Mines Act |
Labor unions | Workers united to gain better working conditions |
Socialism | Government owns all means of production, makes all economic decisions |
Communism | Form of Socialism created by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Also called Marxism |
Communist Manifesto | Written by Marx and Engels in 1848, describes class struggle, negative effects of capitalism, and need for revolution |