Week 8: Industrial Revolution

Question 1

Where was the First Industrial Revolution?

Answer 1

Britain

Question 2

Where was the Second Industrial Revolution?

Answer 2

U.S, Europe and Japan

Question 3

How could people tell if a nation was going to make it big in their industrialization?

Answer 3

If they had a large number of patents.

Question 4

What causes the surge in Mental Illness amongst workers?

Answer 4

They feel as though they no longer have control over their lives.

Question 5

What are the 3 main causes of population growth in the 18th century?

Answer 5

• Peace
• Potatoes
• Vaccines

Question 6

Why did the Industrial Revolution start in Britain?

Answer 6

• Had new technology
• Advanced transportation
• Colonial market
• Central Banking
• Canal systems
• Private Wealth sector
• Protestantism
• Minimal government interferance

Question 7

What were the “Articles of Paris”

Answer 7

A decree stating that France will only produce and deal in “luxury goods”.

Question 8

What stalls progress in France?

Answer 8

The Guild System

Question 9

What country is the most industrialized after Britain?

Answer 9

Belgium

Question 10

What brings Belgium industrial success?

Answer 10

• Skilled workforce
• Government investment

Question 11

What was Belgium known for producing?

Answer 11

Textiles

Question 12

What is essential for German modernization?

Answer 12

Unification

Question 13

What happens industrially after the German states unify?

Answer 13

Germany is on fire and becomes a powerhouse

Question 14

What industry did the Netherlands find wealth through?

Answer 14

Ship-building

Question 15

What 5 countries were very slow to adapt?

Answer 15

• Russia
• Austria
• Spain
• Italy
• Portugal

*largely due to poorer agrarian economies

Question 16

Who invented the Seed Drill?

Answer 16

Jethro Tull

Question 17

When did Jethro Tull invent the Seed Drill?

Answer 17

1701

Question 18

What were enclosure laws?

Answer 18

• Laws passed to abolish publicly owned land
• British government public land to private entrepreneurs
• Entrepreneurs make massive farms with this land
• Creates fenced in land (allowing for large scale breeding of livestock)

Question 19

Who advocated for the growing of turnips?

Answer 19

Charles “Turnip” Townshend

-Planting turnips once in a while cleaned the soil
-You couldn’t sell turnips but they were good to feed the animals with

Question 20

What were the benefits of crop rotation?

Answer 20

• Higher crop yields
• Controls pests and disease
• Planting turnips once in a while cleaned the soil

Question 21

What was the new mass textile production machine?

Answer 21

The Flying Shuttle

Question 22

What was the new industrial spinning wheel machine called?

Answer 22

The Spinning Jenny

Question 23

Who invented the Spinning Jenny?

Answer 23

James Hargreaves

Question 24

What did the Spinning Jenny produce?

Answer 24

Cotton Yarn (en masse)

Question 25

How many weavers could a single Spinning Jenny supply yarn to?

Answer 25

8

Question 26

Cotton was first brought to Britain from ________

Answer 26

India

Question 27

Why did cotton become the preferred clothing material?

Answer 27

- Cheaper - Could be grown in more places

Question 28

What material did cotton replace as England's main fabric?

Answer 28

Wool

Question 29

True or False: There was a law stating that you could ONLY buy cotton produced in Britain.

Answer 29

TRUE (This initially made cotton super expensive)

Question 30

What invention made domestic British cotton cheap despite laws?

Answer 30

The Spinning Jenny

Question 31

Who lost their monopoly due to the invention of the Spinning Jenny?

Answer 31

Indian cotton suppliers

Question 32

What is the dark side of cotton?

Answer 32

- Forces the U.S to open a massive slave industry to meet high demands for cotton worldwide.

Question 33

What improved methods inspire the growth of the coal and iron industries?

Answer 33

- Ventilation - Water Removal - Mining infrastructure - Extraction methods

Question 34

What 2 things power the modernization of Iron production?

Answer 34

- The Military - The Railroads

Question 35

With the growth of Iron production, what dominates rural landscapes?

Answer 35

Blast furnaces

Question 36

Who heavily patented the Steam Engine?

Answer 36

James Watt

Question 37

What is seen as the MOST important invention of the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 37

The Steam Engine

Question 38

Why is the Steam Engine considered to be the most important invention of the industrial revolution?

Answer 38

- It made a more affordable, efficient, and reliable source of energy

Question 39

What were the Economic impacts of the Industrial Revolution? (4)

Answer 39

- Irrevocable installation of Capitalism - Rise of Factory driven economies - Massive increase in productive output - Huge technological innovation and expansion

Question 40

What were the Social impacts of the Industrial Revolution? (5)

Answer 40

- Rise of isms - New class divisions - Rise of Labour movements - Rise in Nationalism - Expansion of beaurocracy and state responsibility

Question 41

What were the Military impacts of the Industrial Revolution? (3)

Answer 41

- Colonial competition - Rise of Imperialism - Rise of Nationalism

Question 42

What were the Social impacts of the Industrial Revolution? (8)

Answer 42

- Urbanization - Disruption of family structure - Social mobility improves - Improves education and literacy rates - New class divisions - New calls for social reform (feminism, syndicalism, etc.) - Rise of Psychology - Environmental concerns