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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION NOTES
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CAUSES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLTUION
Origins…
o By the 1800s, the Industrial Revolution was in _______ __________.
o The Industrial Revolution began in _____________, spreading to the United States and Western
Europe, because of its rich natural resources in _____________, _____________and flowing
_____________supply.
Resources…
o Also, the steam engine was developed in England by _____________ _____________. It had
many uses to help industrialism grow.
Uses for STEAM…
o What uses do you see in the picture for steam?
What do you see in the picture that would complete the statements? ______________ bring
items from factories to the sea for shipping. The trains and factories are all powered by
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o How many rivers do you count on the map of England? __________
o How many coal fields do you count? ________
o According to this map, cities are located near _____________ or _____________.
Origins…
o The British ____________________ Movement led to the Industrial Revolution because it made
_______ available for new factories that were developing around machines.
o What was the British Enclosure Movement?
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Important industries…
o The first product to be industrialized was _____________ in the textile industry.
o Iron was used in engines and then _____________ was developed because it could withstand
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It’s a REVOLUTION…
o With the rise of machines and the factory system, _____________ industries ended and
_____________became unemployed.
o What were cottage industries? ________________________________________________
o What is the factory system? ___________________________________________________
Raw materials…
o With the Industrial Revolution came an increased demand for raw materials from the
Americas, Asia and Africa. Rising economic powers wanted to _____________ raw materials
and markets throughout the world. This accelerated colonialism and imperialism.
Advancements…
o Advancements in _____________ produced the Industrial Revolution, while advancements in
science and _____________altered the lives of people living in the new industrial cities.
o Cultural changes soon followed.
o How would advancements in science and medicine alter the lives of people in the cities?
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Impacts of industrialism…
o ________________ increase
o Increased standards of living for many, but not for _____.
o Improved ___________________
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Increased __________________
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Growth of _____________ ___________
Using the graph, between the years 1800 and 2000, the population grew from ___ million to ___
million in England and Wales.
EFFECTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Urbanization
o _______________ is the growth of cities and the movement of people to cities.
o Reasons for urbanization: ___________ __________ and cities were built near __________.
Effects on Society
o Family-based _____________ _____________ were displaced by the factory system.
o The Industrial Revolution had a significant impact on the structure and function of the
_____________.
o If agriculture and cottage industry are based around family, families spent their days together
at that time. How would this change with the factory system? _____________
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The factory system…
o There were _____________ working conditions.
o Men _____________ with women and children for wages.
o Child labor kept costs of production _______ and profits _______for factory owners.
o What were the problems or dangers for children in the factories?
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Labor…
o The Industrial Revolution placed new demands on the labor of men, women, and children.
o __________ of mines and factories exercised considerable __________ over the lives of their
laborers.
Women and Children…
o The Industrial Revolution had many effects on society. Women and children entered the
workplace as _____________ labor than men. Eventually, child labor was reformed and, in
some cases, _____________.
o Now what are children REQUIRED to do by law? ________________________________________
o Working women started desiring and demanding _____________. What is suffrage?
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Slavery…
o The Industrial Revolution impacted _____________.
o The ______________ _________ increased demand for slave labor on American cotton
plantations.
o Eventually, though, the United States and Britain _____________ the slave trade and then slavery
all-together.
Labor Unions…
o The rise of labor unions encouraged worker-unionized strikes to increase _____________ and
improve working _____________.
o They lobbied for laws to _____________ the lives of workers, including women and children.
o Labor unions wanted worker rights and _____________ _____________between labor and
management. What is collective bargaining? __________________________
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o What conditions caused people to want labor unions? __________________________
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