Chapter 30
Historical Terms and Concepts to Know *Who, what, where, why, when, how, so
what?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Calico Acts
Flying shuttle
Power loom
Crompton’s “mule”
5.
Rocket
6. Bessemer converter
7. Putting-out system
8. Luddites
9. Assembly line
10. Cotton gin
11. Crystal Palace Exhibit
12. Woman in Her Social and Domestic Character
13. Utopian socialism
14. Manifesto of the Communist Party
15. “Dictatorship of the proletariat”
16. Zaibatsu
17. Samuel Crompton
18. John Kay
19. Edmund Cartwright
20. James Watt
21. George Stephenson
22. Henry Bessemer
23. Josiah Wedgwood
24. Henry Ford
25. Eli Whitney
26. John D. Rockefeller
27. Mrs. John Sandford
28. Charles Fourier
29. Robert Owen
30. Karl Marx
31. Friedrich Engels
Discussion Questions
32. How could the demands and reality of industrialization influence factors such as nationalism or
colonization?
33. In what ways were families transformed by the process of industrialization? Why would the family
structure have been stronger before the industrial revolution? How was the home transformed? How
did the roles of women and children change in the industrial movement?
34. Examine the transition from the more traditional putting-out system to the rise of the factory system.
How did each invention lead to other innovations? What would be the economic and social
implications of this change?
35. Discuss the population explosion, urbanization, and other demographic factors of the industrial
revolution. Discuss the growth of huge industrial cities during the nineteenth century. What would
the life of the new urban dweller be like? What would be the implications of this existence?
36. Examine the roots of the socialist movement. What were the basic goals of the Utopian Socialists?
How did this movement evolve under Marx?
37. Examine the spread of industrialization beyond the borders of Great Britain. Are trade and
transportation playing a different role than in the past? How did the movement change? Did
industrialization influence every country the same way? Why did some nations in Latin America,
sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia get left behind in the industrial race?
Chapter 30
Discussion Questions
38. How could the demands and reality of industrialization influence factors such as nationalism or
colonization?
39. In what ways were families transformed by the process of industrialization? Why would the family
structure have been stronger before the industrial revolution? How was the home transformed? How
did the roles of women and children change in the industrial movement?
40. Examine the transition from the more traditional putting-out system to the rise of the factory system.
How did each invention lead to other innovations? What would be the economic and social
implications of this change?
41. Discuss the population explosion, urbanization, and other demographic factors of the industrial
revolution. Discuss the growth of huge industrial cities during the nineteenth century. What would
the life of the new urban dweller be like? What would be the implications of this existence?
42. Examine the roots of the socialist movement. What were the basic goals of the Utopian Socialists?
How did this movement evolve under Marx?
43. Examine the spread of industrialization beyond the borders of Great Britain. Are trade and
transportation playing a different role than in the past? How did the movement change? Did
industrialization influence every country the same way? Why did some nations in Latin America,
sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia get left behind in the industrial race?
Historical Terms and Concepts to Know *Who, what, where, why, when, how, so
what?
44. Calico Acts
45. Flying shuttle
46. Power loom
47. Crompton’s “mule”
48. Rocket
49. Bessemer converter
50. Putting-out system
51. Luddites
52. Assembly line
53. Cotton gin
54. Crystal Palace Exhibit
55. Woman in Her Social and Domestic Character
56. Utopian socialism
57. Manifesto of the Communist Party
58. “Dictatorship of the proletariat”
59. Zaibatsu
60. Samuel Crompton
61. John Kay
62. Edmund Cartwright
63. James Watt
64. George Stephenson
65. Henry Bessemer
66. Josiah Wedgwood
67. Henry Ford
68. Eli Whitney
69. John D. Rockefeller
70. Mrs. John Sandford
71. Charles Fourier
72. Robert Owen
73. Karl Marx
74. Friedrich Engels