Chapter 21 Study Guide “The Industrial Revolution”
Terms to Know
Section 1
Enclosure Movement
(1) What were the 5 contributing factors that led to
the Industrial Revolution?
Factors of Production
(17) What was Adam Smith’s views in
regards to governments and their
economies?
Cottage Industry
Industrialization
The American System (3 terms)
Strike
Labor Union
Socialism
Laissez-Faire
(2) How did the Enclosure Movement lead to a growth
in cities?
(3) What were some of the reasons that Great Britain
was the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution?
Entrepreneur
(5) What is one of the reasons that historians feel that
industrialization did not spread quickly to other parts
of the world?
(6) What were some of the actions Great Britain took
in order to remain the world’s leading industrial
power?
People to Know
Jethro Tull
Richard Arkwright
James Watt
Eli Whitney
(19) Describe the shift in political power
before and after the Industrial Revolution.
(4) What changes did steam power provide to the Industrial
Revolution?
Communism
Standard of Living
(18) What were Thomas Malthus’ views on
industry and population growth?
Section 2
(7) Factories were initially built close to __________ and
____________ that would provide power for the
operations of the mills. As industries to Steam
powered manufacturing, many businesses would
began to build their factories close to ________ ________.
(8) What is ‘Black Country’, and how did the region
(20) What are some reasons why people
such as Cornelius Vanderbilt, and John D.
Rockefeller were viewed as positive and
negative forces in society? (List their
contributions to human progress)
(21) Discuss Robert Owen’s philosophy of
socialism, utopianism, and ways in which
he tried to install his philosophies into
society…
(22) What impact did Karl Marx believe
Robert Fulton
Alexander Hamilton
Samuel Slater
Adam Smith
Thomas Malthus
get its name?
(9) How is Black Country’s flag reflective, or a symbol
of the Industrial era?
(10) During the Industrial Revolution, the new factory
system included 3 main levels of participants, which
were….(provide brief description)
Capitalism would have on society, and how
did he feel society would evolve from the
effects of capitalism?
(23) According to Marx, in what way did
capitalism affect labor and profit?
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John D. Rockefeller
Karl Marx
Robert Owen
The Luddites
(11) Why did some industries hire women and
children instead of men?
(12) What was the Luddite Movement?
(13) What did workers do to in order to fight for
higher wages and better working conditions in
factories?
(14) What was the Sadler Report (1832)?
Section 3
(15) Was trade looked at as a negative or a positive
force during the old mercantile system? Why?
(16) What does Laissez-Faire mean, and how is that
applied to the realm of economics?
(24) The final stage of Karl Marx’s
transition to Socialism- eventually results
in what type of government and economy?
What are the features of that type of
government and economy?
***Provided a bullet-point timeline of the
when the Industrial Revolution reached
other parts of the world besides Great
Britain…(Info from Section 1)