Why can it be argued that the Industrial Revolution is the third most significant event in human history?

CH.9 / Section 1 How did agriculture change during 18th Century England?

Why England?

Describe the developments that occurred in the first industry to modernize.

What new type of person emerged to drive the Industrial Revolution?

How did developments in transportation revolutionize England?

* Did inventions cause the Industrial Revolution or did the Industrial Revolution cause the inventions?

Ch.9 / Section 2 Describe the process and consequences of urbanization.

Which groups of people benefited from the Industrial Revolution?

Which groups of people suffered from the Industrial Revolution?

Describe the new tensions among the social classes.

Who were the Luddites?

* Compare the positive and negative effects of the Industrial Revolution.

Ch.9 / Section 3 Compare industrial development in the United States to that in England. (What advantages will the United States have?)

How did “Big Business” develop?

Why did Continental Europe lag behind Britain in the Industrial Revolution?

Which areas on the continent industrialized and which did not?

How does the Industrial Revolution change Europe’s global status?

* What potential problems will the Industrial Revolution create?

Ch.9 / Section 4 Why is laissez-faire the philosophy of capitalists and the enemy of the working class?

How did utilitarianism and utopianism seek to improve life for the working class?

What is the difference between socialism and communism?

How did the union and reform movements lessen the gap between rich and poor?

How did the reform movement spread to other areas?

Ch.10 / Section 4 How many ways did technological inventions change the quality of life in the late 1800’s?

How and why does mass culture develop?

Describe the developments in the germ theory of disease.

Why was Charles Darwin the most controversial man of the 19th Century?

How did Fr. Gregor Mendel complement Darwin’s theory?

What were the major developments in chemistry and physics?

What are two new ideas in the field of psychology?

* Why was the 19th Century a challenge to human self-image?

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