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Fisher Global Era 1C
Global Era 1 C: Industrial Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Changes in production | handmade to machine-made, domestic system to factory system, mass production, new technology |
| Reasons for beginning in England | Natural resources, harbors and rivers, large labor supply, raw materials from colonies |
| Steam engine | Use of steam to drive engines reduced need for water source, allowed cities to expand, drove textile machinery and locomotives |
| Natural resources | Raw materials used in production |
| Agricultural Revolution | Use of machinery in farming = increased food production, fewer farms needed, increased labor supply for factories |
| Industrial Revolution negative impacts | Crowded cities, pollution, poor working conditions, child labor |
| Laissez-faire government | Hands off the economy, favors owners over workers |
| Sadler Report | Exposes terrible factory conditions for workers |
| Ashley Report | Exposes poor conditions for mine workers |
| Labor laws | Improve conditions in the workplace; ex. Factory Acts, Mines Act |
| Labor unions | Workers united to gain better working conditions |
| Socialism | Government owns all means of production, makes all economic decisions |
| Communism | Form of Socialism created by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Also called Marxism |
| Communist Manifesto | Written by Marx and Engels in 1848, describes class struggle, negative effects of capitalism, and need for revolution |