Industrial Revolution
In the ________ __________, millions of families went to the cities where they had to work to make enough money to support the family, but
unlike life on the farms, the parents often worked in different factories. Children often worked in factories as well, separating the family.
Industrial Revolution
The _______ ___________ was used for more than just transportation. It was also the catalyst of the factory system, generating enough
power to run huge machines that humans operated in assembly line fashion.
Steam engine
Under this policy, nations acquired incredible wealth by colonizing regions with natural resources, then taking those resources without
compensating the natives and sending the resources back to Europe, where they were made into finished products.
mercantilism
In 1776, this person wrote in the Wealth of Nations that economic prosperity and fairness is achieved through private ownership. Individuals should own the means
of production and sell their products and services for a fee on the open market, where the demand for their goods and services would their prices and availability.
Adam Smith
This person did not believe that the factory workers had genuine opportunities. He believed that they
were being exploited and that this exploitation was an inevitable consequence of the capitalist
industrialization.
Karl Marx
Karl Marx wrote that the working class would
eventually revolt and take control of the means of
production. What was its name of this work?
The Communist Manifesto
What country would have the first successful
Communist Revolution in 1917?
Russia
#3 In 1701, something called the seed drill was invented by a scientific farmer named __________. His machine pushed seeds deep into the soil in well spaced rows.
a) Elijah McCoyb) Eli Whitneyc) Jetrho Tulld) John Kay
#5 The Industrial Revolution began in
a) Great Britainb) United Statesc) Franced) Germany
#6 In 1764, the _________was invented by James Hargreaves, it could spin 8 or more spools of yarn at a time.
a) Power loomb) Spinning Jennyc) Bessemer Processd) Cotton Gin
a) Power loomb) Spinning Jennyc) Bessemer Processd) Cotton Gin
#7 Then in 1785, the __________ was invented. It used water power to weave cloth, and it did this fast. With this invention, more cotton was needed.
#8 In 1793,______________, an American, invented the cotton gin. This invention pulled the seeds out quick, and could do the work of fifty people.
a) Elijah McCoyb) Eli Whitneyc) Jetrho Tulld) John Kay
a) Internal combustible engine
b) Refrigeratorc) Electric
generatord) Steam engine
#9 In 1769, James Watt figured out how to build a ___________________. It needed coal to run, and could work anywhere. So pretty soon the factories could be located anywhere.
#10 Patented in 1855, this was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron.
a) Power loomb) Spinning
Jennyc) Bessemer
Processd) Steel Loom
a) John Deereb) Christopher
Sholesc) Cyrus
McCormickd) Henry
Bessemer
#11 Inventor of the 1831 mechanical reaper. It was a machine made for cutting wheat fast, rather than by hand like people had done for thousands of years.
#14 In the 1860’s __________________ he discovered that bacteria was what caused many diseases. He found out that heat could kill bacteria. His ideas helped make milk safer to drink.
a) Louis Pasteurb) Pierre Curiec) Marie Curied) Edward Jenner
#15 He developed the smallpox vaccination
a) Louis Pasteurb) Pierre Curiec) Marie Curied) Edward Jenner
#16 In this class were factory owners, business managers, merchants, investors, doctors, and lawyers.
a) Lower Classb) Middle Classc) Upper Classd) None of the above
#17 This capitalist philosopher believed that, if only government did not interfere, the free enterprise system could work automatically. He presented the classic expression of that view in his book, The Wealth of Nations, in 1776.
a) Karl Marxb) Frederick Engelsc) Adam Smithd) None of the above
#18 An Economic theory that holds that government should play a very limited, hands off role in society. Because when all individuals are free to pursue their own private interests, an “invisible hand” works to promote the general welfare.
a) Bolshevik Communismb) Constitutional Monarchyc) Laissez-faire capitalismd) None of the Above
#20 The Communist Manifesto (1848) was written by _______________ and _________________. This writing first set out the basic concepts of communism, a collectivist ideology, which calls for the collective, or state, ownership of land and other productive property.
a) Karl Marx and Adam Smithb) Karl Marx and Frederick
Engelsc) Adam Smith and Frederick
Engelsd) None of the above