Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
30 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
What was the Agricultural Revolution?
|
Time when farming changed due to improvements,
causing many farmers to leave their farms and work in the cities. |
|
|
What is a peninsulare?
|
penisulare is a colonists born in spain
|
|
|
What is creole?
|
creole are colonists born in Spanish America
|
|
|
Apartments rented out that are run-down and overcrowded
|
Tenement
|
|
|
What does the term textile refer to?
|
Cloth
|
|
|
Organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests
|
Labor Union
|
|
|
When and where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
|
Mid 1700's in England
|
|
|
What were the favorable conditions in Britain and U.S. sparked the industrial revolution?
|
natural resources (rivers, coal, iron ore)
financial systems (banks) political stability Large labor force |
|
|
What is the enclosure movement?
|
Process by which common lands were fenced off into individual plots.
|
|
|
What were the positive effects of the Industrial Revolution?
|
-improvements in agriculture, transportation, communications
-changed where people lived - cities grew - development of the middle class |
|
|
transition from rural to city
|
Urbanization
|
|
|
What were the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution?
|
-inequality between industrialized west & the rest of the world
-need for social reform to protect working women & children and working conditions in general -poor remained poor while rich got richer |
|
|
What was the Industrial Revolution?
|
Era of rapid industrial development (drastic change in industry) that begin in Great Britain.
|
|
|
What were the improvements in transportation?
|
-Water transportation: steam engine
- railrod: steam driven locomotives |
|
|
one of the "means of production" which includes money, equipment, and property
|
Capital
|
|
|
Why were transportation improvements important?
|
-able to transport goods from factories to ports cheaply
- transport agricultural products to distant cities -country people could take city jobs |
|
|
How did the agricultural revolution begin?
|
1st invention - Jethro Tull's seed drill
-farmers were able to get the most out of their land -plant seeds in well placed rows |
|
|
What factors led to the expansion of industry in the U.S. in the 1800's?
|
Britain's blokade of U.S. douring War of 1812 forced U.S. to use its own resources to develop industries to manufacture goods they could no longer import.
|
|
|
What is romantism
|
at the end of the 18th century, another major
movement in the arts and ideas, renewed deep interest in deep emotions and wonders of nature |
|
|
what is realism
|
tried to show life as it was / reflective of the
orderly and rational Age of Reason |
|
|
Prices of goods and services are
determined in a free price system set by supply and demand |
Market Economy or Capitalism
|
|
|
Enormous leap forward in production
of goods - factory made |
Industrial Revolution
|
|
|
fencing off large areas of land to farm
- forcing peasants to the cities |
Enclosure
|
|
|
what is kaiser
|
name for the German emperor
|
|
|
first industry to go into factory production
|
textile industry - making fabrics
|
|
|
Who owns the means of production in a capitalist system?
|
private owned
|
|
|
What is collective bargaining?
|
Negotiation between labor unions and employers.
|
|
|
True or False?
Women and children received the same pay for their work that men did. |
False
Pay fluctuated with age but generally women and children made much less than men. |
|
|
What is a monopoly?
|
A corporation that almost completely controls the
production or sale of a single good or service. |
|
|
What is the law of supply and demand?
|
When there is not enough of an item to
meet the demand, the manufacturer can charge more for the item, and the manufacturer's profits rise. |
