1. Industrial Revolution
Study Guide

2. Question #1
What are 3 reasons Great Britian was such a good location for the Industrial Revolution to begin?

3. Answer #1 Abundance of natural resources Stable government
Growing population

4. Question # 2
Before the Industrial Revolution, where did most people live and work?

5. Answer # 2
Before the I.R. people lived in rural areas and labored on farms or cottage industries

6. Question # 3
What were 3 positives of the IR?

7. Answer # 3 Better production of goods and food
New inventions and technologies
Growing economy (new jobs)

8. quesiton #4
What are 3 negatives of the Industrial Revolution?

9. Answer # 4 Pollution Disease Overcrowded cities Child labor
Terrible treatment of workers

10. Question # 5
What is Industrialization?

11. Answer # 5
Industrialization is the period of economic and social change when people transformed from rural agricultural societies to urban societies based on manufacturing.

12. Question # 6
What is a Labor Union?

13. Answer # 6
Labor Unions- An organization formed to protect the rights of workers.
Their goal is to make things better for workers.

14. Question # 7
What is a Strike?

15. Answer # 7
When workers refuse to work until certain conditions are met.
Usually organized by Unions.

16. Question # 8
Why do you think Labor Unions began during this time period?

17. Answer # 8
Conditions were so bad, and pay was so low, that the workers had to find a way to make things better. So they organized into unions.

18. Question # 9
List 4 inventions during the Industrial Revolution. Explain what they did and how did they affect peoples lives.

19. Answer # 9 Spinning Jenny Steam Engine Power Loom Cotton Gin
Locomotive
(see inventions PPT for explanation)

20. Question # 10 Put the following events into chronological order:
Industrial Revolution, American Revolution, Renaissance, Enlightenment.

21. Answer # 10 Renaissance Enlightenment American Revolution
Industrial Revolution

22. Question # 11
Why were children used in factories during the Industrial Revolution?

23. Answer # 11 Children could be forced to work for less money.
Generally children have less rights and are more vulnerable than adults.

24. Question # 12
Describe the living conditions in cities during the Industrial Revolution.

25. Answer # 12
Generally the conditions were bad. There was little clean drinking water, housing was terrible, disease was common. Cities were overcrowded, dangerous and dirty.

26. Question # 13
How did the Industrial Revolution differ from other revolutions we have studied.

27. Answer # 13
The American and French Revolutions were revolutions to change government. The Industrial revolution was a change in the way people lived and how things were made...

28. Answer # 13 cont...
During the I.R. people went from living in rural areas to cities. Economies changed from farming to industrial manufacturing.