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1 Industrial RevolutionIndustrial Revolution (1750-1850) Spurred by England’s Agricultural Revolution –^efficient farm methods Iron plows Seed Drill (Jethro Tull) Crop rotation –less farmers needed enclosure system –Landowners acquiring more land –Farmers forced to cities Urbanization Helped Europe to Imperialize

2 Factors of Production Basics necessary for industrialization: –Land –Capital –Labor Mechanization –cotton TEXTILE industry –Shift from domestic system > factory system Due to expense of water frame Effects: –huge increase in production –cheaper to produce & sell –demand increased England’s cotton imports –1761: 4 million tons –1815: 100 million tons British Imperialism

3 The Factory System Women & children were favored Less opportunities for women, except: –domestic services –factory work –teachers –nurses –social workers Rise o/t Middle Class –Earning $ is not “true womanhood”

4 New Methods & Business Organizations Rapid industrial growth CAPITALISM: business & individuals determine economic decisions –aka: ______________________ –laizzes-faire? _______________ ____________________________ Elements that made mass production possible: –division of labor –interchangeable parts –assembly line The Business Cycle: alternating periods of prosperity and decline

5 Calls for Reform Factory Act of 1833 (499) Led to: –Decrease in work hours –No children under 9 –Strikes –Unions Collective bargaining Socialism: abolish profit motive & competition –gov’t & business share in economic decisions –Led to Utopian Socialism

6 Karl Marx “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” Bourgeoisie v. Proletariat COMMUNISM: –gov’t controls economy –classless system –religion outlawed –no private property Communist Manifesto Create a Economic Spectrum


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