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unit 9
cases and effects of the industrial revolution,
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Edward Jenner | invented the smallpox vaccine improving life expectancy and nearly eradicating the disease |
| capitalism | economic system based on the invisible hand of supply and demand with ownership by entrepreneurs and the investment capitalism |
| england | birthplace of the industrial rev due to coal and iron reserves and the inventions of the steam engine |
| labor unions | organized workers to use collective action such as strikes to improve wages and working conditions |
| factory work | mechanized labor leading to mass production |
| scramble for Africa | European imperialism in Africa resulting from the loss of american colonies to independence |
| protectorates | independent countries placed under the protection of a more powerful like latin america under the monroe doctrine |
| james watt | improved the steam engine which powered factory machines locomotives and steam boats |
| james hargreaves | invented the spining jenny which led to the development of texiles factories the first factories of the industrial rev |
| henry bessemer | invented the bessemer process to create steel with enabled the creation of machines and large infrastructure |
| eli whitney | invented the cotton gin which deseeded cotton so efficiently that demand for slave labor temporarily rose |
| louis pasteur | invented a process for killing bacteria, esp within the human food supply-pasteurization |
| karl marx | the father of socialism and communism who wrote the communist manifesto |
| factory towns | towns built by factory owners to attract labor, but which left labor under the control of factory owners |
| zulu wars | resistaance british and dutch imperialism on the part of southern african peoples |
| adam smith | a proponent of capitalism he wrote the wealth of nations |
| colonies | areas placed under the rule of a foreign, losing their independence |
| boxer rebellion | Chinese resistance to foreign imperialism in their country |
| sphere of influence | an area under the economic of a foreign country- much like china during the industrial revolution |
| cottage industry | handmade production that takes place within a home-dominant form of production before the industrial revolution, |
| women's suffage | the battle for women's right to vote that began during industrial revolution, |
| socialism and communism | economic system focused on creating a system of equality as the government controls the economy and owns the means of production |
| middle class | increased in size as wages improved due to the effective organization of labor unions |
| hindu nationnalism | reaction of India to the attempts of the British to impose their culture upon them during their imperialistic endeavors |
| enclosure movement | the fencing off of large farms leading to increased food production to feed urban workers |
| wealth of nations | book written by Adam smith explaining the economic system of capitalism |
| the communist manifesto | book written by Karl Marx to explain the economic systems of socialism and communism |
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