Unit 7 Test – The Industrial Revolution
Phase 1 of Industrial Revolution:
 Causes of the Industrial Revolution
 Agricultural Revolution (what impacted the Agricultural Revolution, what effects did the Agricultural Revolution
have on the Industrial Revolution, new technologies/techniques)
 Textile Industry in Great Britain (new technologies, Richard Arkwright) & Improvements in Transportation
during the Industrial Revolution
 Urbanization (know the process of the transition from rural to urban life, positive impacts of industrialization,
negative impacts of industrialization)
 Conditions of the Working Class in England (factory conditions, Child labor, living conditions, etc.)
 Social Classes of the Industrial Revolution (what class was new, what caused the gap between the social
classes?)
 Capitalism, Socialism, Communism & Utilitarianism (goals of each, role of government in each, what influenced
Marx?, How were they different? Laissez-Faire government)
Phase 2 of Industrial Revolution:
 Spread of the Industrial Revolution (Why Germany and US?, when did the 2nd phase roughly start? 3 major areas
of change?)
 New technologies of 2nd Industrial Revolution (Edison, Bessemer, Faraday, interchangeable parts, assembly
line)
 Transportation and communication during 2nd phase of Industrial Rev. (Railroads, steamships, automobiles,
airplanes, telegraph & telephone)
 Big Businesses, Monopolies, & Captains of Industry (effects of Big Business, how they achieved their goals,
vertical vs. horizontal integration, Carnegie, Krupp, Rockefeller)
 Sanitation techniques in cities, food, hospitals, paved streets, Skyscrapers
 Urban Renewal (street lights, sewage systems) & Urban life for the poor (slums, tenements, etc.)
 Working conditions for the poor in 2nd phase (long hours, low wages, unsafe working conditions, etc.)
 Labor unions (why did they form, what did they seek to do?, regulation of working conditions, standard of living
for workers rose)
 Social Darwinism (what is the theory? How did it impacts social values and businesses during the 2nd phase?)
Impacts of the Industrial Revolution on World History! Know why the I.R. is important to World History
Identifications:
For each of the following historical terms, provide the who, what, where, when information, and, most importantly,
provide 3 sentences about why that term is significant (important) to world history. 7 will appear on the test and you
have to write on 5 of them. (Test will ask for the who, what, where, when, and why)
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Urbanization
Seed Drill
Working Class
Agricultural Revolution
Water Frame
Capitalism
Socialism
Assembly Line
Railroads
Sewage System
Social Darwinism
Telegraph
John D. Rockefeller
Labor Unions