Industrial Revolution

Question 1

Explain the resources needed for industrialization?

Answer 1

Land, Labor, Capitol

Question 2

How did the agricultural Revolution inspire the industrial revolution?

Answer 2

With more machines in the fields, people lost their jobs and looked for jobs in the cities.

Question 3

What caused more people to engage in manufacturing for the first time ever in Britain’s history?

Answer 3

Technology made production faster, which caused more jobs to be available and made mass production of goods.

Question 4

Improvements made at the beginning of the agricultural revolution/early stages of the industrial revolution?

Answer 4

Diet
Quality of Clothing
The Standard of Living
Technology

Question 5

Areas of society that increased as an early result of the industrial revolution?

Answer 5

Urbanization
Middle Class
Luxury Items
Work Hours

Question 6

Conditions that worsened due to the impact of new technologies on society?

Answer 6

Sanitation
Transportation
Living/ Working Conditions

Question 7

Areas of society that decreased as an early result of the industrial revolution?

Answer 7

Life Expectancy

Question 8

Define urbanization?

Answer 8

the movement of people to the city.

Question 9

Causes of Urbanization?

Answer 9

As job opportunities were posted, people would travel to the city. As they got there, the job would already be taken but they didn’t have enough money to travel back. They had to stay in the city which caused overcrowding and terrible living conditions.

Question 10

Impacts of urbanization?

Answer 10

Overcrowding
Unsanitary living environment
Disease spread
High crime rates
Fires spread
Lack of building codes
Low water supply
Lack of education for children.

Question 11

Major effects of the industrial revolution on living conditions.

Answer 11

Urbanization and the growth of the middle class.

Question 12

How did the industrial revolution cause social classes?

Answer 12

Wealthy People made money from Industries.
Less Wealthy used their skills to work and move to the suburbs.
Low Wealth had little/ no money and lived in the streets.

Question 13

How were workers treated in the workplace during the industrial revolution?

Answer 13

Terribly, the chances of surviving one week in the factory were very low. They could easily be replaced.

Question 14

Describe the workforce

Answer 14

Terrible working conditions, people would be killed daily with the machines, and the company didn’t care about any of them.
Cheap Labor
Diversity

Question 15

Identify a problem in the workplace and it’s solution

Answer 15

They were working too much, over 10 hours a day. To solve this problem, many people protested but few worked.

Question 16

Identify a second problem in the workplace and its solution

Answer 16

Many children would die daily in the factories because of what they were being forced to do. Child labor laws were enforced which meant that children could not work over a certain number of hours in one day.

Question 17

Identify a third problem in the workplace and its solution.

Answer 17

The working conditions were extremely terrible. Many people wouldn’t survive over a week and companies didn’t care because it was easy to replace workers.

Question 18

List two major reform movements that still impact us today

Answer 18

Child Labor Laws- children could not work for 10 hours a day, and when they did work, the conditions were safe.

Work Hours- Instead of working 12 hours a day, people only work for 8 hours a day, with the optional choice of working overtime for more money.

Question 19

Why were labor unions created?

Answer 19

To protest or conspire against the government or companies that were creating the wages, working hours, and conditions. They tried to overthrow the business they were in or shoot for higher wages.

Question 20

3 positive effects from the industrial revolution

Answer 20

Technology
Jobs Increased
Strengthened Trade
Movement to the Suburbs

Question 21

3 negative effects from the industrial revolution

Answer 21

Pollution
Damage to Natural Resources
Child Labor
Tension increase in powerful nations and countries

Question 22

Transportation Advances

Answer 22

Steam Engine, Roads, and Railroads.

Question 23

Why did wealthy industrialists move to the suburbs?

Answer 23

To avoid slum-living in the populated city.

Question 24

The middle class consists of..

Answer 24

Skilled workers
Professionals
Businesspeople
Wealthy farmers

Question 25

Why did the lower class start to destroy machines and vandalize cities/ industries?

Answer 25

They were protesting against the fact that they had no job/ money.