Industrial Revolution

Question 1

How did coal help Britain industrialize first?

Answer 1

Coal, timber, and iron were close to the cities; they could get it easily.

Question 2

How did coal mining change over the course of the industrial revolution?

Answer 2

Developed steam power so they could dig deeper.

Question 3

How did Britain’s pre-industrial wool industry help Britain industrialize?

Answer 3

Wool used to be made by hand, but then they had it made by machines controlled by pedals.

Question 4

How did Britain’s financial system help launch new industrial ventures?

Answer 4

Encouraged people to take risks; legal protections encouraged risks

Question 5

How did high wages contribute to industrialization in Britain?

Answer 5

Machines were cheaper than people; more machines to do the work

Question 6

What global factors fed Britain’s industrialization?

Answer 6

Slave trade and goods from the Americas. this gave Britain money, resources, food, a marketplace

Question 7

How did widespread railways help bring the industrialization to more people?

Answer 7

Transported raw materials like timber and coal

Question 8

How did railroads shape our ideas of space and time?

Answer 8

Go longer distances in shorter amount of time

Question 9

Why were people against railroads in the 19th century?

Answer 9

Economic dislocation, corruption, destroyed local economies

Question 10

How did industrialization influence migration patterns?

Answer 10

Immigrants had lower pay rates, worked longer, would put up with worse conditions; so they moved to the cities

Question 11

How did industrialization drive urbanization?

Answer 11

People moved to the cities because economic growth and opportunities

Question 12

Major factors of international migration are:

Answer 12

Search for work, more economic opportunities

Question 13

Why didn’t more Chinese and Indian people move?

Answer 13

They were threatened with violence if they left

Question 14

What was Matthew Perry’s motivation for sailing into Tokyo bay?

Answer 14

He wanted to force Japan to change their trading policies.

Question 15

Why was Japan’s economy having trouble in the mid 19th century?

Answer 15

Lacked coal & other resources; there was no one to tax.

Question 16

Why was there a reform movement and civil war after Perry’s arrival?

Answer 16

People wanted to protect Japan from European Threats. They were afraid of further invasion. They wanted to industrialize to protect themselves.

Question 17

What disadvantages did Japan have as it started to industrialize?
How did it overcome them?

Answer 17

Lacked natural resources like coal to burn; To industrialize quickly they brought business leaders into the government; spent lots of tax money on industrialization; conquered Korea;

Question 18

Why was the arrival of Perry’s warships such a shock to the Japanese?

Answer 18

Because they had strict isolationist policy.

Question 19

What domestic problems did Matthew Perry’s arrival worsen?

Answer 19

it worsened political stability. There was social unrest among the classes. People were afraid of the foreigners.

Question 20

Did the Restoration actually place the Emperor back into power?

Answer 20

Yes, but he was only a teenager and the samurai influenced him.

Question 21

After the restoration, the emperor put many samurai into government and into positions of power. But how was this different from the previous political system?

Answer 21

The samurai worked for the government instead of individual daimyo.

Question 22

Why was Japan’s victory over Russia so important?

Answer 22

It showed that Japan was stronger than European countries. European armies were not invincible.