Task
Define the following terms and then answer the following questions:
Section 1: The 1st Industrial Revolution
Define/identify:
Jethro Tull
Charles Townshend
James Hargreaves
textiles
spinning jenny
king cotton
Michael Sadler
James Watt
enclosure movement
Factory Act of 1833
Answer the following questions found in Sec 1:
1. What was the 1st Industrial Revolution?
2. Why did the 1st Industrial Revolution begin in England?
3. How were steam-powered engines first used in the 1st Industrial Revolution?
4. What were the positive effects of the Industrial Revolution?
5. What were the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution?
6. How did Charles Townshend change crop rotation?
7. What resources were so important in the 1st Industrial Revolution?
8. What was the Public Health Act?
Section 2: New Economic Theories of the Industrial Age
Define/identify:
laissez-faire
capital
Adam Smith
Karl Marx
capitalism
socialism
communism
Answer the following questions from Sec 2 of your notes:
9. What are the two benefits of competition?
10. What are the three major features of capitalism? (PLP)
11. What is a flaw of capitalism?
12.What is the goal for socialism?
13. What is the key flaw of socialism?
14. What did Karl Marx believe about the ‘haves’ (the Bourgeoisie) and the ‘have nots’ (the Proletariat)?
15. What is the goal of communism?
16. Why have communist countries faced many difficulties? (According to your notes)