Industrial Revolution Part 1
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KatieCourt on February 15, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Conceptual Revolution | Paradigm shift changes patterns and ways of life |
| Enclosure Movement | Allowed the fencing off of land in England with no religious backlash |
| Cottage System (Domestic System) | work is done at home, labor only done if worker wants to, industrial specializations (sell surplus if wanted) |
| Factory System | workers are brought together under one roof, work time is regulated with the sun First Industry - textiles |
| Why England first? | aggressive entrepreneurship, advanced agriculture,migratory population (urban). coal |
| James Watt | invented steam engine in England |
| Completion | Great Britain [120 yrs] France + low countries [60 yrs] US [1790] German States [50 yrs] Japan [35 yrs] |
| Samuel Slater | English factory worker who builds first factory in America by memory |
| Urbanization | process of growing cities in conjunction with the Industrial Revolution |
| Urbanization Issues | public health, housing, public safety, crime |
| Outcomes | increase in leisure time (vacation) public enjoyment of art, organized sports, theme parks, and restaurants |
| Nationalism | concept of "national pride". outgrowth of French Revolution, tied to natural perspectives in language and culture |
| Eugene delacroix | artist of "Liberty Leading the People" |
| Zero-Sum Game | defined by a winner |
| Zero Non-Some Game | does not effect others (no winner) |
| Living Standards | gap between rich and poor widens goes from pyramid to hourglass hardest hit groups are women and children |
| Women Classes | 1. get married 2. hired as housekeeper/nanny 3. work in factory 4. prostitution (quadruples in urban areas) 1/100 women die in childbirth |
| Working Conditions | workers at mercy of factory manager dangerous jobs went to children |
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