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James Watt
James Watt was important because he helped advance the steam engien. Watt helped the steamer run for cheaper, also it was used in factories now not just to pump water out of the mines. -
Robert Owen
Robert Owen was important because he sought out to see change. He would improve working conditions in his factory. Robert sought outto use an utopian socialist ideas were there was no private property, no poverty, and no ignorance. -
Cotton Gin
the cotton gin was important because it helped reduce labor from picking the seeds from fiber. Also because of the invention started to profit planters more. -
Interchangeable parts
Interchangeable parts are important because the made fixing things a lot easier. These parts were made to fix a musket allowing workers to make a lot a weapons quicker and at a lower price. -
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was an important figure he made people aware of evolution around them. He made people aware of their place in the evolutionary process, he also explained natural selection. -
Karl Marx
Karl was a philosopher, author, social theorist, and an economist. He is famous for his theories about capitalism and communism. Ironically Marx was eloquent in describing the exploitation of the working class while personally failing to maintain a job for a significant period of time. -
Dynamo
The dynamo was the first electrical generator capable of delivering power for industry. This invention led directly to the first major industrial uses of electricity, It is also known as a generator. -
Communism
Communism is an ideology of economic equality through the elimination of private property. The beliefs of communism, most famously expressed by Karl Marx, center on the idea. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison was important because he was a prolific inventor. Thomas help to improve the telegraph and telephone. Also he invented the light bulb and motion picture camera. -
Socialism
Socialism sprang up as workers reacted to the new conditions in which they had to work. Socialism was the response to the economic and social consequences of the Industrial Revolution. -
social Democracy
Social democracy is where people have a say in government actions, supports a competitive economy with money while also helping people whose jobs don't pay a lot. It is important because it is a political system that denies the validity of property rights. -
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism is “survival of the fittest' the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better. It is also important because in commerce and human societies as a whole, and led to claims that social inequality, sexism, racism and imperialism were justified. -
Automobile
Automobiles were important because they improved peoples lives. they made so you could live farther away from your job. Also it helped factories grow too. -
Airplane
Airplanes were important because they helped people travel places faster. it helped companies profit better with trade. also it could get people on the other side of the world in less then a day. -
Social Gospel
The Social Gospel movement was a religious movement, argued that people must emulate the life of Jesus Christ. It applied Christian ethics to social problems, especially issues of social justice such as economic inequality, poverty, alcoholism, crime, racial tensions,etc.
