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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Enclosure Movement | When large companies bough out all of the small farmers land so they could maximize production |
| Domestic System | Idea developed by entrepeneurs to have work done in the country side where auplies are given to rural families so they can do work at home |
| Factory System | Brought machines and people to work in the same place in order to manufacture goods and products |
| Urbinization | Bringing people to cities as apposed to bringing the products to t he countryside. |
| Bessemer Process | Blasting cold air into steel to purify it and make it stronger |
| Puddling Process | Developed by Cort, in which molten iron is stirred with a long rod to allow impurities to burn own |
| Interchangeable Parts | Where all parts are made exacly the same in order to make repairs easier, developed by Eli Whitney |
| Assembly Line | Introduce by Henry Ford in 1914. Each person has one job to assemble a part, as the product moves down a line |
| Mass Production | Enabled by assembly line, and interchangeable parts, to meet the needs of the growing population |
| Vertical Integration | A monopoly of the companies that lead to a final product . |
| Effects of Industrialization | People moved to the cities, populations rapidly grew and more people had become wage earners as apposed to self employed workers and artisans |
| Population Explosion | Was caused by improvement of diets during the agricultural revolution as well as medical discoveries and better public sanitation. |
| Problems of Growing Cities | Living conditions grew worse, disease spread in overcrowded city slums, inadequate water and sanitation system |
| Factory Work Days | Lasted from 12 to 16 hours 6 days a week, with no leaves. Very unhealthy and dangerous places to work |
| Woman and Children | In high demand because the worked for lower wages, children started work at as young as 5 years old. |
| Beneficiaries of the Industrial Revolution | The middle class benefited the most from the revolution |
| Factory Act | Passed in 1833, which limited the working day for children. Kids ages 9 to 13 could not work for more than 8 hours a day and for kids 14 to 18 the limit was 12 hours a day. |
| Mines Act | Passed in 1842, Making it illegal for women to work in mines as well as 13 the minimum age for hiring boys |
| Ten Hours Act | All women and children under 18 could not work for more than 10 hours. In 1874, the ten hour day was extended to all workers |
| Labor Unions | Associations of workers joined to get better wages, hours and working conditions. Sought of as dangerous by the government |
| Combination Act (made) | Passed in 1799 and 1800 by parliament outlawing labor unions |
| Combination Act (revoked) | The combination act was repealed in the 1820's although workers weren't allowed to picket or strike |
| 1914 | Workers enjoyed better stander of living, as well as their children who had free public schools and better living conditions. |
| The Scientific Revolution | Followed the Industrial Revolution where many inventions and scientific knowledge was gained |
| Space Exploration | Began in October 1957 when the Soviet Union Launched the first satellite, Sputnik I |
| Explorer I | The first American space craft sent into orbit in 1958 |
| Yuri Gagarin | First person sent into orbit, in 1961 |
| Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin | First Men on the mood, were in Apollo 11 |
| Voyager II | First ship out of solar system |
| Computer Revolution | Started during the 1940's after Howard Aiken developed the first workable digital computer. |
| Transistors | Developed in 1947, devices used to control little electrical currents. |
| Antibiotics | Developed after Alexander Flemming discovered that penicillin kills bacteria |
| Vaccines | Developed in the late 1700's to fight viruses, however viruses had never been seen before the electron microscope was invented in the 1930's. |
| Rachel Carson | Author of "A Silent Spring" |
| Green Revolution | When crop products were tripled by new advances in farming technology |
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