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Adam Smith
He wrote the Wealth of Nations and started the system of Capitalism. -
Cotton GIn
Eli Whitney -
Capitalism
Adam Smith -
Stemboat
Robert Fulton -
Women
Most women did not like working in the nasty factories but that was the best options for them at the time. Some women liked it. The men who were doing the same job as the women got paid more. During this time period women also struggled for their equality. -
Reform Movements
Unions were banned in Britain in 1799 the Combination Act was passed outlawing Unions. In 1824 in was reappealed and in 1825 Britain unhappily tolerated unions. -
Abolition of Slavery
William Wilberforce fough for the abolition of slavery. He got a bill passed in Parliament to end trade of slaves. After leaving Parliament, he still foguth to end slavery and it was finally ended in 1833 -
Telegraph
Samuel F.B. Morse -
Child in the Factories
Parliment had children who worked in the factories to testify about the working conditions in the factories. -
Sewing Machine
Elias Howe -
Karl Marx
Wrote the Communist Manifesto -
Communism
Karl Marx -
Elizabeth Gaskell
Britsh writer whose novels such as Mary Barton (1848), North and South (1855).Through her books she showed sympathy for the working class. -
Andrew Carnegie
Mutimillionaire who started the steel business in American. American became the cheapest country to manufracture steel. -
Jane Addams and Ellen Starr
These women set up the Hull House in working class districts in Chicago. These homes were taken by working women and immigrants. For this Jane Addam received Noble Peace Prize -
U.S
In the United States one of the biggest inventions was the railroads. They over tripled in miles from 1840 to 1890. This help the outward movement of people and goods. -
Model T Ford
Herny Ford -
Assembly Line
Henry Ford
