Industrial Revolution and Imperialism

During the 18th century, which European country had the most advanced agriculture?

• Great Britain

• 1. The Netherlands

• Spain

• 1. Italy

How did the development of enclosures lead to the growth of cities?

• 1. Farmers grew wealthy and could move to cities.

• Farms became more efficient and didn’t need as many workers.

• As population grew, fewer people could live on farms.

• There were always better employment opportunities in cities.

Which of the following farming innovations DID NOT increase food production?

• 1. Enclosing several smaller fields into larger ones

• Rotating which crops were planted each season

• 1. Selective breeding of animals

• Dividing up land into smaller farms

“A great number of streams...furnish(supply) water-power adequate(enough) to turn many hundred mills: they afford the element of water, indispensable(needed) for scouring, bleaching, printing, dyeing, and other processes of manufacture: and when collected in their larger channels, or employed to feed canals, they supply a superior inland navigation, so important for the transit of raw materials and merchandise.”

Edward Bains (1835)

 In the quote above, Edward Bains gives reasons for what historical development in Great Britain?

• 1. The decline of cities.

• 1. Britain’s economic decline.

• 1. The beginning of industrialization.

• The decline of Britain’s empire.

The resources needed to produce the goods and services that industrialization required - land, labor, capital and entrepreneurship - are known as what?

• 1. Ownership of factories

• Factors of production

• 1. Benefits of Britain

• 1. Effects of enclosures

What was the first industry to begin production in factories?

• 1. Steel

• Lumber (wood)

• Automobiles (cars)

• Textiles (cloth)

I have a little boy at home,

A pretty little son;

I think sometimes the world is mine

In him my only one. . .

[Before] dawn my labor drives me forth

Tis night when I am free;

A stranger am I to my child;

And he one to me.

• Morris Rosenfeld

According to the poem, what impact did industrialization have on the lives of many parents? 

• 1. Working in factories kept parents away from their children for long hours.

• Working in factories improved relationships between parents and children.

• 1. Parents were happy because children received better educations.

• 1. Parents were upset because they couldn’t work on farms any longer.

In reaction to the poor working conditions for laborers, this group attacked factories and smashed machines in early 19th c. England.

• 1. Lutherans

• Luddites

• 1. Communists

• 1. Anarchists

Which of the following is a possible negative environmental impact of the factory pictured above?

• The factory provided cheaper food for the horses.

• 1. Steel produced in the factory was used to build the bridge. 

• 1. Chemicals used to dye the fabrics were later pumped into the river.

• Jobs at the factory increased the population of the town.

Which of the following was a positive effect of industrialization?

• 1. It immediately created wealth equality

• It worsened people’s diets.

• It only allowed wealthy students to attend school.

• 1. It raised the standard of living.