While Otto’s engines required spark plugs for fuel combustion, Diesel’s engine achieved this with high compression. These inventions could power automobiles, locomotives, ships, and airplanes, and paved the way for mass mobility and the steadily rising exchange of people and goods worldwide.
What did the spread of the factory system resulted in?
Cards In This Set
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| The textile industry met its last major challenge to full mechanization w/the development of… | Improvements to the steam engine. |
| The spread of the factory system resulted in… | The movement away from home production, the need for more power, increased exports of British cotton goods. |
What was the strongest military and industrial power by 1888?
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The members of the Triple Alliance were | Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. |
| Russia opposed Austria-Hungary’s 1908 annexation of | Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| By 1888, __ had become the strongest military and industrial power in Europe. | Germany. |
| The United States controlled the sugar industry in __. | Hawaii |
What established a self governing Canadian nation?
On July 1, 1867, with passage of the British North America Act, the Dominion of Canada was officially established as a self-governing entity within the British Empire.
How did the engine change the world?
The steam engine helped to power the Industrial Revolution. Before steam power, most factories and mills were powered by water, wind, horse, or man. Steam power allowed for factories to be located anywhere. It also provided reliable power and could be used to power large machines.
How does a CI engine work?
Spark ignition gasoline and compression ignition diesel engines differ in how they supply and ignite the fuel. In a spark ignition engine, the fuel is mixed with air and then inducted into the cylinder during the intake process. After the piston compresses the fuel-air mixture, the spark ignites it, causing combustion.
Who had the strongest military in ww1?
The British Army by 1918 was by far the most powerful in terms of manpower, equipment and resources, and probably even doctrine by this point, but it had been a long, steep and extremely bloody learning curve.
Who had the strongest military in ww2?
LARGEST ARMED FORCES
- SOVIET UNION (21,000,000)
- GERMANY (17,900,000)
- UNITED STATES (16,354,000)
- CHINA (14,000,000)
- JAPAN (9,100,000)
- ITALY (9,000,000)
- GREAT BRITAIN (5,896,000)
- FRANCE (3,500,000)
What was the percentage of women in trade unions in 1914?
Although the number of women in trade unions had increased by 1914, 90% of all trade unionists were men and over 90% of women workers remained unorganised.
How did the trade union movement change during the great unrest?
Trade Union membership grew rapidly between 1910 and 1914. This growth – a product of the extraordinary militancy of the pre-war years – exploded in a huge wave of strike action, dubbed ‘the great unrest’.
How did the trade union movement change during the TUC?
The trade union ‘old guard’ used this calmer period to consolidate their position. A change in the TUC standing orders in 1895 introduced the block vote, and trades councils (regarded as hotbeds of militancy) were banned from sending delegates to the annual congress of the TUC. Trade Union membership grew rapidly between 1910 and 1914.
Where did the idea of trade unionism come from?
Inspired by the successes of the women match workers’ strike at the Bryant and May factory in 1888 and subsequently by the Gasworkers’ and Dockers’ strikes of 1889, trade unionism among unskilled, semi-skilled, white collar and professional workers spread rapidly.
