Chapter 31:
Industrial Revolution

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Homework

• Complete Study Guide. Due Friday.
• Answer Big Picture Questions: Chapter 31.
• Industrial Revolution Interactive Slide Lecture.
• Chapter 31: Practice Quiz.
• Thursday: Chp 31 Doing World History
• Newsgroup Posting: The Communist Manifesto
• Chapter 31: Exam on Friday.

Introduction and Overview

• Introduction and Summary: Industrial Revolution by Professor Gerhard Rempel of Western New England College.
• Essential Requirements for an Industrial Society:
1. Capital: money that can be put at risk to invest in a business.
2. An adequate labor force.
3. Market for finsished goods. A capitalist economy demanded a market for the goods manufacturers offered.
• Industrial Revolution Lecture.
• Overview of Industrial Revolution:
1. First Industrial Revolution:
• Textiles and Steam: 1712-1830.
2. Spread of the Industrial Revolution: 1830–1875.
3. Second Industrial Revolution:
   • Electricity and Chemicals: 1875-1905

Patterns of Industrialization

1. Technological Innovation
   1. Industrialization came first to Britain
   2. Mechanization of cotton industry
   3. Steam power
   4. Iron and steel
   5. Transportation
2. The Factory System
   1. The factory
   2. Working conditions
   3. Industrial protest
3. The Early Spread of Industrialization
   1. Industrialization in western Europe
   2. Industrialization in North America
4. Industrial Capitalism
   1. Mass production
   2. Big Business and corporations
   3. Monopolies, trusts, and cartels

Industrial Society

1. The Fruits of Industry
   1. Population growth
   2. Demographic transition
2. Urbanization and Migration
   1. Internal migration and city life
   2. Transcontinental migration
3. Industry and Society
   1. New social classes
   2. Industrial families
4. The Socialist Challenge
   1. Utopian socialists
   2. Marx (1818-83) and Engels (1820-95)
   3. The Communist Manifesto
   4. Social reform
   5. Trade unions

Global Effects of Industrialization

1. The Continuing Spread of Industrialization
   1. Industrialization in Russia
   2. Industrialization in Japan
2. The International Division of Labor
   1. Demand for raw material
   2. Economic development
   3. Economic dependency

Links:

1. Internet Modern History Source book: Industrial Revolution.
2. Steam Engine Library.
3. The Spread of Industrialization: Chart.
4. World History: Age of Industry.
5. The Great Hunger: The Irish Potatoe Famine.
6. Reference Resources: Industrial Revolution.
7. Industrial Revolution (1700-Present).
8. The Industrial Revolution by Richard Hooker.
9. The Industrial Revolution and the Railway System.