Modern World History (II)



Modern World History (II) Name: ____________________________

Mr. Bedar Block: ____ Date: _________________

Homework Packet:

The Industrial Revolution

Included in packet:

HW #1: Chapter 21-1, pages 633-639

HW #2: Chapter 21-2, pages 640-645

HW #3: Chapter 21-3, pages 646-651

HW #4: Chapter 22-1, pages 659-664

HW #5: Chapter 22-3, pages 671-676

Modern World History

Industrial Revolution, HW#1

Chapter 21-1, pages 633-639

Directions: Read the assigned textbook pages and answer the following questions.

1. What were the “factors for success” that let Great Britain begin the Industrial Revolution? List and explain them.

2. What are the three “factors of production” needed for economic success?

3. Define the following terms:

COTTAGE INDUSTRY

INDUSTRIALIZATION

4. Identify the following people. What did they invent and how is their invention important?

JAMES WATT

ROBERT FULTON

5. What was COAL used for during the Industrial Revolution in England?

6. How did STEAMSHIPS help with the spread of industrialization?

Modern World History

Industrial Revolution, HW#2

Chapter 21-2, pages 640-645

Directions: Read the assigned textbook pages and answer the following questions.

1. What were the conditions like for workers in factories? List at least 4 problems that factory workers faced.

2. What were conditions like in the “factory towns” that rose up around new factories? Be as specific as possible.

3. According to the textbook, there were three main “levels of participants” in the factory system. Who were they and what did they do?

4. Why did factory owners often prefer to hire women and children to work in their factories?

5. IDENTIFY the following terms:

LABOR UNIONS

STRIKES

MASS PRODUCTION

INTERCHANGABLE PARTS

Modern World History

Industrial Revolution, HW#3

Chapter 21-3, pages 646-651.

Directions: Read the assigned textbook pages and answer the following questions.

1. Define the following term:

LAISSEZ-FAIRE

2. What were the main ideas of Adam Smith? List at least two.

3. Clearly identify the following people. Make sure you explain their main ideas, as well:

ROBERT OWEN

KARL MARX

4. What is the definition of Communism?

5. What effects did industrialization have on women? List at least 5.

6. In general, what happened to the STANDARD OF LIVING of people in industrialized countries?

Modern World History

Industrial Revolution, HW#4

Chapter 22-1, pages 659-664.

Directions: Read the assigned textbook pages and answer the following questions.

1. Explain the contributions of the following people to the modern era:

MICHAEL FARADAY

THOMAS EDISON

2. In what THREE ways did electrical power improve industry?

3. Clearly identify the following people. Make sure you explain their main inventions, as well:

HENRY FORD

WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT

SAMUEL MORSE

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

GUGLIELMO MARCONI

Modern World History

Industrial Revolution, HW#5

Chapter 22-3, pages 671-676.

Directions: Read the assigned textbook pages and answer the following questions.

1. What were the major characteristics of New Industrial Cities? What were the plusses and minuses of living in a city in the late 1800s?

2. Why did people migrate to cities in the late 1800s? What types of places did these people come from? Be specific.

3. What improvements were eventually made to cities and homes to make them more “livable”?

4. Why did people eventually move from cities out to suburbs?

5. Define and describe the following artistic movements:

ROMANTICISM

REALISM

IMPRESSIONISM

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