The Industrial Revolution (2021)
By Amy C Gilstrap
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Last updated almost 4 years ago
37 Questions
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Question 1
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| arrow_right_alt | includes natural resources, access to water for transportation, or a physical location to build a business | |
| arrow_right_alt | workers, skilled and unskilled | |
| arrow_right_alt | money to invest, but in a broad sense can also be time or labor invested | |
| arrow_right_alt | people willing to take a risk to start a business |
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Question 2
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Where did the Industrial Revolution start?
Where did the Industrial Revolution start?
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Question 3
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What are textiles?
What are textiles?
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Question 4
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| arrow_right_alt | machine that allowed one person to spin multiple strands of thread at one time. | |
| arrow_right_alt | machine that allowed one person to weave cloth faster |
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Question 5
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Why were the first factories built next to rivers?
Why were the first factories built next to rivers?
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Question 6
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Where did the first factories get their workers from?
Where did the first factories get their workers from?
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Question 7
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| arrow_right_alt | first factory machine, spun a strong thick thread | |
| arrow_right_alt | first steam powered maching, made a fine, strong thread | |
| arrow_right_alt | steam powered loom, used to weave cloth |
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Question 8
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Why was the steam engine important?
Why was the steam engine important?
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Question 9
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How did steamboats change the transportation of goods?
How did steamboats change the transportation of goods?
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Question 10
10.
Find a picture/article from an early (1800s) steamboat disaster.
Find a picture/article from an early (1800s) steamboat disaster.
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Question 11
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How did railroads impact the sale of farm products like meat, fruits and vegatables?
How did railroads impact the sale of farm products like meat, fruits and vegatables?
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Question 12
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How did railroads change the way people lived and worked?
How did railroads change the way people lived and worked?
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Question 13
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Why did coal become such an important resource during the Industrial Revolution?
Why did coal become such an important resource during the Industrial Revolution?
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Question 14
14.
Find an old newstory of a coal mine accident (1800s).
Find an old newstory of a coal mine accident (1800s).
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Question 15
15.
Look up early industrial factory accidents. What types of injuries were common in this time?
Look up early industrial factory accidents. What types of injuries were common in this time?
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Question 16
16.
Describe or find a picture of white lunch disease.
Describe or find a picture of white lunch disease.
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Question 17
17.
Describe or find a punishment for workers used in early factories.
Describe or find a punishment for workers used in early factories.
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Question 18
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Describe the trend of work hours shown in this chart from 1850 to present times.
Describe the trend of work hours shown in this chart from 1850 to present times.
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Question 19
19.
Which group was paid more in the Under 16 age groups?
Which group was paid more in the Under 16 age groups?
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Question 20
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Why do you think women made more when they were younger?
Why do you think women made more when they were younger?
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Question 21
21.
Why do you think males made more in the 22-46 year age ranges?
Why do you think males made more in the 22-46 year age ranges?
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Question 22
22.
Find a quote from Charles Dicken's that might be used to describe the pictures of city life during the Industrail Revolution.
Find a quote from Charles Dicken's that might be used to describe the pictures of city life during the Industrail Revolution.
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Question 23
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Should employers provide housing for their workers?
Should employers provide housing for their workers?
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Question 24
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Why do you think factory owners build tenements for their workers?
Why do you think factory owners build tenements for their workers?
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Question 25
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If you were a factory owner who provided housing for workers, what kind of rules would you make for the people living and working under you?
If you were a factory owner who provided housing for workers, what kind of rules would you make for the people living and working under you?
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Question 26
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Draw a picture of middle class people and poorer people during the Industrial Revolution. Make sure we can tell the difference between them.
Draw a picture of middle class people and poorer people during the Industrial Revolution. Make sure we can tell the difference between them.
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Question 27
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| arrow_right_alt | upstairs people - rich and living in luxury | |
| arrow_right_alt | downstairs people, poor, malnourished, miserable |
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Question 28
28.
Who is guarding the door in this picture?
Who is guarding the door in this picture?
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Question 29
29.
Why were unions formed?
Why were unions formed?
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Question 30
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What is the purpose of a strike?
What is the purpose of a strike?
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Question 31
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| arrow_right_alt | first European country to industrialize after Britain | |
| arrow_right_alt | mostly agricultrual, provided raw cotton for nothern factories | |
| arrow_right_alt | good access to waterways, had investors that built factories |
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Question 32
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Which country became a world industrial leader after its unification in the 1870s?
Which country became a world industrial leader after its unification in the 1870s?
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Question 33
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What was the goal of Japanese industrialization?
What was the goal of Japanese industrialization?
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Question 34
34.
Why didn't Asian and African colonies industrialize in the 1800's?
Why didn't Asian and African colonies industrialize in the 1800's?
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Question 35
35.
- New inventions and development of factories
- Rapidly growing industry in the 1800s
- Increased production and higher demand for raw materials
- Growth of worldwide trade
- Population explosion and expanding trade
- Exploitation of mineral resources
- Highly developed banking and investment system
- Advances in transportation, agricullture and communication
- Positive Economic Effect
- Negative Economic Effect
- Could be either
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Question 36
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- Increase in population of cities
- Lack of city planning
- Loss of family stability
- Expansion of middle class
- Harsh conditions for laborers, including children
- Workers' progress versus laissez-faire economic attidudes
- Improved standard of living
- Creation of new jobs
- Encouragment of technological progress
- Postive Social Effects
- Negative Social Effects
- Could be either
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Question 37
37.
- Child labor laws to end abuses
- Reformers urging equal distribution of wealth
- Social reform movements, such as utilitarianism, utopianism, socialism and Marxism
- Reform bills in Parliament and Congress
- trade unions formed
- Positive Political Effects
- Negative Political Effects
- Could be either