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Identify the two results of the enclosure movement
Landowners tried new agricultural methods. Large landowners forced small farmers to become tenant farmers or to give up farming and move to cities.
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Identify the two results of the enclosure movement
Landowners tried new agricultural methods. Large landowners forced small farmers to become tenant farmers or to give up farming and move to cities.
Thomas Newcome:
Steam engine
Robert Fulton:
Steamboat
Richard Trevithick:
Locomotive
George Stephenson:
Railroads
Wealthy textile merchants set up machines in large buildings called ___________.
factories
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Identify the two results of the enclosure movement | Landowners tried new agricultural methods. Large landowners forced small farmers to become tenant farmers or to give up farming and move to cities. |
Thomas Newcome: | Steam engine |
Robert Fulton: | Steamboat |
Richard Trevithick: | Locomotive |
George Stephenson: | Railroads |
Wealthy textile merchants set up machines in large buildings called ___________. | factories |
A person who takes on the risks of a business is called a(n) _______________. | entrepreneur |
The growth of the factory system led to ____________, which is city building and the movement of people to cities. | urbanization |
Factories developed in clusters because they were built near ____________________________. | sources of energy, such as water and coal. |
Merchants and factory owners were part of a growing ________________ that became wealthy as a result of industrialization. | middle class |
Some factory owners, merchants, and investment bankers grew wealthier than the _________ and __________. | landowners and aristocrats |
Poor workers saw little improvement in their lives and some workers, such as the __________, smashed the machines they thought were taking their jobs. | Luddites |
List five positive effects of the Industrial Revolution: | It created jobs for workers. It contributed to the wealth of the nation. It fostered technological progress and invention. Increased the production of goods and raised the standard of living. It provided the hope of improving people's lives. |
Laborers eventually won _________________ | higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions. |
The _____________, passed in 1819, restricted working age and hours, but children still did heavy work in factories for years afterward. | first Factory Act |
The term _______________ refers to the economic policy of letting owners of industry and business set working conditions without interference. | "laissez faire" |
____________ defended the idea of a free economy, or _________ in his book The Wealth of Nations. | Adam Smith, laissez faire |
______________ is an economic system in which money is invested in business ventures with the goal of making a profit. | Capitalism |
_______________ argued that the government should actively plan the economy rather than depending on free-market capitalism to do the job. | Socialism |
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote _________________ | "Communist Manifesto." |
Marx said human societies have always been divided into warring classes. These were the______, the middle class, and the ___________, or workers. | "haves", bourgeoisie |