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First Reliable Steam Engine--James Watt
Invented by James Watt -
Cotton Gin--Eli Whitney
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US
Railroads went from 2818 miles to 208,152 miles of track during the industrial revolution -
Slavery GONE
William Wilberforce was a member of Parliament who led the fight for the end of slavery in the British empire -
Capitalism
is and economic system in which money is invested in business ventured with the goal of making a pofit...Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, and David Ricardo -
Karl Marx
Karl Marx Studies studies philosophy before he turned to jounalism and economics. He wrote works on his ideas on government such as the Communist Manifesto. These works expressed his theories of Socialism. -
Socialism
In socialism the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all...Charles Fourier and Saint Simon -
Utilitarianism
People should judge ideas, institutions, and actions on the baisis of their utility or usefulness...Jeremey Bentham -
Jeremy Bentham--1820s
He was a french reformer who introduced the idea of utilitarianism -
Communism
A for of complete socialism in which the means of production-all land, mines, factories, ect...would be owned by the people.....Karl Marx -
Woman
At the time woman were suprisingly allowed to work in the factories, but they only made up to a THIRD of what men made!!! -
Factory Act of 1833
made it illegal for children under 9 years old to be hired -
Samuel F. B. Morse--telegraph
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Elias Howe--sewing machine
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Cyrus Field--Transatlantic Cable
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Thomas Edison---Phonograph, Incandescant Light Bulb
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Nikola Tesla---Induction Electric Motor
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Rudolf Diesel--Diesel Engine
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Orville and Wilbur Wright---First Airplane
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Henry Ford---Model T Ford, Assembly Line
