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Industrial Rev'n
Industrial Revolution happinings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What major event led to a food surplus in Great Britan in the early 1700s? | Agricultural Revolution |
| Which 3 major advancements tok place during the Aricultural Revolution? | Crop rotation, invention of farm machinery, improved mass breeding practice of live stock |
| This event in the mid-1700s marked the decline in the need for hand (muscle) power and increaced the demand for machine power, thus creating factories? | The Industrial Revolution |
| How did Rural-to-Urban migration occur? | occurred because of the growth of factory work |
| what are the 3 factors of production? | Land, Labor, Capital |
| Why did they only hire Women & Children to work in the factories? | Because the men asked for to much money |
| What were the cities like? | They were dirty, the air was polluted from the factories smoke there were also filled with disease |
| What were the Tenement building conditions? | There was only one window in each living area, there was one stair case down the middle, and they fit around 30-40 people in one area. |
| What was the business district like? | The air was polluted, the streets were filled with feces, their were rats & disease |
| What are some of the resources of land from the factors of production? | Water ways, coal, lumber, roadways, railways |
| What are some of the resources of labor from the factors of production? | Man power, ships, markets, factories |
| What are some of the resources of capital from the factors of production? | Money, Entrepreneurs, laissez-fair, ships |
| What type of enviornment was the Suburban area like? | The Suburban area was clean, they had clean air & streets, the houses there usually were one family homes, the homes there were mansions |
| what type of enviorment was the urban area like? | The Urban area was Farm land, The air was clean, Similar to the Suburban area |
| What were the Factory Conditions? | The factories didnt have great conditions it was dirty but they had electricity when most places didnt have electricity. |
| What is the definition of Urban? | City |
| What is the definition of Suburban? | Outskirts of the city |
| What is the definition of Rural? | The farming lands |
| What was The movment from cottage industry? | The change from muscle power to machine power |
| If you lived in the suburbs what would your living condition be? | Wealthy, good hygeine, electricity, Literacy |
| What was the combination law? | prohibited trade unions and collective bargaining by British workers |
| What was the rise of the unions? |