Industrial Revolution

How did the following developments of the Agricultural Revolution affect people?

• Enclosure movement
• Crop rotation
• Advanced agricultural technology

• Decreased the amount of food each individual farmer could produce

• Drove down the price of crops because there were more crops available for people to buy

• Encouraged more people to become farmers because they could earn more money doing less work

• Forced small farmers to become tenant farmers or move to the cities.

Why was England the first nation to industrialize?

• Great Britain had the factors of production needed for industrialization.

• Napoleon refused to allow any new ideas to be implemented on continental Europe.

• Since the Middle Ages, Great Britain was the leader of innovations and ideas.

• They had raw materials, like cotton, wool, and flax, readily available from their colonies.

Which statement below best reflects the values of socialism?

Statement A: We worked in a place that was noisy and dangerous. We did the same

work over and over again. Many workers, often children, lost fingers, limbs, and even

their lives.

Statement B: Government should not interfere in business. To do so would disrupt

the balance of supply and demand.

Statement C: Government has a duty to interfere in order to best provide its people

with a happy and safe life.

Statement D: Advances in agricultural techniques and practices resulted in an

increased supply of food and raw materials, causing a movement of the farmers from

the countryside to the city.

• Statement A

• Statement B

• Statement C

• Statement D

Which statement below best reflects the values of capitalism?

Statement A: We worked in a place that was noisy and dangerous. We did the same

work over and over again. Many workers, often children, lost fingers, limbs, and even

their lives.

Statement B: Government should not interfere in business. To do so would disrupt

the balance of supply and demand.

Statement C: Government has a duty to interfere in order to best provide its people

with a happy and safe life.

Statement D: Advances in agricultural techniques and practices resulted in an

increased supply of food and raw materials, causing a movement of the farmers from

the countryside to the city.

• Statement A

• Statement B

• Statement C

• Statement D

“The workers of the world have nothing to lose, but their chains. Workers of the world, unite!”

~ Karl Marx

Which group would be most likely to agree with the statement above?

• Capitalists

• Factory Owners

• Parliament

• Unions

Which situation shows the benefit of a union?

• Convinced workers their work hours were acceptable

• Negotiated for better working conditions

• Opposed (were against) laws for minimum wage

• Opposed (were against) the use of strikes to make changes

Which is a NEGATIVE outcome of the Industrial Revolution?

• Europeans exploited and imperialistically threatened non-industrialized nations.

• No reforms were ever made to fix unregulated living and working conditions.

• Labor unions demanded their ideas for reforms be met or they would strike.

• There was not enough work for women and children to get jobs in factories.

Utilitarianism held that government policies should promote

• Wars and epidemics to kill off excess people

• Public ownership of the means of production

• The complete independence of each individual

• The greatest good for the greatest number of people

A main idea of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles’ Communist Manifesto is that the proletariat

• would need foreign help to achieve its revolutionary ends

• had to cooperate with the capitalists to gain economic rewards

• should allow the capitalists to control the means of production

• must unite to overthrow the capitalist class

Before a nation can begin to industrialize, that nation must first develop

• a democratic government

• a rigid class structure

• a strong religious foundation

• an adequate food supply