5.4 Industrialization Spreads

Question 1

What was an advantage the 19th century United States had for industrial growth?

Answer 1

Human capital

Question 2

Trans-Siberian Railroad

Answer 2

36,000 miles of railroad stretching from Moscow to Siberia constructed to connect commerical and industrial areas. The Trans-Siberian Railroad allowed trade with East Asia.

Question 3

Japan’s defensive modernazation in the mid-19th century was for what what main purpose?

Answer 3

Domestic protection.

Question 4

What effect did British control of India have over its industrialization?

Answer 4

Limits on mining and metal work essentially stopped technological innovation.

Question 5

Company Rule

Answer 5

From 1757 to 1858, the British East India Company controlled a lot of India.

Question 6

How did Britain’s textile production affect the textile industries of India and Egypt?

Answer 6

Britain imposed an “equalizing” five percent tax on textile mills in India, undermining their profitibility.

Increased textile production dried up the European import market for Egypt and a lot of its domestic market too.