Essay - Impacts of the Industrial Revolution

Question 1

3 major long-term impacts on the industrial revolution.

Answer 1

• Population Growth
• Environmental Costs
• Technological Advancements

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Question 2

Introduction Topic Sentence

Answer 2

The Industrial Revolution shifted from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing economy where products were no longer made solely by hand but by machines.

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Question 3

Introduction Menu

Answer 3

• This led to increased efficiency and quality of products
• Brought many invention concepts still in practice today, such as seed drill
• Has impacted our society in the long term via [impacts]

Question 4

Population Growth

Answer 4

• The most dramatic population growth in the world
• 1851 British census records a quintuple increase in 100 years
• Leads to higher economic growth
• is also a threat to food security

Question 5

Environmental Costs

Answer 5

• Not everything about the ind. rev was good
• Substancially increased CO2 levels in the atmosphere – coal smoke
• Depletion of the ozone layer, the Earth’s natural protection against harmful ultraviolet light.