https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2018-02-12 02:13:15 UTC 2018-02-12 02:28:31 UTC hello@padlet.com aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230451597  • Originated in England because of its natural resources (e.g., coal, iron ore) and the invention and improvement of the steam engine ]]> 2018-02-12 02:14:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230451597 aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230451776  • Role of cotton textile, iron, and steel industries • Relationship to the British Enclosure Movement • Rise of the factory system and demise of cottage industries • Rising economic powers that wanted to control raw materials and markets throughout the world ]]> 2018-02-12 02:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230451776 aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230452067  • Population increase • Increased standards of living for many but not all • Improved transportation • Urbanization • Environmental pollution • Increased education • Dissatisfaction of working class with working conditions • Growth of the middle class ]]> 2018-02-12 02:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230452067 aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230452271  Capitalism • Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations • Role of market competition and entrepreneurial abilities • Impact on standard of living and the growth of the middle class • Dissatisfaction with poor working conditions and the unequal distribution of wealth in society ]]> 2018-02-12 02:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230452271 aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230452394  Socialism and communism • Karl Marx’s The Communist Manifesto (written with Friedrich Engels) and Das Kapital • Response to the injustices of capitalism • Importance to communists of redistribution of wealth ]]> 2018-02-12 02:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230452394 aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230452543  The nature of work in the factory system • Family-based cottage industries displaced by the factory system • Harsh working conditions with men competing with women and children for wages • Child labor that kept costs of production low and profits high • Owners of mines and factories who exercised considerable control over the lives of their laborers ]]> 2018-02-12 02:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230452543 aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230452817  Impact of the Industrial Revolution on slavery • The cotton gin increased demand for slave labor on American plantations. • The United States and Britain outlawed the slave trade and then slavery. ]]> 2018-02-12 02:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230452817 aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230452926  The rise of labor unions • Encouraged worker-organized strikes to demand increased wages and improved working conditions • Lobbied for laws to improve the lives of workers, including women and children • Wanted workers’ rights and collective bargaining between labor and management ]]> 2018-02-12 02:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230452926 aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230453011 Capital: Private investor money

Mechanization: Use of machines

Mass Production: Producing a lot of the same products

Capitalism: Economy run by private investors

Free Enterprise: The right to own a company]]> 2018-02-12 02:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230453011 aydewg https://padlet.com/aydewg/ajgyz0z0mbpn/wish/230453608

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