Industrialization

Identify approximately when the Industrial Revolution began

begins in the 18th century (1700s)

List the three factors of production

Land, Labor and Capital

Describe the three factors of production

Land-everything that is a part of the land.

Labor-population of available workers.

Capital- wealth to create factories and pay workers.

Why was Great Britain was the first country to industrialize?

Britain had the natural resources needed for industrialization; water power, coal, iron ore, rivers and harbors.

Technology advance in the textile industry,

Abundant food supply,

Increasing population,

High demand for good and services, and large population of workers.

Describe key inventions that furthered the Industrial Revolution

Water frame-water power to drive a spinning wheel,

Spinning Jenny-spun thread,

Spinning Mule-combined water frame and Spinning Jenny.

Flying Shuttle- a weaver

Explain the importance of enclosures

designated areas of land to test productive seeding and harvesting which increased farming efficiency.

Explain the impact of new crop rotation techniques

Prevent the exhaustion of nutrients in the soil but planting different crops in the same area each year.

Crop rotation allowed for nutrients to increase in the soil.

Identify transportation improvements during the Industrial Revolution

Transporting raw materials, manufactured products and people.

Explain the impact the railroad boom had on Great Britain

Railroad bloom, transportation, more jobs.

Explain the importance of entrepreneurs during the Industrial Revolution

The entrepreneur provided the necessary capital, and took on the risk of the business.

Describe the social and economic effects of Industrialization

Instead of agriculture, things moved to factories instead. Urbanization-Moving from the country to the city

Examine growing tensions between the middle and working classes

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Identify positive effects of the Industrial Revolution

Job creation, Wealth of the nation

Raised the standard of living

Healthier diets

Better housing (eventually)

Cheaper mass-produced goods

The working class eventually won higher wages, shorter hours and better working conditions

Describe industrialization in the United States

Had Abundant natural resources

Railroads very important.

Industrialization began in the textile industry.

Despite industrialization, the United States remained primarily agricultural until the end of the Civil War.

Railroads played a major role.

Describe industrialization in Europe

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Identify the effects of Industrialization on the rest of the world

Belgium led Europe in adopting Britain’s new technology

Germany also copied off the British

Imported British equipment and engineers

Built railroads that connected major cities

Identify thinkers and ideas that support industrialization

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Explain the origins and main concepts of socialism

he government should plan the economy, appeals to the working class and factory workers

Explain the origins and main concepts of Marxism

Karl Marx is considered the Father of Communism

He describes communism as a complete form of socialism where all means of production are owned by the people

Examine unionization and legislative reform that came with industrialization

Union is a voluntary group of workers that join together, collective bargaining and negotiations

Strike - a refusal to work

Child Labor Laws

Describe some other reform movements of the 1800s

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