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IndustrialRevolution
Causes, Effects and key events of the Industrial Revolution
clue | Answer |
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fenced off common land that had previously been open to all people (common lands) | enclosure movement |
money used for investment | capital |
business owners willing to take risks to make a profit | entrepreneurs |
why the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain | land, labor, capital |
idea that the government should not interfere in the economy | laissez-faire |
system where goods were made in the homes (pre-industrial revolution | domestic system |
rapid growth of cities (effect of the IR) | urbanization |
system in which individuals own the means of production (private ownership of business)and supply and demand determines prices, wages, etc. | capitalism |
industrial middle class | bourgeoisie |
industrial working class (conditions worsened as a result of the Industrial Revolution) | proletariat |
economic system in which the government owns the means of production | socialism |
author of the Wealth of Nations who wrote about laissez-faire and capitalism | Adam Smith |
economic system in which there are no social classes, no government, no private property and class antagonisms no longer exist | communism |
Written by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels b/c of the effects of the Industrial Revolution | Communist Manifesto |
In reaction to poor working conditions, workers formed these which allowed for collective bargaining, etc. | labor unions |
Economic system where most people farm, they barter for goods, and sons often "inherit" the occupations of their fathers. This type of economy was very local | traditional economy |
major advances in agriculture that meant that fewer farmers were needed and provided the labor force for the Industrial Revolution | Second Agrarian Revolution |
group who attempted to sabotage and destroy textile machinery in response to the idea that machines were replacing workers. | Luddites |
refusal to work | strike |
negotiations between an employer and the union representatives for their workers | collective bargaining |
an action where workers refuse to work but also refuse to leave their work station until a settlement is reached | sit down strike |
a series of laws in England that mainly focused on limiting the hours and types of jobs for children, and eventually women | Factory Acts |
Committee that heard testimony on child labor and issued a report to Parliament about the child labor issue | Sadler Committee |
author of the Communist Manifesto and the father of communism. Believed that the proletariat would overthrow the bourgeoisie in a violent revolution and set up a society with no social classes, no government and no private property. | Karl Marx |