Key Figures and Events
This group destroyed factory machines in the early 19th century to protest the Industrial Revolution.
What are the Luddites?
This new form of work organization, where people moved from home production to factory-based work, was a significant change brought by the Industrial Revolution.
What is factory-based production?
This alliance, formed before World War I, included Britain, France, and Russia.
What is the Triple Entente?
This country, formed in 1871 after unifying several smaller states, became a key player in European politics before World War I.
What is Germany?
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This type of warfare, involving deep trenches and minimal movement, was used on the Western Front during World War I.
What is trench warfare?
In 1832, this act extended voting rights to a broader section of the middle class in Britain.
What is the Great Reform Act of 1832?
This act, passed in 1833, aimed to regulate child labor in factories by setting age limits and work hours.
What is the Factory Act of 1833?
This country was blamed for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which triggered World War I.
What is Serbia?
The unification of Germany and Italy led to an increase in this type of competition among European nations.
What is imperialism?
This new technology significantly altered warfare on the Western Front by allowing rapid, long-range attacks.
What are machine guns?
These workers in the 1880s fought for better conditions at the Bryant and May match factory in London.
Who were the Matchgirls?
The primary industry known for its use of child labor during the Industrial Revolution was:
What is the textile industry?
This military plan, developed by Germany, aimed to quickly defeat France before turning to fight Russia in World War I.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
Before World War I, the Triple Entente included Britain, France, and this country.
What is Russia?
The British government responded to labor shortages during World War I by recruiting this group of people to take over jobs traditionally held by men.
Who are women?
This event, on June 28, 1914, sparked the beginning of World War I.
What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This movement sought to end child labor and improve the working conditions of factory workers.
What are early labor unions?
This country, part of the Triple Alliance, switched sides to join the Triple Entente during World War I.
What is Italy?
This event, which made it take longer for Ireland to get Independence, occurred due to the outbreak of World War I.
What is the postponement of Irish Home Rule?
This area between opposing trenches, where soldiers faced great danger, was known as:
What is No Man’s Land?
The 19th-century social movement that sought to expand voting rights to women in Britain.
What is the Suffragette Movement?
The rise of factory work during the Industrial Revolution contributed to this shift in population distribution.
What is the growth of urban centers?
The alliance between Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy before World War I is known as the:
What is the Triple Alliance?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914 took place in this region, which was part of Austria-Hungary but had significant Serbian influence and tensions.
What is Bosnia?
This country had over 1.5 million soldiers ready for war by 1914, as part of the British Empire's contribution.
What is India?