The Industrial Revolution

Question 1

What years did the Industrial Revolution take place?

Answer 1

1700’s - 1800’s

Question 2

What was the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 2

It was the change from producing goods by hand to producing goods in factories with machines

Question 3

Where did the Industrial Revolution start?

Answer 3

It started in Great Britain because it had all the resources needed to produce and transport goods

Question 4

Industrialization

Answer 4

using machines to produce goods in factories

Question 5

Urbanization

Answer 5

The growth of cities; many people went to get jobs at the factories; a lot of pollution b/c of factory smoke

Question 6

Bad Working Conditions

Answer 6

working in dangerous conditions for long hours and low pay; Kids were hired and abused in these factories

Question 7

Formation of Labor Unions

Answer 7

Workers formed labor unions to improve working conditions and pay

Question 8

Legislation

Answer 8

Gov. passed laws to set minimum wages and stop child labor

Question 9

Laissez Faire Capitalism

Answer 9

Economic System used during the Industrial Revolution where government shouldn’t be involved in business decisions, shouldn’t own business, and shouldn’t set prices

Question 10

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

Answer 10

They believed that the Laissez Faire Capitalism was bad; they also wrote a book called “Communist Manifesto”

Question 11

What did Marx’s and Engels book influence?

Answer 11

Their book influenced communism so when countries became communist such as the USSR and China they were inspired by Marx’s and Engels writing