Question | Answer |
Richard Arkwright | Invented water frame spinning machine |
Henry Cort | Refined iron from pig iron to wrought iron Made the Puddling process |
James Watt | Invented the steam engine |
William Murdoch | 1st steam engine prototype |
Richard Trethevick | made the 1st train to run on tracks 10 miles |
George Stephenson | 1st Public Railroad Invents the Rocket |
Cornelius Vanderbilt | Richest family in America |
Andrew Carnegie | Made money from steel corporation used money for education but treated his workers very badly |
John Rockfeller | Oil/Petroleum believed that education was meant to produce more useful workers |
Michael Sadler | Got labour laws passed through Parliament Sadler Report |
Edwin Chadwick | Urban reformer Report on the Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain |
John Snow | Made a map showing where Cholera were frequently killing people Found the source of the disease |
Robert Owen | Cotton manufacturer, Utopian socialist tried to make New harmony but failed |
Karl Marx/Freidrich Engels | Worked together to make the Communist Manifesto, all the while not really knowing the workers well |
Adam Smith | Wealth of Nations Praised capitalists |
Factory System | Used machines and division for labor |
Capitalists | People who have money usually factory owners |
Great Exhibition | Exhibited UK's advancements in technology |
Crystal Palace | Where the Great Exhibition took place made out of glass |
Poor Law Commision | Detailed reports of working class bad for workers |
Luddites | Attacked/destroyed machines, but it didn't really affect Industrial Revolution |
Chartists | Aimed to achieve political democracy, voting rights for men |
Trade Unions | Looked to gain decent wages strikes = not working |
Utopian socialists | People who wanted equality wanted to create a new community |
Bourgeoisie | Middle class |
Porletariat | Working class |
Agricultural Calendar | 44 holidays + 50 Sundays = 94 days/year more rest in winter |
Sadler Report | Physically brought workers into parliament and argued for Labour Laws |
1832 Cholera Pamphlet | The creators didn't know the cause of Cholera Blamed the poor for not being sanitised |
John Snow's Cholera Map | Showed to places where Cholera is most crowded, and pinpointed the cause to be dirty water in the Broad Street Pump |
Communist Manifesto | talks about Class Conflict, and predicts that the Proletariats will come on top encouraged the working class to revolt |
Wealth of Nations | A book praising communists and the industry-based economy |
Textile Industry | Cloth is made by machines thanks to Arkwright and James Watt |
Iron Industry | Henry Cort invents "puddling" which makes iron cheaper and stronger |
Transportation | Trains are the main transportation at this time |
Coal Industry | Child labour to mine coal in very cramped tunnels |
Capitalism | A system when there's more profit in individuals rather than the government |
Factory Act of 1833 | Age limit, work hours, child labours decreased, and women labour increased |
Public Health Act | 1848 National Board of Health Public health boards Modern Sanitary systems |
Utopian Socialism | Everyone shares his/her profit equal community |
Communism/revolutionary socialism | everyone shares and people only take what is needed |
"Gospel of Wealth" | People with lots of money should use their money for the good of humanity |
Chartism | Political movement, but fails political democracy rights to vote(men only) |
Labour law | Laws limiting the kinds of people and how long child labour X working hours etc. |
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