Flashcard -The Industrial Revolution Eckert

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A reason some businesses hired children was:

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So they could save money by paying the children less money

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In pre-industrial times (before the industrial revolution), most people lived…

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in rural villages

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The series of laws passed by the British parliament that made large, factory style farms possible by removing p was known as…

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Enclosure Movement

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The agricultural revolution would contribute to…

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Larger populations

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Which term refers to “money to invest in labor, machines and raw materials” necessary to start a factory and industrialize?

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Capital

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The movement of people into cities is called…

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Urbanization

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What is Jacob Riis describing in the quote below?
“Bedrooms in tenements [run down apartments] were dark closets, utterly [completely] without ventilation [windows]. There couldn’t be any. The houses were built like huge square boxes, covering nearly the whole lot. Some light came in at the ends, but the middle was always black.”—Jacob Riis,
*The Battle with the Slum, 1902*

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The poor ventilation and lack of light in tenements

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What was the most important source of power, invented by James Watt, for the early Industrial Revolution?

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the steam engine

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The Industrial Revolution began in this country.

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Great Britain

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What natural resources gave Great Britain an advantage in the Industrial Revolution?

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coal and iron