Industrial Revolution Study Guide

·  Describe the time period and locations of the 1st and 2nd Industrial Revolutions? (England, US)

• What were the Enclosure Acts and what were their effects on England?

·  What were the major transitions of the 1st Industrial Revolution Class notes

·  • Describe the difference between Cottage Industries and the Factory System in England? Class notes

·  How did the factory system change the lives of those who made their living in cottage industries? Class notes documents

• What is Urbanization? Class notes

What problems did cities face during the IR Pollution, Sewage, overcrowding, Corruption

What improvement were made to cities during the IR, Sewage, Subways, Street Cars,

• What were the conditions living in Tenement housing? Class notes doc.

·  What was the role of labor unions? Unite to bargain for better wages, working conditions hours.

·  What difficulties did labor unions face? Always workers who would work for less (Replacement workers as in the Plug Strike) Lacked government and popular support. Private (“Pinkerton Boys” and national guard Armies)

·  Give examples of some key strikes and how they were resolved. Carnegie Homestead Steel Strike Pinkerton Boys kill seven strikers
after strike workers reapplied working a 12 hour day and reduced wages.

·  What conditions led to new economic theories of socialism and Communism? (Class notes)

·  What characterized the 2nd industrial revolution from the first? (see your Class notes for full answer)

·  Explain the Social impact of the 2nd Industrial Revolution (book work Notes section 3)

·  What role did religion and the Methodists play during the industrial Age (2nd industrial Rev. Reading)

·  How did laws such as the Factory Act of 1833 influence the shape of the family? (2nd IR reading and Questions)

·  What is a monopoly? What problems does a monopoly place on capitalism Class notes

·  What are the Pro and Cons of Monopolies? Sec. 4 class notes

·  Why did many feel capitalism was failing? (Class Notes)

·  What is Socialism? How did it try to solve the problems of capitalism Class notes & page 439

·  Why did Marx disagree with Socialism? Class notes

• Who was Karl Marx? What is communism? (Hand out and Class Notes page 439 -440)

Who were the proletariat, and who were bourgeoisie? Hand out and notes

·  Explain the concepts of the Communists Manifesto (hand out and notes)

• What did James Watt invent and how did it shape the industrial Revolution? Sec.1

How did Henry Bessemer’s Steel process shape the industrial Revolution?

• How did Henry Ford’s Assembly Line change production, prices and distribution

• Identify additional key inventors, inventions and impacts created during the IR Sec. 3

·  What is Darwinism?

·  What is Social Darwinism? How did it justify the class system of the Industrial age? 439

·  How did Industrial change the lives of people in both positive and negative ways

·  What movements (political and Social) occurred to reform the effects of industrialism

What were examples of major art movements? Define & give an example of an artist and an art work for each: Class notes

Why was each movement a reaction to Industrialism?

§ Realism

§ Impressionism

Science Fiction

§  Robert Owens Utopia

§  What were the Causes and Effects of the Industrial Revolution? Industrial Age? MUST KNOW Text Book Page 484