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1. When did steam powered engines create dense transportation networks?

1765Steam forced a piston to turn a wheel whose rotary motion converted a simple pump into an engine.Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.

2. How did industrialization impact children?

Steam forced a piston to turn a wheel whose rotary motion converted a simple pump into an engine.Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.1765

3. When did James Watt patent an improved steam engine?

Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.1765None of the aboveChildren, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.

4. How did Watt's engine work?

Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.1765Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.Steam forced a piston to turn a wheel whose rotary motion converted a simple pump into an engine.

5. What contribution to the evolving factory system came from American inventor Eli Whitney?

He made the cotton gin in 1793, but that was minor compared to his development of the technique of using machine tools to produce interchangeable parts.1765Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.

6. What did Robert Owen do to advance an equitable society?

Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.1765Transformed a squlish Scottish cotton mill town called New Lanark into a model industrail community with 10 hour workdays, spacious housing, a fairly priced community store, and education for children. (Hooray!) And it was profitable enterprise.Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.

7. Who were industrialization's most vehement critics?

Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.Socialists, who believed that equality should have an economic as well as a political, legal, and social dimension.Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.1765

8. Where did industrialization spread in Europe?

Belgium (coal, iron, textile, glass, armaments) was the earliest continental industrial center. By 1830, France employed 15,000 skilled British workers who helped establish textile and metallurgical industries. Germal coal and iron production soared in the 1840s through the 1850s.Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.1765Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.

9. What did big businesses do to protect their investments?

Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.1765They organized trusts and cartels to control the supply of a product and, as a result, its price in the marketplace

10. What was the basic unit of production in pre-industrialized societies? In industrialized societies?

Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.The family. Then, family members led increasingly separate lives.1765Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.

11. What allowed Great Britain to move toward industrialization before the equally vibrant Chinese economy of the Yangzi Delta?

Easy access to coal deposits and the vast amount of raw material and markets provided by English colonies in the Caribbean and North America.Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.1765

12. What is the factory?

Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.Machines were too expensive to own at home, so workers had to gather to a central location to run the machines.1765

13. When was the Crystal Palace exhibition in London?

17651851Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.

14. When did the British parliament conduct investigations into the conditions of factories?

Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.17651830s and 1840s. Factory Act of 1833 limited child labor to 9 hours (9-13 years) or 12 hours (13-18 years) and demanded two hours of schooling each day. (Ah, when school was the holiday?!)Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.

15. When did Eli Whitney introduce interchangeable parts to the manufacturing process?

17971765Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.

16. What new classes did industrialization promote?

Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.1765Middle class: small business owners, managers, engineers, accountants, professionals and the Working class: factory laborers.Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.

17. Were early industrial cities safe place?

No! Mortality rates exceed birthrates. Only constant stream of new arrivals from the country kept cities growing.Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.1765

18. How long did Great Britain have the corner on industrialization?

Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.1765Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.Half a century...from late eighteenth century to mid nineteenth century, they guarded their machines and experts to sustain their advantage.

19. What is the protoindustrial factory?

1765Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.Centered on the household and usually involved fewer than ten people.Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.

20. How did industrialization, and the resulting increase in standard of living, impact population growth?

European population went from 105 million in 1700 to 180 million in 1800 and 390 million in 1900. In North and South American it went from 13 million in 1700 to 24 million in 1800 to 145 million in 1900.Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.1765

21. What happened to most socialist utopias?

They failed and, given these failures, people looked to the large-scale organization of working people to bring about a just and equitable society.Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.1765

22. How did Watt measure energy?

HorsepowerBetween 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.1765

23. When did socialists first win control of a government?

Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.1917 in the Russian revolution.1765

24. What is the putting-out system?

1765Manufacturers paid individuals to work on materials in their households (and avoided guild restrictions)Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.

25. What did early industrial protest look like?

Children, who had worked for their families in pre-industrial societies, slid into dangerous, difficult factory work, but then, once governments began legislating against abuses, rose into a better status of education. Child labor laws passed in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. Education was mandatory in Britain in 1880s.Between 1830 and 1870, British entrepreneurs laid 13,000 miles of railroads linking industrial centers, coalfields, iron deposits, and port cities throughout the land as well as carrying passengers.1765The Luddites went on a rampage between 1811 AND 1816. They destroyed textile machines that they blamed for low wages and unemployment. They called their leader King Lud, after a boy named Ludlam who broke a knitting frame to spite his father. They wore masks and didn't hurt people and had popular support. But the government hanged 14 Luddites in 1813 and the movement died out.

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