WORLD HISTORY: PATTERNS OF INTERACTIONChapter 25: The Industrial Revolution

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Chapter 25: Charts, Graphs, and Sidebars (CGS)©

Use the textbook to answer the following questions based on the charts, graphs, and illustrations in the chapter

Global Impact: Revolutions in Technology (Pgs. 634-635)

-Why did cotton production in the American South skyrocket from 1790 to 1810?

-Why were the first factories built close to rivers and streams?

Graph: British Cotton Consumption (Pg. 636)

-What years does the graph cover?

-During which decades was the increase in cotton consumption steepest?

-How much cotton did Britain consume in 1830? In 1890?

Spotlight On: Inventions in America (Pg. 637)

-What was the benefit of Cyrus McCormick’s reaper, invented in 1831?

-For what is Samuel F.B. Morse famous?

Chart: Patterns of Change-Industrialization (Pg. 640)

-What happened to the size of cities during the Industrial Revolution?

-What “eventually” happened to living and working conditions as a result of industrialization?

-Which social class “grew” as a result of industrialization?

Graph: Manchester’s Growth (Pg. 641)

-What does the graph show?

-How much did the population of Manchester increase from 1801 to 1871?

Diagram: The Day of a Child Laborer (Pg. 642)

-From what source does the information used to make this chart come?

-When did William Cooper’s workday begin? When did it end? How long was the workday?

-How did adult overseers keep the children awake when they became drowsy?

Connect to Today: Child Labor (Pg. 642)

-Why did companies move manufacturing overseas beginning in the 1990s?

-How much of the $178 billion worth of clothes imported to the U.S. do some studies estimate is produced by child labor?

-What is the main reason children worked in factories in the 1800s or sweatshops today?

WORLD HISTORY: PATTERNS OF INTERACTIONChapter 25: The Industrial Revolution

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Chapter 25: Charts, Graphs, and Sidebars (CGS)©

Use the textbook to answer the following questions based on the charts, graphs, and illustrations in the chapter

Map: The Growth of the United States (Pg. 644)

-What do these two maps show?

-How much railroad trackage was there in the US in 1840? In 1890? How much had it increased?

-In what part of the country were the first railroads built? In what direction did the railroad system expand in the US?

Global Impact: Industrialism Spreads to Egypt (Pg. 646)

-Who was the ruler of Egypt during the early 1800s who brought industrialization to his country? What changes did he make in Egypt?

-Why did Egypt’s leader encourage landlords to force peasants to grow cash crops?

Historymakers: Adam Smith (Pg. 647)

-What was the title of Smith’s book? What did he argue in this book?

-After his death, what did people discover Adam Smith had done with much of his money?

Historymakers: Karl Marx (Pg. 649)

-What did Marx study before becoming a journalist?

-What did Marx mean when he said “the working men have no country”?

-Marx made little money working as a journalist. How was he able to survive?

Chart: Capitalism vs. Marxism (Pg. 650)

-According to Smith, what would cause progress in society?

-According to Smith, what did producers and consumers try to do in a capitalist system? How would this be beneficial?

-According to Marx, what effect did the Industrial Revolution have on the class struggle?

Historymakers: Jane Addams (Pg. 652)

-What was Hull House? Where was it located and what services did it provide?

Different Perspectives: Industrialization (Pg. 653)

-How do the testimonies of Ellison Jack and Mary Paul differ? Where did each work and when? What were the conditions like?

-How do the views of industrialization of Andrew Carnegie and Friedrich Engels differ?

Focus on Graphs: The Growth of Cities, 1700-1900 (Pg. 655)

-Which European city had the largest population by 1900?

-Which European city had the smallest population in 1700? How much did its population increase by 1900?