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medical anesthetic used to relieve pain when being operated on
anesthetic
taking away land and combining the small land to make larger farms
enclosure
perfected the steam engine
James Watt
Removing iron from its ore
smelt
Which statement best describes the Industrial Revolution
there was a gradual change in the way people lived and worked
The Industrial Revolution began in
Britain
Charles Townshend and Jethro Tull were
developers of new agriculture techniques
What is one way agriculture contributed to population growth
it created a surplus of food
How did enclosure affect British farmers
Many farmers lost farms and moved to cities
What was one of the major uses of high quality iron
to make railroads
money used to invest
capital
cottage industry
putting out system
someone who assumes the risk of starting a business
entrepreneur
a type of business organization
enterprise
Invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
For what two reasons did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain
Britain had plentiful natural resources and easy access to the sea
what effect did new machine technology have on the putting-out system?
it ended the putting-out system
the flying shuttle and spinning jenny were technological advances in
the textile industry
in transportation, steam power was used to operate
locomotives
movement of people to cities
Urbanization
small apartments where most poor workers lived
tenement
union of workers they often wanted change
labor union
what caused the growth of cities during the Industrial Revolution
need for factory workers
those who benefited most from the industrial revolution were
entrepreneurs
Luddites, who smashed machines in britain, were groups of
textile workers
why did factory owners often prefer to hire women
women could be paid less then men
what was one hazard of working in textile factories
air filled with lent
in the 1830s and 1840s, british inspectors made sure that
labor laws were followed
one positive effect of the industrial revolution was
a rise in wages
a political ideology of a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism
social democracy
saw history as a series of class struggles
Karl Marx
the working class
proletariat
system in which the people, not the government, own and operate businesses.
socialism
"the greatest happiness for the greatest number" is a focus of
utilitarianism
utopian who supported labor unions
robert owen
advocated the idea that the goal of society should be "the greatest happiness for the greatest number" of its citizens.
jeremy bentham
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