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10 Grade SS
Industrial Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ban | a decree that prohibits something |
| boom | grow stronger |
| Corporation | business that is owned by investors |
| Stock | a supply of something available for future use |
| abolish | do away with |
| capitalism | an economic system based on open competition in a free market, in which individuals and companies own the means of production and operate for profit |
| collective bargaining | negotiation between an employer and trade union |
| Communism | an economic system in which the central government directs all major economic decisions |
| economists | scientists who study how money, goods, and services are used |
| labor unions | an organization formed by workers to strive for better wages and working conditions |
| laissez-faire | the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs |
| socialism | A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and strike stop work in order to press demands |
| middle class | A social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, businesspeople, and wealthy farmers |
| resisted | fight against change |
| slums | The extremely poor areas of a city where people do not have proper facilities |
| urbanization | movement of people from rural areas to cities |
| crop rotation | the system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land |
| Enclosures | Fields that were surrounded by hedges or fences. |
| entrepreneur | someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it |
| factors of production | land, labor, and capital; the three groups of resources that are used to make all goods and services |
| industrialization | the process of developing machine production of goods |
| raw materials | Unprocessed natural products used in production |
| rural | living in or characteristic of farming or country life |
| subsistence farming | Farming that provides only enough for the needs of a family or a village |
| tenant farmer | a farmer who works land owned by someone else |
| textile | of or relating to fabrics or fabric making |
| What was the Industrial Revolution? | The Industrial Revolution was the change from producing goods by hand to producing goods with machines in factories. |
| Where did the Industrial Revolution start? Why? | The Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain (England) because it had many natural resources (i.e.- coal, iron, tin, lead, waterways) that are necessary to produce and transport goods. In other words, Great Britain had favorable geography. |
| What are the Key Effects (results) of the Industrial Revolution? | Industrialization, urbanization, Bad Working Conditions, Formation of Labor Unions, and Legislation |
| One of the key effects of the Industrial Revolution was industrialization, what is this? | Machines were used to produce goods in factories. |
| One of the key effects of the Industrial Revolution was urbanization, what is this? | The growth of cities. People came to urban (city) areas to get jobs in factories. Many cities had severe pollution from the smoke that came out of factories. |
| One of the key effects of the Industrial Revolution was bad working conditions. Explain this. | Workers in factories worked in dangerous conditions for long hours and low pay. Young children were frequently hired and abused in these factories. |
| One of the key effects of the Industrial Revolution was the formation of labor unions. Explain this. | Workers formed labor unions (organizations of workers) that fought to improve the pay and working conditions of workers. |
| One of the key effects of the Industrial Revolution was the legislation. Explain this. | Governments eventually passed laws to set minimum wage and end child labor. |
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