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36 Cards in this Set
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believed in laissez faire economics, or free market,
wrote The Wealth of Nations believed free market would eventually help everyone in society |
Adam Smith
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Which British industry resulted in the establishment of factories?
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the textile industry
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Why was capital important for Britain's lead in the Industrial Revolution?
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Capital, or profit, was needed to invest in business.
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What farming method increased food production for wealthy land owners?
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enclosure
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Who believed in cooperation instead of competition, Adam Smith or Robert Owen?
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Robert Owen
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Who believed society was a struggle between the wealthy and the poor, or proletariat?
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Karl Marx
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How many hours did some women work outside the home during the Industrial Revolution?
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12 or more
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What helped British farmers increase food production during the Industrial Revolution?
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improved farm machinery
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How did coal promote industrialization?
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It provided fuel to produce iron.
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Which source of power was one of the most important during the Industrial Revolution?
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the steam engine
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What was the philosophy of utilitarians?
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"the greatest happiness for the greatest number"
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Which group benefited most from the Industrial Revolution?
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the middle class
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inventor who improved the steam engine
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James Watt
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a leader in developing Britain's iron idustry
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Abraham Darby
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thinker who promoted the idea of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number"
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Jeremy Bentham
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a privately built road that charged travelers a fee
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turnpike
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the working class
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proletariat
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inventor of the seed drill
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Jethro Tull
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the movement of people from the country to cities
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urbanization
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founder of the Methodist Church
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John Wesley
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belief system in which society as a whole should own and operate farms and businesses
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socialism
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a form of socialism that focuses on ending class struggle
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communism
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He believed that when wages were high the poor had more children.
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David Ricardo
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He believed that actions are right if they promote happiness and wrong if they cause pain.
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John Stuart Mill
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He believed the population would eventually outpace the food supply.
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Thomas Malthus
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the movement that increased farm production was called
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enclosure
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new inventions in the textile industry made it nessary to change from "putting out system" to producing clothes in
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factories
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the movement of people from countries to cities is called
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urbanization
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____ is the idea that the goal of society should the greatest happiness for the greatest number" of its citizens
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utilitarianism
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according to ___ society as a group rather than individuals should own and operate farms and businesses
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socialism
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Economist who believed that when wages were high, the poor had more children
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David Ricardo
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Thinker who promoted the idea of the "greatest happiness for the greatest number"
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Jeremy Bentham
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Wealth to invest
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capital
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The idea that the goal of society should be "the greatest happiness for the greatest number: of its citizens was a philosophy held by
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utilitarians
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Which of the following statements regarding workers in mines and factories during the early Industrial Revolution is true?
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the middle class
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