Before the Revolution
Before the Industrial Revolution, most people lived in ______________ areas?
Rural
The Industrial Revolution began in ______________.
Great Britain
The first industry to industrialize was the ______________ industry.
Textile industry
Factory workers often worked ______________-hour days in unsafe conditions.
12–16 hour days
Workers joined ______________ to demand better pay and conditions.
Unions
Why was the population lower before the industrial revolution?
Food was not being mass produced to support a larger population.
Britain had access to these two important natural resources: ______________ and ______________
Coal and iron ore
Who invented the steam engine?
James Watt
Children made about ______________ percent of an adult wage.
10%
What was the main economic style practiced during the industrial revolution?
Capitalism or the Free market
The ______________ Revolution paved the way for the Industrial Revolution by increasing food production.
Agricultural
How did overseas trade help Britain industrialize?
It brought wealth, raw materials, and markets to sell manufactured goods.
Who Invented the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
Define urbanization.
The movement of people from rural areas to cities for jobs.
What did Karl Marx believe would happen between the rich and the poor?
There would be a War
Name one invention from the Agricultural Revolution that improved farming efficiency.
Seed drill (Jethro Tull), crop rotation, or selective breeding
Explain how Britain’s political and economic conditions made it the perfect place for industrialization.
Stable government, strong banking system, and laissez-faire policies encouraged investment and innovation.
Henry bessemer created a new process to _________?
Steel
Describe one way women’s roles changed during the Industrial Revolution.
Many worked in factories or as servants, earned less pay, and had less time with families.
Compare capitalism and socialism in how they deal with wealth and production.
Capitalism: private ownership and competition. Socialism: government control of industry to create equality.
Explain how the Enclosure farms helped lead to urbanization.
They forced small farmers off common lands, causing them to move to cities to find work in factories.
There was one resource that Great britain did not have an abundance of, what was it and where did they get it from?
Timber, United States
Jethro Tull invented what?
The seed drill
What were tenements and why were they dangerous?
Cramped, poorly built apartments that lacked sanitation, causing disease and poor living conditions.
What major social and political reforms were introduced in Britain and the U.S. in response to industrial abuses?
Child labor laws, women’s labor limits, public health and sanitation reforms, and the rise of public education.