FLASHCARDS Industrial Revolution

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What was the primary purpose of the Enclosure Movement in agriculture?

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To increase farm outputs through larger, more easily cultivated fields

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Which invention revolutionized industry and transportation during the Industrial Revolution?

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The steam engine

Front

Which country broke Britain's monopoly on industrial technology?

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Belgium

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What was a common living condition for workers in industrial cities?

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Tenements

Front

Who is associated with the economic theory of capitalism?

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Adam Smith

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What did David Ricardo's "Iron Law of Wages" claim about the poor?

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They had little chance to escape poverty

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Which religious movement was associated with the working class during the Industrial Revolution?

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Methodism

Front

Who identified the bacterium that causes tuberculosis?

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Robert Koch

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Which economic theory is associated with Robert Owen?

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Socialism

Front

What is the key idea of communism as proposed by Karl Marx?

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A classless society where means of production are owned in common for the good of all