WH Industrial Rev

How did industrialism lead to imperialism?

• Industrialized nations wanted new technology
• Industrialized nations wanted natural resources and markets
• Industrialized nations wanted a cheap source of labor
• Industrialized nations wanted to spread their culture

One result of the Industrial Revolution was

• urbanization - people moved to the cities
• life expectancy declined
• people moved to the farms
• factories became safer

The cotton gin

• Made cotton production cheaper
• prevented factories from buying steam engines
• eliminated slavery
• encouraged the growth of militarism

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• United States
• Great Britain
• Canada
• Asia

Why did people move to cities during the Industrial Revolution?

• People were looking for work.
• People were looking for farms.
• People wanted to buy a house.
• People wanted to sell their crops.

The spinning jenny __________.

• wove cloth quickly
• was powered by water
• made production slow
• spun many threads at one time

What is the Industrial Revolution?

• a change from making things by machines to making them by hand
• a change from making things by hand to making them by machines in factories
• a shift from a monarchy to a democracy
• a shift from old order to new order

What effect did the steam engine have on factories?

• Factories still had to be located next to rivers and streams.
• Factories could be located away from rivers
• The production of factories decreased.
• Factories were closing down.

Canal built to enable US ships to move between Atlantic/Pacific oceans

• Atlantic Canal
• Guam Canal
• Mexican Canal
• Panama Canal

A primary purpose for building the Suez Canal was to

• encourage Jewish settlement in nearby Palestine
• increase trade between the Middle East, Europe and Asia
• reduce the time needed for travel between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea
• allow Indian merchants to reach the east coast of Africa