2nd Industrial Revolution (notes)

Question 1

What was the time frame of the 1st Industrial Revolution?

Answer 1

~1750-1850

Question 2

What was the time frame of the 2nd Industrial Revolution?

Answer 2

~1850-Great War

Question 3

In the 1st IR, urbanization caused by industrialization led to which 4 problems?

Answer 3

Overcrowding, poor sanitation, pollution, and substandard housing

Question 4

In the 2nd IR, industrialization continued urbanization, but problems were addressed through which 3 measures?

Answer 4

Improved sanitation, building codes, and public health codes

Question 5

Which British law addressed sanitation and what did it state? Which British law addressed housing, and what did it state?

Answer 5

Public Health Act of 1875 required new buildings to have sewage; British Housing Act (1890) allowed local city governments to collect taxes to build poor/WC housing

Question 6

Industrialization + Urbanization = ?

Answer 6

Working class consciousness