AP EUROPEAN HISTORY: Industrial Revolution
ID’s/QUESTIONS: Answer the id’s and questions using the textbook reading or supplementary reader. Most of the questions require more than a word or two to answer thoroughly for full credit. For the id’s, include something about why it is a big deal (what happened there/when, something they did, etc). Id’s are worth 1 point; questions are worth 3 points.
1. James Hargreaves
2. Spinning Jenny
3. Richard Arkwright
4. Water Frame
5. Edmund Cartwright
6. James Watt
7. Henry Cort
8. George Stephenson
9. The Rocket
10. Joseph Turner
11. Crystal Palace
12. Thomas Malthus
13. David Ricardo
14. Charles Dickens
15. William Cockerill
16. Friedrich List
17. Zollverein
18. Credit Mobilier
19. Freidrich Engels
20. Karl Marx
21. Edwin Chadwick
22. Robert Owen
23. Factory Act of 1833
24. Mine Act of 1842
25. Combination Acts
26. Chartists
1. What were the long-term effects of the Industrial Revolution?
2. Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain?
3. What industry experienced the first breakthrough in industrialization? Why?
4. What were some of the results of the new boom in the cotton industry?
5. How did industries manage their growing demand for energy?
6. How did the emergence of railroads change society and production?
7. Justify the statement that Britain was the “workshop of the world”?
8. What were the predictions of Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo? Why did they help earn economics the title of the “dismal science”?
9. Why was industrialization on the continent slow? What factors helped it eventually spread?
10. Why was the 19th century the “golden age” of the middle class?
11. Describe life for the various newly emerging classes during industrialization?
12. Did the quality of life improve or decline for the working class during industrialization? Defend your answer.
13. Compare working conditions in pre-industrial times to industrialization.
14. How was the work different for men and women?
15. What was the goal of the early labor reformers?