Category 1:
Origins & Lasting Effects
Origins & Lasting Effects
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
What is Great Britain?
What invention improved textile production by spinning thread quickly?
What is the spinning jenny?
What is urbanization?
What is movement from rural areas to cities?
What type of labor was common among children during industrialization?
What is child labor?
What economic system allows private ownership of businesses?
What is capitalism?
What main energy source powered factories and machines?
What is coal?
The textile industry focused mainly on producing this type of product.
What is cloth/fabric/textiles?
Why did many people move to cities?
What are job opportunities?
What did reformers push for?
What are child labor laws and safer conditions?
What economic system has government ownership of industries?
What is socialism?
Name one positive effect of industrialization.
Cheaper goods, more jobs, faster transportation, mass production, etc.
What transportation invention improved trade and movement?
What is the steam locomotive (or railroad)?
What were crowded and poor city apartment buildings called?
What are tenements?
What is a labor union?
What is a group of workers fighting for better conditions?
What was the main goal of factory owners?
What is making profit?
Name one negative effect of industrialization.
Pollution, child labor, unsafe working conditions, overcrowding, etc.
Factories replaced this older system where families made goods at home.
What are cottage industries?
This social class included business owners and professionals.
What is the bourgeoisie (middle class)?
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Describe factory working conditions.
Dangerous conditions
Long hours
Physical abuse
Low pay
High Stress
What economic policy means the government stays out of business?
What is laissez-faire?
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Explain one major long-term effect of the Industrial Revolution.
Worldwide industrial growth, urbanization, rise of factories, growth of capitalism, etc.
This new method allowed companies to make huge amounts of products quickly.
What is mass production?
Name one major problem caused by rapid city growth during the Industrial Revolution.
Pollution, overcrowding, disease, poor sanitation, poverty, etc.
This famous reformer pushed for child labor laws and raised the working of children from 5 to 10 years old. He also shortened working hours, improved factory conditions, and created schools for children.
Who is Robert Owen?
What happened to transportation costs during industrialization?
What is decreased?