Industrial Revolution

Examples of Industrial Revolution in the following topics:

• Japan's Industrial Revolution

• Industrial Societies: The Birth of the Machine

  • During the Industrial Revolution (roughly 1750 to 1850) changes in technology had a profound effect on social and economic conditions.
  • Examples of the technological innovation of the Industrial Revolution include the invention of steam and coal engines.
  • The period of time covered by the Industrial Revolution varies with different historians.
  • Great Britain provided the legal and cultural foundations that enabled entrepreneurs to pioneer the Industrial Revolution.
  • Analyze the shift from manual to machine based labor during the First and Second Industrial Revolutions

• The Industrial Revolution

  • The Industrial Revolution, which reached the United States by the 1800s, strongly influenced social and economic conditions.
  • The Industrial Revolution was a global phenomenon marked by the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to 1840.
  • The Industrial Revolution began in the United Kingdom, and mechanized textile production spread from Great Britain to continental Europe and the United States in the early nineteenth century.
  • Though the United States borrowed significantly from Europe's technological advancements during the Industrial Revolution, several great American inventions emerged at the turn of the nineteenth century that greatly affected manufacturing, communications, transportation, and commercial agriculture.
  • The Industrial Revolution marked a major turning point in history.

• The Second Industrial Revolution

  • The Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the "Technological Revolution," was a phase of rapid industrialization in the final third of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century.
  • The First Industrial Revolution, which ended in the early-mid 1800s, was punctuated by a slowdown in macroinventions before the Second Industrial Revolution in 1870.
  • A synergy between iron and steel, and railroads and coal developed at the beginning of the Second Industrial Revolution.
  • Horses and mules remained important in agriculture until the development of the internal combustion tractor near the end of the Second Industrial Revolution.
  • The Second Industrial Revolution continued into the twentieth century with early factory electrification and the production line, and ended at the start of the World War I.

• Industrialization and the Environment

  • During the Industrial Revolution, environmental pollution increased with the use of new sources of fuel, the development of large factories, and the rise of unsanitary urban centers.
  • The Industrial Revolution brought enormous advances in productivity, but with steep environmental costs.
  • During the Industrial Revolution, environmental pollution in the United States increased with the emergence of new sources of fuel, large factories, and sprawling urban centers.
  • Fossil fuels powered the Industrial Revolution.
  • The cholera outbreak of 1832 was related to overcrowding and unsanitary conditions that attended the Industrial Revolution.

• Capitalism, Modernization, and Industrialization

  • Sociologists Weber, Marx and Durkheim envisioned different impacts the Industrial Revolution would have on both the individual and society.
  • Three early sociologists, Max Weber, Karl Marx, and Emile Durkheim, envisioned different outcomes of the Industrial Revolution on both the individual and society and described these effects in their work.
  • Max Weber was particularly concerned about the rationalization of society due to the Industrial Revolution and how this change would affect humanity's agency and happiness.
  • Karl Marx took a different perspective on the Industrial Revolution.
  • Compare the similarities and differences between Weber's Rationalization, Marx's Alienation and Durkheim's Solidarity In relation to the Industrial Revolution

• Industrial Work

  • In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Industrial Revolution dramatically changed labor practices.
  • Before the Industrial Revolution, most production took place in homes or in small workshops.
  • After the Industrial Revolution, production increasingly took place in factories, many of which were situated together in industrial districts.
  • Industrial labor is defined as labor in industry.
  • Discuss the impact of the Industrial Revolution on workers and the shift from small scale to large scale workforces

• Education and the Professions

  • Prior to the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, education in the Thirteen Colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries varied considerably depending on one's location, race, gender, and social class.
  • The U.S. had its highest economic growth in the last two decades of the Second Industrial Revolution.
  • The demand for skilled workers increased relative to the labor needs of the First Industrial Revolution.
  • At the end of the century, workers experienced the Second Industrial Revolution, which involved mass production, scientific management, and the rapid development of managerial skills.
  • Identify several key technological innovations from the First and Second Industrial Revolutions

• Industrialization and the Graying of the Globe

  • Industrialization has contributed to the growth of the older age population due to the technological advances that have come with it.
  • The United Kingdom began an Industrial Revolution in the mid-eighteenth century due to the availability of land, labor, and investment capital.
  • Most Western countries industrialized by the nineteenth century but the Industrial Revolution is still occurring around the world.
  • Industrialized countries are defined by measures of economic growth and security.
  • Industrialization brings money into an economy.

• Industrial Growth

  • The Industrial Revolution began in Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and it quickly spread to the United States.