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Page 33: Industrial Revolution through Conservative vs. Liberal

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The latest development in the early 1800's:Steam-powered machines doing work for people.
Why the Industrial Revolution started in England:They had a large supply of coal near the surface.
First use for the steam engine?To pump water out of coal mines.
Result of steam engine clearing coal mines of water?More coal. Duh.
First factories were for making this:Textiles (cloth)
Positive effects of machine powered production of goods:They became cheaper, raising the standard of living.
Result of people's skills being outdated:They needed to look for work, often in city factories.
Negative effects of people moving to the city to find factory work?Crowding, filth, disease, unemployment among men (they cost more to employ) bad working conditions, children used for labor (they were cheap), pollution of air and waterways.
These were the densely populated housing buildings built for factory workers:Tenements
Lack of sewage treatment leads to:Quick spread of disease.
Economic philosophy based on cooperation and sharing of wealth:Socialism
Father of Socialism:Karl Marx
Statement that sums up Socialism:"From each according to their ability, to each according to their need."
Why Socialist ideas became popular during the Industrial Revolution:A relative few people owned most of the wealth and means of production, while the majority was poor and living in horrible conditions.
Social term for those who own and control everything:Bourgeoisie
Socialist term for the workers who are exploited by the wealthy:Proletariat
Style of painting using short, choppy strokes of color, creating "impressions" of an image.Impressionism
Impressionist painter known for painting water lillies:Monet
Impressionis painter known for painting ballet dancers:Degas
Impressionist painter known for Pointellism:Seurat
Meeting of "Great Powers" of Europe:Congress of Vienna
Purpose of Congress of Vienna?To undo Napoleon's changes, maintain peace and balance of powers between countries (not let one country become too powerful.
People who resist change, tend to want to keep things as they are:Conservatives
People who tend to welcome change, new methods of improving society:Liberals
Liberals tend to be:Less wealthy, more diverse, more female
Conservatives tend to be:Wealthy, male, in power.
Political "right"Conservative
Political "left"Liberal
Invention responsible for changing the style of painting from realism to Impressionism:The camera
What Karl Marx predicted would happen to Capitalism:The proletariat would VIOLENTLY overthrow the bourgeoisie and take over the means of production - sharing everything


Valle Crucis 7th and 8th Grades
Valle Crucis School
NC

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