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19 Cards in this Set
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What was the last great revolution that affected Europe?
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The Industrial Revolution
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What was one of the prerequisites for the Industrial Revolution?
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The Agricultural Revolution, where there was an opitimazation of 300% of the crop turnover within Britain.
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Why was Britain able to start the Agricultural revolution?
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-Had a stable government
-Numerous economic freedoms -A tremendous amount of available capital -Well developed and central banking system -Mobile population -Easy access to water -Rich with coal and iron -Plenty of colonies -Control of the seas -Damp climate |
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What were the three stages of the Industrial Revolution?
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-The birth and growth of mills and factories
-Urbanization of the population -Massively increased production |
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What was Great Famine of 1845-1849?
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Also know as Irish Potato Famine, where During the Famine, Ireland's population decreased substaintatially due to the fact that Ireland had a dependency of the potato crop
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Impoverished farmers became known as what, becoming known as protesters in southern England (1820s) Protesting against threshing machines; burned barns and haystacks, due to low pay, and horrible treatment?
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“Captain Swing” Protestors
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What were some of the long term effects of the industrial revolution?
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-Less people were involved in agriculture
-By 1870, England produces 300% more than in 1700 -Only 14% of the population worked on the land -Larger percentage is free to engage in industrial work -Creates a new type of economy that was impossible in a purely agricultural economy |
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What was the main cause for the Industrial Revolution?
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The creation of New inventions caused a need for new invetions.
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What was the Fly shuttle?
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It allowed one person to weave cloth instead of two; invented by John Kay (1733)
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What was the Spinning Jenny?
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It spead up the creation of yarn; Invented by James Hargreaves (c. 1764)
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What was the Water Frame?
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This allowed for not only the spinning of multiple threads, but was powered by water instead of human power; invented by Richard Arkwright (1769)
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What was the Spinning Mule
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-Combined the spinning Jenny and the water frame
-Produced high quality thin yarns that could be used in multiple textile industries, not just cotton; Invented by Samuel Crompton (1779) |
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What is the Power Loom?
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- a changed design of the water frame by allowing it to be
powered by steam engine instead of water, invented by Edmund Cartwright (1785) |
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What was Factory Act of 1802?
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Factory Act of 1802-
-This prevented children under the age of 9 from working in the factories -It also limited the amount of hours children could work to no more than 12 hours a day -Provided some education for children |
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What was the act that prohibited night work for anyone under the age of 21?
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Labor in Cotton Mills Act of 1831
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What was important of the Labor of Children in Factories Act of 1833?
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Required 2 hours a day of education for children workers
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Which act limited the daily hours of children between the ages of 9-13 to six hours a day
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Factory Act of 1844
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Why was the Factory Act of 1847 known as the “Ten Hour Bill”?
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limited the work days to 10 hours for women and children under 18
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What was the division of the world's economy?
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Europe as the core, Producers of manufactured goods (Europe)
-Suppliers of raw materials and buyers of finish goods (everyone else) |
