AP Euro: Industrial Revolution Test
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agricultural revolution - The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and
no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering
bourgeoisie - In early modern Europe, the class of well-off town dwellers whose wealth came
from manufacturing, finance, commerce, and allied professions.
Britain's Poor Law Commission - Produced detailed reports on the conditions of industrial cities.
Found out the physically and morally debilitating effects of urban industrial life on the poor
canals - Governments in northern Europe, especially in Britain, built these man-made waterways
in the 1700s and 1800s to benefit commerce. It contributed to the rise of industrialization.
capital - wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human
resources of economic value
Chartism and the People's Charter - The movement of supporters of the People's Charter (drawn
up in Britian in 1838), which sought to transform Britain into a democracy and demanded universal
suffrage for men, vote by secret ballot, equal electoral districts, annual elections, and the elimination of
property qualifications for and the payment of stipends to members of Parliament.
child labor - In the late 1800s a significant portion of the labor force was made up of children
under the age of 15, some as young as 5 years old. These child laborers did not attend school. They
worked in sweat shops which were workshops in tenements rather than factories.
cholera - this disease sweeping through british slums
coal and coke - fuel of the industrial revolution that seemed to be in unlimited quantity and a
derivative of the fuel that was used to make high quality iron
, coal and iron ore - the abundant supply of these items made the making of machines easier
cotton industry - a system of textile manufacturing; spinners and weavers often worked at home;
used raw materials supplied by capitalist entrepreneurs
domestic servants - They are people who work or live in an employer's household; Differing from
serfs and peasants, they receive wages as well as having freedom to leave the job
Edmund Cartwright's power loom - invented in 1787; allowed the weaving of the cloth by water
entrepreneurs - individuals who start new businesses, introduce new products, and improve
management techniques
factory acts - Passed by Parliament in 1819. Forbade employment of children under nine. Limited
work day of children over nine to 12 hours. Banned employment of women/children in mining.
factory discipline - workers were forced to work regular hours in shifts, so machines were running
steadily
George Stephenson's Rocket - This locomotive was used on the first public railway line, which
opened in 1830, extending 32 miles from Liverpool to Manchester. It sped along at 16mph
Great Exhibition of 1851 - In 1851, the British organized the first industrial fair at London in the
Crystal Palace. The fair had 100,000 exhibits that showed a wide variety of products made in the
Industrial Revolution. It was a display of Britain's wealth to the world....
hand-loom weavers - even when the power loom came into production, these continued to do
well because of the inefficiency of the power looms. They died out when they were replaced by big
factories.
Revised Questions and Answers / Sure
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agricultural revolution - The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and
no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering
bourgeoisie - In early modern Europe, the class of well-off town dwellers whose wealth came
from manufacturing, finance, commerce, and allied professions.
Britain's Poor Law Commission - Produced detailed reports on the conditions of industrial cities.
Found out the physically and morally debilitating effects of urban industrial life on the poor
canals - Governments in northern Europe, especially in Britain, built these man-made waterways
in the 1700s and 1800s to benefit commerce. It contributed to the rise of industrialization.
capital - wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human
resources of economic value
Chartism and the People's Charter - The movement of supporters of the People's Charter (drawn
up in Britian in 1838), which sought to transform Britain into a democracy and demanded universal
suffrage for men, vote by secret ballot, equal electoral districts, annual elections, and the elimination of
property qualifications for and the payment of stipends to members of Parliament.
child labor - In the late 1800s a significant portion of the labor force was made up of children
under the age of 15, some as young as 5 years old. These child laborers did not attend school. They
worked in sweat shops which were workshops in tenements rather than factories.
cholera - this disease sweeping through british slums
coal and coke - fuel of the industrial revolution that seemed to be in unlimited quantity and a
derivative of the fuel that was used to make high quality iron
, coal and iron ore - the abundant supply of these items made the making of machines easier
cotton industry - a system of textile manufacturing; spinners and weavers often worked at home;
used raw materials supplied by capitalist entrepreneurs
domestic servants - They are people who work or live in an employer's household; Differing from
serfs and peasants, they receive wages as well as having freedom to leave the job
Edmund Cartwright's power loom - invented in 1787; allowed the weaving of the cloth by water
entrepreneurs - individuals who start new businesses, introduce new products, and improve
management techniques
factory acts - Passed by Parliament in 1819. Forbade employment of children under nine. Limited
work day of children over nine to 12 hours. Banned employment of women/children in mining.
factory discipline - workers were forced to work regular hours in shifts, so machines were running
steadily
George Stephenson's Rocket - This locomotive was used on the first public railway line, which
opened in 1830, extending 32 miles from Liverpool to Manchester. It sped along at 16mph
Great Exhibition of 1851 - In 1851, the British organized the first industrial fair at London in the
Crystal Palace. The fair had 100,000 exhibits that showed a wide variety of products made in the
Industrial Revolution. It was a display of Britain's wealth to the world....
hand-loom weavers - even when the power loom came into production, these continued to do
well because of the inefficiency of the power looms. They died out when they were replaced by big
factories.
