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ap euro unit 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| when was the time period for he industrial revolution | 1815-1914 |
| the industrial revolution indicates | a fundamental change in the way goods were made for sale , from goods made by hand to goods made by machines |
| what were the reasons the industrial revolution happened in great britain | Agricultural revolution , abundant supply of capital , lots of Entrepreneurs, favorable government polices |
| how did the agricultural revolution lead to the industrial revolution | it lead to an increase in food supply allowing people to spend less money on food and buy more manufactured goods, rich in mineral resources, had lost of inventors |
| the industrial revolution in britain was largely driven by | private investors rather than government |
| what house represented the intrest of most of the people in the working industry | the house of commons which hade a lot of power in parliment |
| what was the anti corn laws | repeal of the corn laws (leved step tariffs on grain) |
| what did the repel of the corn laws lead to | 1. cheap grain could be imported so people left farms looking for work in the city 2. large movement for parliment to enact free trade agents making manufacturing more important because exporting goods were cheaper |
| what minerals was britain rich in | coal and iron |
| britain had ________ to produce new technologies | incentive |
| created by james hargraves made the production of textiles increasingly faster | spinning jenny |
| invented by james watt used coal and steam to turn turbines to power machines | steam enginene |
| what is the great exhibition of 1851 | world fair britain threw to celebrate the industrial revolution |
| what was the crystal palace | to put britains industrial capacity on display for all to see all had tree to show that britain even masted nature with the industrial revolution |
| when did industrialization move to france | after 1815 then it was slow to adapt because france had lack of coal and iron |
| why were some regions of europe slower to adapt to industrialization | lack of coal and iron. persistance of old economic arrangements |
| who were the krupp family in germany | they began manufacturing weapons then they perfected the process of making steel |
| what was the first real industrial city | Manchester |
| second industrial revolution technology | electrical revolutionized the communications. chemical engineering improved materials, railroads for transportation, internal combustion engine |
| created in 1840 by samul morese was able to send communication across wire in short and long signals | the telegraph |
| vulcanization | was a chemical process that made rubber harder |
| railroads | facilitated urbanization and linked parts of the country to the new economy |
| first revolution was powered by ________ second revolution was powered by ________ | steam , gasoline |
| what did the united states and western europe experience | the long depression |
| what caused the long depression | the scarcity of money government only issued the amount if paper money that repersented the gold |
| what did the long depression increase | unenmpoloyment some corporation tried to create monplies |
| how did government adress the econmic tariffs | with protective tariffs |
| what are protective tariffs | a tax on imports country slaps on important goods so foreign goods are more expensive so people by within their home countries they protect the countries domestic industries |
| industrialization in prussia | had lots of coal and iron, |
| what was the Zolverian Agreement | to lower barriers to trade and to unite the German states economically |
| what was the national system | german industry needed to be protected from birtian |
| what were the working class | the politarian working in the mines and farms migrated from rural eras to urbans areas |
| what was the upper class | the bougerious the owener of the |