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Chapter 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did Henry Bessemer invent? | the Bessemer process |
| Why is the Bessemer process significant? | was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace |
| What did Karl Marx predict would be the final result of centuries of class struggle and economic competition? | Private ownership of farms and factories would be abolished |
| How did enclosures impact society and the Industrial Revolution? | increasing the land available for agriculture |
| What is dynamo? | an electric generator that produces direct current with the use of a commutator |
| How did the dynamo help create the telegraph? | the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication it worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between two distances |
| What was the Women's Suffrage Movement? | women protesting/fighting/working for the right to vote |
| How did the growth of canals and railroads impact the Industrial Revolution? | It made it easier to transport people and goods. Railroads offered advantages over canals for transportation of goods |
| In practice, which economic system led to the highest degree of government control over economic decisions? | Marxism |
| How did the population effect factory growth? | The enclosure movement created a large class of unemployed agricultural workers who in turn went to work in factories |
| What did Guglielmo Marconi invent? | radio |
| How did the internal combustion engine impact later inventions? | led to the invention of the automobile |
| What were some new developments in chemistry by Dalton and Mendeleyev? | the development of the atomic theory |
| How did Watt's steam-engine impact transportation? | it created a revolution in transportation |
| What did Adam Smith write? | Wealth of Nations |
| How did Adam Smith say prices should be regulated? | by the laws of supply and demand |
| How did the steam locomotive affect other forms of transportation? | water transportation declined within countries |
| Discuss bourgeois and proletariat according to Karl Marx | In place of the bourgeois society, with its classes and class antagonisms, we shall have an association, in which free development of each is the condition for free development of all |
| During the Industrial Revolution, were boys or girls more likely to receive instruction in science and mathematics? | Boys were more likely than girls to receive instruction in science and mathematics |
| How were child labor laws changed during the Industrial Revolution? | new regulations were created to ease working conditions for children |
| Define the term "putting-out" in relation to the factory system | the factory system allowed more cloth to be produced at a lower cost |
| What was a reason for prohibition according to leaders of the temperance movement? | a decrease in domestic violence |
| Explain Social Darwinism | survival of the fittest or natural selection |
| How did Social Darwinism impact values and beliefs during the industrial age? | people thought it was okay to take advantage of the non-industrialized people and places |
| What did Alfred Noble invent? | dynamite |
| Why was the industrialization of Belgium significant? | Belgium broke Britain's monopoly on industrial technology |
| Were railroads or canals the preferred way of transportation after the Industrial Revolution? | railroads |
| How did natural resources affect where towns were being created? | larger cities sprang up around places with more natural resources |
| Guglielmo Marconi | invented the radio, which allowed wired communication by Morse Code over long distances |
| Thomas Edison | an American inventor who made the first electric lightbulb |
| Alfred Noble | a Swedish chemist who invented dynamite |
| Henry Bessemer | developed a new process for making steel from iron |
| Communism | a classless society in which all wealth and property would be owned by the community as a whole |
| Karl Marx | a German philosopher who promoted communism |
| Socialism | the people as a whole rather than private individuals who own and operate the means of production |
| Urbanization | the movement of people to cities |
| James Watt | invented the steam engine to power machines, locomotives, and steamships |
| Enclosure | the process of taking over and consolidating land formerly shared by peasant farmers |
| Labor Unions | organizations of workers who bargained for better pay and working conditions |
| Entrepreneur | someone who manages and assumes the financial risks of starting new business |
| Capital | the money used to invest in enterprises |
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