Industrial Revolution

1. revolution, Time when new inventions such as the seed drill and the steel plow made farming easier and faster. The production of food rose dramatically.
5. system, Method of production that brought many workers and machines together into one building, employees followed rules and regulations and became used to working regular hours and worked simple tasks over and over again.
8. The development of industries for the machine production of goods.
10. of Nations, Book written by Adam Smith, modern economics,
13. movement of people from rural areas (country) to the cities
14. faire, Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs.
15. union, An organization of workers that tries to improve working conditions, wages, and benefits for its members
17. of Capitalism), defending his idea of a free economy, or free market. Economic liberty guaranteed economic progress.

2. A business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts.
3. Factory, Chief means of organizing labor around the new machines.
4. Social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people and wealthy farmers.
6. Hours Act, Limits the workday to 10 hours for women and children working in factories.
7. Watt, A Scottish engineer who created the steam engine that worked faster and more efficiently than earlier engines.
9. A workers association that bargains with employers over wages, benefits, and working conditions.
11. Smith, (1776) wrote "Wealth of Nations".
12. industry, People/families worked out of their farmhouses, working by had to create textiles for sale.
16. Owen, the first person to initiate a universal “eight hours labor, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest” approach to work-life balance.