Industrial Revolution 2021

Railroads

• led to an increase in cotton production and slavery, invented by Eli Whitney

• creates thousands of mining jobs, lowered the cost of transporting goods, encouraged people to travel for leisure

• made transportation on rivers more efficient

• the first industry to industrialize

Cotton Gin

• led to an increase in cotton production and slavery, invented by Eli Whitney

• creates thousands of mining jobs, lowered the cost of transporting goods, encouraged people to travel for leisure

• made transportation on rivers more efficient

• the first industry to industrialize

Steam Boat

• led to an increase in cotton production and slavery, invented by Eli Whitney

• creates thousands of mining jobs, lowered the cost of transporting goods, encouraged people to travel for leisure

• made transportation on rivers more efficient

• the first industry to industrialize

Enclosures

• led to an increase in cotton production and slavery, invented by Eli Whitney

• the process of taking over and fencing off land formerly shared by peasant farmers

• made transportation on rivers more efficient

• the first industry to industrialize

Textiles

• led to an increase in cotton production and slavery, invented by Eli Whitney

• the process of taking over and fencing off land formerly shared by peasant farmers

• made transportation on rivers more efficient

• the first industry to industrialize

The Industrial Revolution started in Britain partly because its rivers provided

• transportation & power

• plentiful labor

• coal & iron ore

• cheaper food

A political theory derived from Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. That advocates class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. A belief in a government based on the idea that a single ruling political party can run for the benefit of all it’s people better.

• Socialism

• Libertarianism

• Communism

• Capitalism

During the Meiji Restoration the Japanese adopted

• technology of the Western World

• cultures and values of the Western World

• all the rules of China

• military techniques

How did the Agricultural Revolution make the Industrial Revolution possible?

• More people left the cities to become farmers

• Britain was able to feed its army better and expand its empire

• Population growth increased the labor supply for factories

• Farmers became rich and invested in factories

What economic system drove industrialization in Europe and the US during the 1800s by giving business owners more freedom to run their businesses?

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Mercantilism

• Socialism