Unit 5 (Part 2) ID-Sigs: Industrial Revolution
Chapter 22: The Revolution in Energy and Industry (pp. 725-750)
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Crystal Palace
economic nationalism
Crédit Mobilier
Zollverein
Luddites
Factory Act of 1833
Mines Act of 1842
Combination Acts
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James Watt
George Stephenson
Thomas Malthus
David Ricardo
John Cockerill
Friedrich List
Friedrich Engels
Robert Owen
Chapter 22 Reading Questions
A. The Industrial Revolution in Britain (Chap. 22 pp. 725-735)
1. Discuss the three developments in Great Britain during the 18th century that led to
industrial changes
by providing specific evidence for each.
2. Analyze the origins of the factory in Great Britain and the significance of the following
machines:
a) James Hargreaves’s - spinning jenny
b) Richard Arkwright’s - water frame
3. Identify the energy problems that limited industrial growth and discuss the
breakthroughs in technology
that enabled British industrialist to overcome them.
4. Analyze the impact of Industrial growth, both positive and negative, on the society of
Great Britain.
B. Industrialization in Continental Europe (Chap. 22 pp. 735-740)
1. Summarize the four factors discussed in the overview of European industrialization.
2. Identify the obstacles that slowed the development of industrialism in Europe outside of
Great Britain.
3. Discuss the factors that led to the eventual industrialization of the European continent.
C. Capital and Labor (Chap. 22 pp. 740-750)
1. Explain how early factory owners differed from those of the mid to late 19th century.
2. Discuss how industrialization impacted the average workers standard of life.
3. Analyze the changing conditions for factory workers from the 1770’s to the 1830’s.
4. Identify the three reasons for sexual division of labor discussed in the text.