Lesson 1 Industrial Revolution
What was the Industrial Revolution?
The shift from hand-made goods to machine and factory production
What is urbanization?
The growth of cities
How did one invention change how people lived or worked?
Example based answer
Who often worked in factories besides adults?
Children
What is a labor union?
An organization of workers that protects their rights
What was one reason Great Britain industrialized first?
Political stability / raw materials / labor / banking / transportati
Name one push factor or one pull factor of migration to cities.
Push: loss of farm jobs / Pull: factory work
Why did immigrants come to the U.S. during the Industrial Revolution?
Jobs, opportunity, escape hardship
Why did factory owners hire children?
They were cheaper and easier to control
Name two problems labor unions tried to fix.
Low wages, long hours, unsafe conditions
How did the Enclosure Movement help lead to industrialization?
It forced farm workers off land and into cities for factory jobs
Why is urbanization considered a human modification of the environment
Land was changed with factories, housing, pollution, and transportation
What did the steam engine help do in trains and boats?
Made travel faster and easier
Give one reason historians disagree about factory conditions.
They were bias or it came from different perspectives
Why was organizing together more effective than acting alone?
More power, stronger voice, protection