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Industrial Revolution Test
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10th Grade
11/29/2006

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Adam Smith
Definition
Defended economic freedom(capitalism). Wrote "The Wealth of the Nations". Created three natural laws of economics:
self-interest- ppl work for their own good
competition- competition forces ppl to make better production
supply+demand- enough goods would be produced at the lowest possible price to meet market econ
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boycott
Definition
abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with something
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capitalism
Definition
economic system in which factors of production are privately owned (profit driven).
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Changes in transport
Definition
steam engine= steam boats (Watt)
railroad = more imports/exports (McAdams)
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Collective bargaining
Definition
negotiations between organized workers and their employers
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Communism
Definition
A form of complete socialism in which means of production would be owned by the people
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Communist Manifesto
Definition
Book supporting communism written by Karl Marx and
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Corporation
Definition
A business owned by stockholders who share in its profits
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crop rotation
Definition
planting different crops on different years to recycle soil nutrients
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David Ricardo
Definition
British economist who supported Adam Smith's economic theories of capitalism. His ideas were the foundation of laissez-faire capitalism.
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Enclosure Movement
2 results?
Definition
Wealthy landowners bought land from village farmers and experimented with more productive seeding and harvesting methods to boost crop yields.
1. new agricultural methods
2. forced small farmers to become tenant farmers or move to the cities.
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England first to industrialize. why?
Definition
-large population
-lots of natural resources:
-water power and coal to fuel machines
-iron ore to construct machines, tools, buildings
-rivers for inland transportation
-harbors from which merchant ships set sail
-good economic system(loans)
-political stability
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Entrepreneur
Definition
a person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risks of a business.
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factors of production
Definition
The resources needed to produce goods. i.e. land, labor, capital.
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factory
Definition
large buildings with machines to produce certain goods
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Freiderich Engels
Definition
wrote communist manifesto with Marx
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Industrialization
Definition
the process of developing machine production of goods
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Industrialization in Belgium
Definition
Had rich deposits of iron and coal. Also had fine waterways which allowed for easy trade.
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Industrialization in Germany
Definition
Economic Isolation and scattered resources disallowed countrywide industrialization. Had coal rich places (Ruhr Valley) prospered. Imported British Workers
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Industrialization in Italy
Definition
specialized in silk spinning
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Industrialization in France
Definition
It was measured and controlled because they had a strong agricultural economy.
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Industrialization in Austria-Hungary
Definition
Too many mountains led to inability of railroad= no industrialization.
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Industrialization in Japan
Definition
Government supported the development of industries and imperialism. Companies such as Mitsubishi still exist.
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Industrialization in Spain
Definition
Lacked good roads and waterways for canals = no industrialization.
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Jeremy Bentham
Definition
modified ideas of Adam Smith to create utilitarianism. Believed people should judge ideas, etc. based on their usefulness. (1700s)
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John Stuart Mill
Definition
Led the utilitarian movement in 1800s. Questioned unregulated capitalism.
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Karl Marx
Definition
wrote communist manifesto and supported communism. Argued human classes were always divided into warring classes i.e. middle class "haves" = employers= bourgeoisie vs. workers "have nots" = proletariat.
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Laissez Faire
Definition
econ policy of letting owners of industry and business set working conditions without interferences (gov't).
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Middle Class
Definition
Upper middle class = gov't employees, doctors, lawyers, and mangers of factories, mines, and shops.
Lower middle class= factory overseers and skilled workers such as toolmakers, mechanical drafters, and printers.
(All enjoyed comfortable standard of living).
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Negative effects of Industrialization
Definition
Rapid growth = unplanned growth which made it an unhealthy place for the poor. Also caused child labor and bad working conditions.
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Positive effects
Definition
1.increased production
2. better product quality
3. more jobs
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Realism
Definition
The representation in art or literature of objects, actions, or social conditions as they actually are, without idealization or presentation in abstract form.
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Romanticism
Definition
arts and literature with emphasis on the individual's expression of emotion and imagination, departure from the attitudes and forms of classicism, and rebellion against established social rules and conventions.
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Social Democracy
Definition
A political theory advocating the use of democratic means to achieve a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism.
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Socialism
Definition
Factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all.
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Spinning Mule
Definition
made thread faster and with better quality (Crompton).
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Stock
Definition
certain rights of ownership
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strike
Definition
refusing to work/rebel for a cause
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sustainable development
Definition
methods of creating economic growth which protect the environment, relieve poverty, and do not destroy natural capital in the short term at the expense of long term development.
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Thomas Malthus
Definition
argued that population tended to increase more rapidly than the food supply and that without wars and epidemics to kill off the extra people, most were destined to be por and miserable.
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union
Definition
voluntary labor associations
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urbanization
Definition
city building and the movement of people to cities.
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utopianism
Definition
idealistic and impractical social theory.
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War of 1812's effects on industrialization
Definition
liberated American economy from British rule and allowed them to produced their own goods.
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William Willberforce
Definition
against slave trade.
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