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Industrial Revolutio
Causes and Effects of the Industrial Revolution
Question | Answer |
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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 investment by capitalists |
England | birthplace of the industrial revolution due to coal and iron reserves and the invention |
Labor Unions | Organized workers to use collective action such as strikes to improve wages and wages and working conditions |
factory | mechanized labor leading to mass production |
Scramble for Africa | European imperialism is africa resulting from the loss of the american colonies toindependence |