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- The Importance of the Canal system declined after what happened
- what did roosevelt want to abandon to fight the depression?
- This process pioneered by Henry Ford was a new more efficient method for manufacturing.
- This key invention during the early Industrial Revolution allowed for the reduction of work to produce yarn. It increase
- Nonviolent refusal to continue to work until a problem is resolved is called a strike
- taking and fencing off land formerly shared by peasants to create larger fields is called the enclosure system.
- Britain had a ready supply of money, or _______________ to invest in new machines and factories.
- Quality of life is measured by the amount of goods of service available to a person.
- Overcrowding and filth in new tenements promoting the spread of deadly diseases, such as cholera and typhoid
- This group of people in Britain during the Industrial Revolution were instrumental in its success as they invested money
- Puddling was a process for developing what?
- James Hargreaves invented the spinning Jenny
- After smelting iron ore, the Bessemer process was a method for producing:
- During the 18th century cloth goods were made in individuals homes or cottages.
- Someone who takes on all the financial risks of a business. They risk their time and money to start and manage business
- Which statement most accurately describes the education of working class girls and boys during the late Industrial Age?
- According to laissez-faire economists, the cure for poverty was
- The increased output of machine made goods that began in England during the 18th Century.
- The Industrial Revolution was French
- Did former slaves get land and a mule?