1. What was the purpose of the Factory Acts?
-help protect workers and improve the lives and working conditions of children and adults in factories
2. Define capitalism.
Capitalism is an economic system in which most businesses, industries, and resources are privately owned and operated for profit. Instead of the government controlling production and prices, decisions are largely driven by individuals and companies competing in the market.
3. What were two consequences of the Factory Acts?
-formation of labour unions, laws limiting length of work days
4. ***Differentiate between emigration and immigration?
Immigrate is to come into another country to live permanently (focus on new country)
Emigrate is to leave your country of origin to go live in another (focus on exiting of the country of origin)**
5. What were the push & pull factors of either the Irish Potato Famine or the Highland Clearances, resulting in increased population in the colonies.
IPF push = famine, dirty crowded cities, disease. pull = promise of land, jobs, freedom
HC push = enclosure, crowded cities. pull = new land, freedom, jobs, work
Bonus: Explain Socialism.
Socialism is an economic and political system where the means of production (like factories, land, and major industries) are owned or controlled collectively, often by the government or the public, with the goal of promoting economic equality and shared benefit.
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