Industrial Revolution Study Guide
1. What was the enclosure movement?
2. What made 18th-century Great Britain ideal for rapid and revolutionary industrialization?
3. What are some of the factors that discouraged the growth of industrialization in certain European countries?
4. Why did the industrial revolution begin in England?
5. Explain the role of government in industrial development of the Western world.
6. How are changes in population growth & the development of urbanization related to the Industrial
Revolution?
7. Explain the role of factory in early Industrial Revolution.
8. What made factory system possible? What impact on lives of workers/women/children?
9. Compare/contrast patterns of industrialization in Europe & the U.S. with Great Britain.
10. Explain the impact of the early Industrial Revolution on family/women/living & working conditions of
industrial workers?
11. What efforts did workers make to ameliorate the harsh working conditions of the early Industrial
Revolution?
12. Assume you are a small landowner, describe your situation.
13. Explain the concept of the "middle-class" and its relation to the Industrial Revolution
14. Why is the working-class a product of the Industrial Revolution?
15. Explain 5 positive effects of the Industrial Revolution.
16. What was the first industry to industrialize and why did it happen?
17. Where, when, and why did the Industrial Revolution I.R. begin in the US?
18. How did the million of European immigrants escaping poverty & wars help and/or hurt the wages, living
conditions & businesses in the Industrial Revolution?
19. Explain the difference between the Domestic System and the Factory System.
20. Describe the Industrial Revolution.
21. Describe the growth and development of the Industrial Revolution.