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Industrial Revolution Overview

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1
Explain why one invention or development leads to another.
Massive capital investment
Education system
One invention inevitably leads to improvements
Others copy the invention
2
What is one development in the field of communications?
Horses
Telegraph
Carrier Pigeon
Messenger service
3
A development of the Industrial Revolution was.....
Social Security
High wages
Rural-to-urban migration
Urban-to-rural migration
4
What was the Industrial Revolution?
A change in human relations
A change from manual labour to the Cottage system
An economic and political revolution
A fundamental change in the way goods were produced
5
How did family structures change over the course of the Industrial Revolution?
Entire family worked in the factories
Family life became fragmented
Women became heads of the households
Family size became smaller
6
What were the two main methods of production in England from the late 1600s - late 1800s?
Domestic & Mechanised systems
Domestic & Urban systems
Domestic & Rural systems
Domestic & Factory systems
7
What is one development in the area of transportation?
Barges
Trains
Sailing ships
Carts
8
What does proletarianization mean?
Loss of control of means of production
Mechanisation of the production system
Loss of captial investment
Workers with no rights
9
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?
Better education system
Had more coal than other countries
Had capital, workers, resources & colonial markets
Long history of inventions
10
Why did many peasants move to the cities in 19th c Britain?
To start a business
For better Social Security
To access better health care
Didn't have enough land to support themselves