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Industrial Revolutio

TermDefinition
Mechanization Change from products made by hand to those made by machinery. Also refers to changes in transportation of goods from market fairs or horse drawn delivery to steamship and trains
Organization of Labor Rather than completing an article from start to finish by hand, the factory worker would complete only a portion of the product and move it to the next worker to complete the next portion.
Capital Cash or property
Infrastructure Roadways, transportation capabilities like trains and seaports
Unified Economy Enhanced transportation of goods created an economy where pricing of the same goods was similar and payment was made in the same unit of money
Robert Fullerton Invented the steamship powered by coal
Steamship impact on the US The US Midwestern section of the country was developed due to the major rivers allowing steamship transportation of goods and people
Entrepreneur Person of wealth capable of beginning a business or investing in one
New Middle Class Consisted of business owners/managers called the Bourgeoisie, new wealth (Nouveau Riche)
Working Class Factory workers and laborers
Laissez-Faire Government's lack of interference in businesses--capitalism
Child Labor Work done by young children in the mines and factories. They worked long hours and the work was dangerous
Cholera Fatal disease of the small intestine contracted by infected water supply
Typhus Infectious fatal disease contracted by infected lice, fleas, tics and rats
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Monarchs of Britain during the I.R.--believed in social reform for the working class
Social Reforms Children and women banned from working in mines, and children's hours were decreased in the factories
Municipal Reforms Public school education, police force, sewerage system, garbage collection to improve health
Sir Robert Peel Began the British police force in the cities to combat crime and gangs
Bobbies Policemen were called bobbies after Sir Robert
Louis Pasteur Doctor who invented pasteurization (destroying bacteria in milk products) and the germ theory of unseen bacteria on the hands of medical professionals--wash hands with soap and water prior to surgery or handling of patients.
Labor Reforms Brought about by unionization of workers for better working conditions and pay
Unions Workers "united" in groups representing their type of work and led by a union leader
Union Strikes Workers refused to work when demands were not met
Scabs Union members who refused to strike, or outside workers who crossed picket lines
Karl Marx Wrote the Communist Manifesto with Freidrich Engels. Also wrote Das Kapital
Communist Manifesto Book written by Marx and Engels where they laid out the way to a communist economy and government
Das Kapital Book written by Marx where he protested against Capitalism and claimed the Bourgeois would get richer and the Proletariat poorer. Eventually the Proletariat would rise up and overthrow Capitalism.
Proletariat Working Class
Bourgeois Middle Class business owners/managers
Created by: lmckay
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