Facts About the 1800s in Europe
1. Why are Luddites famous? Hated and ransacked factories/machines
2. What characterized railroad construction on the continent? The need to expand trade and move goods to farther places faster; more efficient; different levels of government involved (England= moderate, others= not a lot)
3. What did the Mines Act of 1842 call for? Underground work prohibited for children and women
4. What were the demands of the Chartist movement? Male suffrage
5. Which law outlawed labor unions and strikes in Britain? Combinations Act of 1799
6. What does the debate about the origins of the sexual division of labor during the Industrial Revolution revolve around? Patriarchal dominance
7. What did the Factory Act of 1833 do? Limited time for children 10 and under in factories
8. What did most early industrialists draw upon for labor and capitol? Family and friends
9. What was the greatest change that works faced with the shift from cottage industry to factory work? New working rhythm/system/pace
10. What did Friedrich Engels point out? Accused British middle class of robbing lower classes
11. What was the key development that allowed continental banks to shed their earlier conservative nature? Limited liability (take more risks)
12. What did Friedrich List support? Economic nationalism (protects home industry by using tariffs on other countries)
13. What did David Ricardo propose? The Iron Law of wages (not raise wage too much so as not to ruin economy)
14. Where was the world’s first important railroad? From Liverpool to Manchester in England
15. What happened as a result of the railroads reducing cost of overland freight? Larger national trade
16. What type of men built the early European railroads? Peasants and rural workers
17. What did the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 commemorate? Great Britain’s dominance of industry
18. What was the major breakthrough in energy and power supplies that catalyzed the Industrial
2. What characterized railroad construction on the continent? The need to expand trade and move goods to farther places faster; more efficient; different levels of government involved (England= moderate, others= not a lot)
3. What did the Mines Act of 1842 call for? Underground work prohibited for children and women
4. What were the demands of the Chartist movement? Male suffrage
5. Which law outlawed labor unions and strikes in Britain? Combinations Act of 1799
6. What does the debate about the origins of the sexual division of labor during the Industrial Revolution revolve around? Patriarchal dominance
7. What did the Factory Act of 1833 do? Limited time for children 10 and under in factories
8. What did most early industrialists draw upon for labor and capitol? Family and friends
9. What was the greatest change that works faced with the shift from cottage industry to factory work? New working rhythm/system/pace
10. What did Friedrich Engels point out? Accused British middle class of robbing lower classes
11. What was the key development that allowed continental banks to shed their earlier conservative nature? Limited liability (take more risks)
12. What did Friedrich List support? Economic nationalism (protects home industry by using tariffs on other countries)
13. What did David Ricardo propose? The Iron Law of wages (not raise wage too much so as not to ruin economy)
14. Where was the world’s first important railroad? From Liverpool to Manchester in England
15. What happened as a result of the railroads reducing cost of overland freight? Larger national trade
16. What type of men built the early European railroads? Peasants and rural workers
17. What did the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 commemorate? Great Britain’s dominance of industry
18. What was the major breakthrough in energy and power supplies that catalyzed the Industrial