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    NOTE: Since the back of the pages are printed in reverse order (last page is printed first), keep the pages in the same order as they were after Step 1. Also, be sure to feed the pages in the same direction as you did in Step 1.
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21 notecards = 6 pages (4 cards per page)

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Industrial Revolution

front 1

entrepreneur

back 1

person who assumes all financial risk in starting a business (business man)

front 2

labor union

back 2

An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members

front 3

urbanization

back 3

movement of people from rural areas (country) to the cities

front 4

enterprise

back 4

business organization in a specific area, such as shipping, mining, railroads, or factories

front 5

Why the Industrial Revolution began in Britain

back 5

natural resources, coal and iron
rivers for transportation and power
ready work force (people willing to work)
high demand for goods
increased population
capital (money used for investment)
stable government

front 6

James Watt

back 6

Improved the steam engine

front 7

6 effects of the Agricultural Revolution

back 7

Increased population
Increase in life expectancy
Decrease in farming jobs available
People move to cities in search of work
Better hygiene and sanitation
Decline in famine(hunger)

front 8

6 social impacts of the Industrial Revolution

back 8

Urbanization
Poor living conditions-tenements
Bad working conditions
Child labor
Rise of labor unions
Growth of a middle class

front 9

positives of factory work

back 9

-people could earn money

front 10

5 negatives of factory work

back 10

-poor working conditions
-long hours
-low pay
-dangerous jobs
-mistreatment of children

front 11

cottage/domestic system

back 11

goods made by hand in the home

front 12

Henry Bessemer

back 12

This man revolutionized the way to manufacture steel by making the process quicker and more efficient

front 13

Eli Whitney

back 13

American inventor of the cotton gin

front 14

James Hargreaves

back 14

English inventor of the spinning jenny

front 15

Lasseiz-faire

back 15

Government does not get involved with business. Supply and demand regulates the economy

front 16

Agricultural Revolution

back 16

Improved farming methods

front 17

strike

back 17

Nonviolent refusal to continue to work until a problem is resolved.

front 18

Conditions in tenements

back 18

Overcrowding and filth in new tenements promoting the spread of deadly diseases, such as cholera, typhoid, and tuberculosis

front 19

working conditions in early factories

back 19

machine noise could be deafening, poor lighting and ventilation, frequent fires and accidents were caused by fatigue, faulty equipment, and careless trainingWhat natural resources allowed England to industrialize first? (3)1. (water power/co

front 20

textiles

back 20

cloth goods made of linen, wool or cotton (clothing)

front 21

Capitalism

back 21

An economic system in which the factors of production are privately owned and money is invested in business ventures to make a profit; these ideas also helped to bring about the Industrial Revolution