A | B |
James Watt | invented efficient steam engine |
Henry Bessemer | invented process to make steel cheap |
Eli Whitney | invented cotton gin (cotton cheap) |
Replaces cottage industry | factory system |
cottage industry | make textiles at home |
factory system | products made fast and cheap |
enclosure movement | British close off common lands |
effects of enclosure movement | many poor farmers move to cities for work |
three top industries during Ind. Rev. | steel, iron, cotton textile, |
industrialization creates need for | raw materials (in Asia/Africa) |
European powers want to access | new markets to sell factory goods |
Great Britain | industrial revolution starts here |
key British resources | coal and iron ore |
Edward Jenner | developed smallpox vaccine |
Louis Pasteur | discovered bacteria |
urbanization | cities grow (factories) |
standard of living | how much people can buy increases |
labor union | formed to improve working conditions |
transportation improves | steam ships and better roads lowers trade costs |
environmental pollution | negative effect of industrialization |
Effects of child labor laws | lead to schools (education) |
middle class grows | factory owners and managers make more money |
Cotton gin increased this | demand for slave labor |
British and U.S. outlaw this | slave trade, then slavery |
Benefits of child labor | kept costs low, profits high |
factories | had harsh working conditions |
men compete against for wages | women and children |
controled lives of laborers (workers) | factory and mine owners |
family based (home) industry | cottage industry |