The Industrial Revolution

Question 0

What did the Industrial Revolution bring?

Answer 0

A major change in the structure of society

*** was brought about because of techology

Question 1

Where did the Industrial Revolution occur?

Answer 1

US

Europe

Other parts of World

Question 2

What new things came about with the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 2

Metal-working technologies

Laths

Cotton Gin

Spinning Jinny - textile manufacturing

Steam engines / coal engines
*** could do things in a much more efficient way than manual laborers

Question 3

What did the Industrial Revolution change?

Answer 3

The face of the Global economy

*** specifically US & Europe

Question 4

When did the Industrial Revolution occur?

Answer 4

The late 18th & early 19th centuries

• due to monumental advancements in manufacturing technologies

Question 5

What were some of the effects of the Industrial Revolution ?

Answer 5

1. Vast growth and improvement of roadways and waterways
2. Urbanization
3. Emergence and rise of the middle class
4. Increased dependence on foreign trade

Question 6

Industrial Revolution created a moving-into the?

Answer 6

City

Question 7

Before the Industrial Revolution, what were the main industries?

Answer 7

Cottage industries - living out at cottages in the countryside

Question 8

What did it mean to be apart of the cottage industry?

Answer 8

If you are a blacksmith your son will be a blacksmith. Etc. and so on

• passed on trades thru generations

Question 9

What did the merchants do in the cottage industry?

Answer 9

1. They would pick up goods in the countryside
2. Sell them in the city
3. Bring the profit back and distribute accordingly

Question 10

With the Industrial Revolution what was taken out? Where were the jobs?

Answer 10

Individual craftsman

Where the machines were, thats where the jobs would be

Question 11

What areas grew as a result of the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 11

Urban & Suburban areas

** Urbanization / where jobs are people move / urban centers

Question 12

Explain the growth of roadways, waterways and railroads

Answer 12

1. Some goods were being produced
2. No longer a regionalized economy
   * before people only traded in specific own regions
3. Produce more goods and send them out to other regions

Question 13

The economy became what with the addition of roadways, waterways, and railroads?

Answer 13

More nationwide & globalized

Question 14

What did the invention of the telegraph help?

Answer 14

1. Order something in New York

2. Have it shipped from California

Question 15

What kind of laws were being passed?

Answer 15

Interstate & commerce laws

** Shipping became very important thru roadways, waterways, & railroads

Question 16

Prior to Industrialization, how did someone obtain wealth?

Answer 16

Owning a lot of land

*family was land-owning
*nobility gentry
=
wealth

Question 17

Prior to Industrialization, was it easy to obtain wealth?

Answer 17

No, if you were poor it was very difficult to obtain enough money to buy more land

Question 18

Prior to Industrialization, what classes of society were there?

Answer 18

Upper Class
Lower Class

Not a lot of Social Mobility

Question 19

With the Industrial Revolution, what were the new ways to make money?

Answer 19

1. Skilled labor positions in factories
2. Invest in new technologies

*** Gave rise to the Middle Class

Question 20

Now-a-days, most people are considered to be within what class?

Answer 20

Middle Class

** began as a result of the Industrial Revolution

Question 21

With an increased dependence on foreign trade, what occurred?

Answer 21

1. Produce more goods than your region needed
2. Depend on shipping them out

** also have goods shipped to you

Question 22

Explain the wage labor system

Answer 22

1. Trained for a job
2. Paid hourly wage for job
3. Most Americans work in a wage-labor system

Question 23

Prior to wage-hourly system how did someone make money?

Answer 23

Sell goods

Ex. Blacksmith sells horseshoes makes money