Industrial Revolution Study Guide

What is referred to as the Industrial Revolution?

• A period of revolutions that culminated with the expansion of the United States

• A period of colonization using new technological advances and inventions

• A period of slow groth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s

• A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s

Why was Great Britain the first country to industrialize?

• It was the most powerful nation in the world

• It had an abundance of natural resources such as coal, iron ore, and waterways where water wheels and steam engines could be built

• It wasn’t; history has unfairly given Great Britain credit for the Industrial Revolution

• England was centrally located to many areas like France, Germany, and Spain giving them an advantage to brin gin resources and talent from many places

What were the three factors of production required to drive the Industrial Revolution?

• land, labor, luxury

• government, military, colonies

• raw materials, natural resources and man-made goods

• Land, labor, capital

What was the Enclosure Movement?

• Wealthy landowners fenced off land for cultivating larger fields

• Workers were sectioned off into a separate part of the city from the wealthy

• Land owners sold pieces of their land to former slaves

• Middle class workers bought land outside of the city and created new suburbs

Which other country was one of the first ones to change their economies to an industrial base?

• France

• Spain

• The United States

• Portugal

Mechanical Reaper

• Cyrus McCormick

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham

• Thomas Edison

Telegraph

• Cyrus McCormick

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham

• Thomas Edison

Telephone

• Cyrus McCormick

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham

• Thomas Edison

Light Bulb

• Cyrus McCormick

• Samuel Morse

• Alexander Graham

• Thomas Edison

Cotton Gin

• Henry Ford

• Samuel Morse

• Eli Whitney

• Thomas Edison