Lesson 1: Industrial Revolution
SSWH15 The student will be able to describe the impact of industrialization, the rise of nationalism, and the major characteristics of worldwide imperialism.a. Analyze the process and impact of industrialization in England, Germany, and Japan, movements for political reform, the writings of Adam Smith and Karl Marx, and urbanization and its effect on women
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The Industrial Revolution
I. The Industrial Revolution
A. In the mid-1700s, an ______Revolution began in ______that transformed the way work was done
1. Rather than making goods by ______, new ______mass-produced products which lowered costs, increased ______, & changed the way people lived
2. By 1900, industrialization spread through Europe & to the United States transforming the West into the dominant region of the world
B. Causes of the Industrial Revolution
1. Before the Industrial Revolution, most Europeans worked & lived on small ______using inefficient methods of farming
a. Farmers relied on the medieval & inefficient ______system
b. Few farmers ______with new farm techniques
c. As a result, the ______that was produced kept the ______of Europe from growing rapidly
2. In the mid-1700s new farm techniques led to an ______Revolution in Europe
a. ______were used to protect large farms (called the ______movement)
b. Scientific farming methods like ______maximized farmland & increased production
c. New crops like ______& ______were introduced
d. New tools like the ______& ______made farming more efficient
3. As a result of this agricultural revolution, more ______was made & Europe’s population increased… This large population of workers who would soon find work in industrial ______
4. The Industrial Revolution began in ______for a variety of reasons
a. England had large deposits of ______, especially iron & coal
b. England had ______, a gov’t that encouraged trade & invention, & ______to invest in industry
c. England’s ______provided cheap raw materials & ______to sell industrial goods
5. From 1750 to 1850, England was the most ______nation in the world
C. Textile Industry
1. The population boom created a demand for ______but traditional methods of textile making were slow
2. As a result, the ______became the ______to become industrialized
a. New inventions sped up ______, weaving, ______
b. Eli Whitney’s invention of the ______stimulated a demand for cotton textiles
c. European demand for cotton led to a boom in _ production and ______in the southern United States
3. New textile machinery led to the ______
a. Power-driven machines were able to ______goods very ______& cheap
b. Factory owners made huge ______selling mass-produced clothes
D. The textile industry & the rise of the factory system led to the growth of other industries
1. Steam Engine
a. Factories needed power & were usually located near ______
b. In 1765, ______invented the first steam engine
c. ______engines produced more power & allowed factories to be built in ______near workers
2. Transportation Revolution
a. Factories led to a demand for ______transpiration
b. Roads & ______were built in England; Robert Fulton’s ______increased the speed of water travel
c. The greatest improvement to transportation was the steam-powered ______
d. RRs were fast, increased profits, & stimulated the ______& ______industries
3. Coal, Iron, Steel
a. The Industrial Revolution led to an increase in coal to ______factories & RRs
b. Iron was needed to produce new machines, ______, & railroad track
c. By 1800, England made more ______than all other nations in the world ______
d. ______invented a cheap process for making ______which is stronger than iron
e. Steel allowed engineers to design more powerful machines, taller ______, & longer ______
E. Other Inventions of the Industrial Revolution:
1. Use the images to guess what each industrial invention is
A / E / IB / F / J
C / G / K
D / H / L
2. Other inventions of the Industrial Revolution include ______, new forms of communication such as the telegraph & ______, business machines like typewriters & ______, and medical improvements like ______
F. The Industrial Revolution soon spread throughout Europe & America
1. ______was quick to embrace new industrial technologies
a. Germany had large ______of coal & iron ore
b. Germans built a large network of ______, iron & textile factories
c. By the mid 1800s, Germany was one of the world’s industrial leaders & built a powerful modern ______
2. Industrial ideas turned the ______into an important world power
a. Southern cotton led to ______in the North
b. After the Civil War in 1865, American industry boomed & the United States became a world leader in railroads, ______, steel, ______
c. Many U.S. companies ______to form large corporations & ______
II. Conclusions
A. From 1700 to 1900, revolutions in agriculture, industry, transportation, & communication changed Western Europe and the United States
1. Industrialization gave Europe tremendous ______& military ______
2. Industry also had numerous negative effects on ______& the standard of living for ______
Name: ______
Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episode 10: “Revolutions”
World Revolutions 00:00 – 4:13
1. What new concept did the American Revolution introduce into the world?
The Industrial Revolution 4:13 – 9:46
2. Richard Arkwright’s machine changed society into a consumer society. According to the video, what does that mean?
3. Arkwright not only changed how products were made – it changed where they were made. Where did people make products now?
4. How did coal/steam change the world?
The Expansion of the Railroads 9:47 – 15:30
5. What obstacle stood in the way of the Baltimore-Ohio Railroad?
6. Benjamin Latrobe, Jr. oversaw the production. Who did most of the actual digging?
7. “America’s most challenging railroad projects cost one worker’s life for…”
Sanitation in Industrial Mega-Cities 15:30 – 27:00
8. What was the primary cause of death in cities?
9. How did Dr. John Snow discover the true source of the cholera outbreak?
10. How did the authorities finally stop the outbreak?
11. Parliament finally intervened to stop “The Great Stink.” What did they do that both reduced death and the miserable stench?