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34 Cards in this Set
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Factors of Production |
Land -Natural Resources Labor -Specialized Workers Capital -Inputs that are used in the production of goods or services in the attempt to make an economic profit |
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Commons |
Small piece of land that is shared by many people |
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Enclosure Acts |
Acts of Parliament which enclosed open fields and common land in the country |
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Crop Rotation |
Rotating crops so the soil won't loose nutrients |
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Seed Drill |
Planted seeds in straight rows |
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Horse-drawn Cultivator |
Plowed fields quickly and efficiently |
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Industrial Revolution |
-A time where industry was quickly increasing -Introduced machinery -Greatly increased the growth of manufactured goods |
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Richard Arkwright
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Invented the Water Frame |
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Spinning Jenny
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-Spun 8-10 threads at a time -Could be used at home |
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Water Frame
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Large machine that used water as its main source of energy |
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Steam Engine |
An engine that used steam to function |
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Entrepreneur |
Someone who operates a business |
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Industrialization |
The act of moving towards cities and factories rather than suburbs and agriculture |
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Tenements
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A room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments. |
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Factory |
Place where goods are created |
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Effects of the Industrialization Revolution |
-Expansion of people in middle class (People moved to England to get jobs) -Machines -Creation of cars (Faster production of goods) |
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Reforms of the Industrial Revolution |
-Abolishment of slavery -Creation of public schooling -Women’s rights |
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Urbanization |
Where people leave farms to go work in the cities |
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Middle Class |
The social group between the upper and working classes |
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Capitalism |
Government where people get paid by the amount of work they do |
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Communism |
All property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs |
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Socialism |
The community should run things |
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Unions |
People who join together to fight for rights |
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Collective Bargaining |
Negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment by an organized group of employees |
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Utilitarianism |
best moral action is the one that maximizes ones state of being |
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Strikes |
When workers blew off their jobs to protest higher pay, better working conditions, or change to their working environment |
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Karl Marx |
Created the idea of Socialism and Communism |
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Adam Smith |
Created the idea of Capitalism and the idea of dividing up labor |
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Horace Mann |
Created Public Schooling |
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Jane Adams |
Helped poor people and immigrants |
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John Stuart Mill |
Created the idea of Utilitarianism |
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William Wilberforce |
Abolished slavery in Britain |
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Emmeline Pankhurst |
Created Women's Rights |
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Robert Owen |
Believed in a healthy and happy environment that would shape individual character along the right social lines. |
