Industrial Revolution
What process uses machines and factories to increase production?
Industrialization
A sense of loyalty and shared identity among people who see themselves as part of a nation.
Nationalism
Who made up the workforce within industrial factories?
All people (men, women, children, immigrants, farmers...)
Changes intended to make a society, economy, or government more modern, often through new technology or institutions
Modernization
In "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair, the author exposes the disgusting environment and brutal working conditions in what industry?
Meatpacking Industry
A major change of the Industrial Revolution was the movement from what kind of industry to factories?
Is this an example of Nationalism?
People from different regions unite to overthrow a foreign ruler and establish an independent nation.
Yes
As cities grew, some governments invested in clean water, sewer systems, and public health programs to reduce what impact of the industrial revolution?
Pollution
During the Warring States Period, what were shoguns?
Military Leaders
Name one problem factory workers faced during industrialization.
Long hours, low wages, unsafe conditions, or pollution
Mass production made the production of goods faster and more efficient. What is it called when each worker is focused on a single step of a manufacturing process?
Specialization
Is this an example of Nationalism?
A government encourages citizens to take pride in their national identity and support their country's expansion into other parts of the world.
Yes
Manufacturing of large quantities of standardized products in a constant flow, typically using assembly lines, specialized machinery, and division of labor to lower per-unit costs and increase output speed
Mass production
The period in Japanese history when the government was centralized under the emperor and Western ideas such as education and infrastructure were adopted.
Meiji Restoration
How did life change for skilled workers during the Industrial Revolution?
They were forced to work for lower wages
Name one invention of the Industrial Revolution.
Airplane, Bessemer Process, steam engine, spinning jenny, water frame...
Name one thing that can unite people through nationalism.
Shared language, culture, history, citizenship, or political ideals.
In what ways did mass migration of people from rural to urban areas affect life within the cities?
Quality of life, illness, compact living spaces...
How does the Meiji Restoration connect to the idea of Modernization?
The Japanese government replaced existing political systems with new Western ideas of government and social infrastructure.
What machine reduced the amount of work needed to produce textiles
The Spinning Jenny
How did new machines affect the cost and availability of manufactured goods?
New machines increased the availability of goods and often lowered their cost.
How did Nationalism drive the development of new systems of government?
Nationalism motivated people to demand new forms of government aligned with their national interests and identities
A condition that attracts people to a place, such as the availability of jobs.
Pull Factors
What changed in Japan between the Warring States Period and the Meiji Restoration?
Centralized government, modernized society, cities developed...
The practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area across a sequence of growing seasons rather than planting the same crop year after year
Crop Rotation