What is an entrepreneur?

a person who finds business opportunities & new ways to make profits

money used to invest in labor, people or factories

What is the Factory System

Production shifting from home to the factory

During the 19th C. which change led to an increase in the use of child labor?

The development of the factory system

developed a process for making steel from iron

What is the puddling process?

converted pig iron to wrought iron

Which statement best describes the effects of the industrial revolution on families?

family based cottage industries were weakened

What is Louis Pasteur known for?

scientist who discovered that bacteria could make people sick

The factory created a new labor system in which

workers had to work long hours and perform repetitive tasks

What is meant by the Cottage Industry?

a method where tasks are done by individuals in their homes

The Factory Act did all of these except:

Decrease the output of pollution

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1
What did Harry Cort invent?
The process process
The puddling process
The Industrial Process
The Bessemer Process
2
What did Edmund Cartwright invent?
The Spinning Jenny
The puddling process
The vaccine
The first power loom
3
What is James Hargreaves known for:
Develop the Small pox vaccination process
author of the wealth of nations
founding figure of communism
invented the spinning jenny
4
Adam Smith
Wrote the Wealth of Nations
invented the spinning jenny
Founding figure of Socialism
Founding figure of Communism
5
What is an entrepreneur?
A person who finds new stocks & advertises them
a person who finds business opportunities & new ways to make profits
A person who is an assistant to the Prime Minister
A person who finds seashells and collects them
6
Edward Jenner
discoverd bacteria
Author of the Wealth of Nations
invented the spinning jenny
invented the smallpox vaccine
7
What did James Watt improve upon?
The puddling process
The Power Loom
The Steam Engine
changing steel to iron
8
capital is:
a person that owns a business
the raw materials needed to produce something
money used to invest in labor, people or factories
the biggest city in the state
9
Which Economic System relies upon supply and demand and privately owned businesses
Socialism
Democracy
Free Enterprise
Capitalism
10
What is the Factory System
Production shifting from home to the factory
Where Willy Wonka lives
What the Terminator warned us about
Farming in the cottages
11
During the 19th C. which change led to an increase in the use of child labor?
The rise of wages for skilled labor
the expansion of large cities
The creation of the public welfare system
The development of the factory system
12
In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
The United States
England
Italy
France
13
Henry Bessemer
invented the spinning jenny
developed a process for making steel from iron
discovered bacteria
founded communism
14
These are all causes of the Industrial Revolution in England except:
overseas markets
natural resources
Military alliances
Technological advances
15
No private ownership of business. thought the working class would rise up
Communism
Ismismism
Socialism
Capitalism
16
Which two natural resources were the backbone of the Industrial Revolution?
wood and peat
cotton and tobacco
coal and iron
oil and natural gas
17
These were all social changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution except:
urbanization
The working class
pollution
population growth
18
Karl Marx
Founding Figure of Socialism
Founding figure of Capitalism
Founding figure of Communism
invented the spinning jenny
19
He built the first steam locomotive
Richard Trevithick
Edward Jenner
Henry Bessemer
Joe Biden
20
What is the puddling process?
Converted Iron to Steel
converted pig iron to wrought iron
converted vegetables to chocolate
converted steel to iron
21
What was the first industry to adopt the factory system on a large scale during the industrial revolution?
cotton and textiles
firearms
luxury
agriculture
22
Private ownership of business with little government involvement
Daoism
Communism
Socialism
Capitalism
23
The harsh conditions created by the Industrial Revolution gave rise to
the Iron Workers' Revolt of 1886
the organization of charitable groups
a movement towards socialism
government oversight of factories
24
Which statement best describes the effects of the industrial revolution on families?
famlies were hired as a group in local industries
families returned to a primary focus on domestic goods
family based cottage industries were weakened
families struggled to share household responsibilities
25
What is Louis Pasteur known for?
founding figure of communism
Developed a process of making steel from iron
scientist who discovered that bacteria could make people sick
invented the spinning jenny
26
The factory created a new labor system in which
chidlren were valued more highly than the machines
workers had to work long hours and perform repetitive tasks
products were produced by an assembly line of workers and animals
workers had to adjust to periods of hectic work followed by idle periods
27
What did Robert Fulton invent?
first paddle wheel steamboat
Smallpox Vaccine
The Steam locomotive
Puddling Process
28
What is meant by the Cottage Industry?
Making cottage Cheese
Working in factories away from home
a method where tasks are done by individuals in their homes
living in cottages
29
The Factory Act did all of these except:
limited the hours children could work
Decrease the output of pollution
reduced child labor
Set the minimum age to work at 9
30
Process where labor unions and factory workers negotiate wages, safety, and other work related issues.
Capitalism
Communism
Enclosure Movement
collective bargaining

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