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Industrial Revolution

Why Britain?

Britain was able to quickly industrialize because of several

factors: there were many natural resources; there were

enough people who had grown rich from trade to finance new

industries; there was a stable government that supported

economic growth.

What 3 reasons made Britain the first to industrialize?

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The Industrial Revolution BeginsSection 2: Britain Leads the Way

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What class grew as a result of the Industrial Revolution?

Eventual

New Industrial Powers Emerge

Despite Britain’s efforts to keep its inventions a secret, other nations, such as Germany and the United States, gained access to it industrial secrets and underwent their own industrial revolutions.

Which country was the first to industrialize?

What mode of transportation did Germany use during

industrialization?

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Life in the Industrial AgeSection 1: The Industrial Revolution Spreads

Life In the Industrial Age: Section 1Progress Monitoring Transparency

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Which region of the

U.S. was the first to

industrialize?

Laissez-Faire Economics

Economists during the Enlightenment tried to grapple with

how the Industrial Revolution would affect the working class.

Views ranged from dire (Thomas Malthus and David

Ricardo) to optimistic (Adam Smith). Capitalism is when

money is invested in business ventures with the goal of

making a profit.

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The Industrial Revolution BeginsSection 4: New Ways of Thinking

Karl Marx Explains Class Struggles

German philosopher Karl Marx came up with the idea of communism as a solution to what he saw as a struggle between workers and business owners due to capitalism and the Industrial Revolution. Socialism and Utopianism were also developed. Communism would create a classless society in which all means of production would be owned by everyone equally.

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The Industrial Revolution BeginsSection 4: New Ways of Thinking

Marxism in the Future

Karl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto, a short pamphlet that urged the working class (proletariat) to revolt against factory owners (bourgeoisie) and then establish economic equality by having no private property.

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Was a gap growing between industrialized and non-industrialized countries?

A New Social Order Arises

The Industrial Revolution altered the class structure in Western Europe. Some business owners entered the upper class. The middle class grew and developed a code of behavior in which slavery was viewed as morally wrong.

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Life in the Industrial AgeSection 3: Changing Attitudes and Values

Women Work for Rights

Women who would work toward women’s rights often began their political activism in the antislavery movement. They debated the economic effects of slavery. By the late 1800s, some countries allowed married women to own and control property. In the early 1900s, women could vote in New Zealand, Australia, and some western U.S. territories.

Was women fighting for equal rights a monumental change in society?

Life In the Industrial Age: Section 4Urbanization

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What type of migration pattern does this graph show?

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Which art movements do these paintings belong to?

↑The Stone Breakers, by Gustave Courbet

↑Saturn Devouring His Children by Francisco Goya

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