Factors that led to it
The economic theory Adam Smith helped develop centered around free markets
What is Capitalism?
What was the large boom in agricultural productivity/crop production?
The reason the Industrial Revolution provided new opportunities for women.
What was the Industrial Revolution creating much more demand for labor in factories and mills?
The activists for women having the right to vote.
What were suffragists?
These things made Britain an epicenter of industrialization.
Coal and steam powered engines.
These industries benefited from the use of slave labor the most
What are the textile and sugar industries?
The reason for massive growth in wealth inequality at the time
What was factory workers exploiting their workers?
This major feminist figure during the Industrial Revolution advocated for women's rights
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?
These groups played major roles in reform movements and promoting the foundations of the welfare state.
What were labor unions?
This national sentiment was empowered by industrialization and its consequences.
What was patriotism?
This new and increasingly used agricultural practice involved mating creatures to produce desired traits
What is selective breeding?
The individuals that mostly comprised the 'middle class'
What were merchants, skilled owners, and factory owners?
This philosopher is commonly referred to as "The Father of Communism"
Who was Karl Marx
This major law addressed work safety and health guidelines in mines.
What was the Mines Act of 1842?
The policies governments implemented to promote industrialization.
The reason coal was so important in the Industrial Revolution
What was coal being a reliable, cheap energy source that powered steam engines?
The primary reasons factory owners exploited their workers.
A general lack of regulations and worker protections failing to rein in profit motivation
This major Welsh reformer promoted socialist cooperatives and played a key role in the rise of socialism.
Who was Robert Owen?
The forms of social insurance the British government began enacting due to pressure from reform groups.
What was unemployment insurance and old age pensions?
This was a negative result of industrialization relating to non-industrialized countries.
What was colonialism?
The major reason Asian trade routes became so accessible for European powers around this time
What was China's withdrawal from Indian Ocean trade routes?
These environmental damages were heavily caused by the Industrial Revolution
What was deforestation/soil erosion/water contamination?
The primary difference between socialism and communism.
What is socialism not abolishing private property, while Communism does?
This major British reform law finally created work hours and safety regulations in factories.
What was the Factory Act of 1833?
This international factor was significantly altered by industrialization.
What was the global balance of power?