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Industrial Revolution Webquest P4

Please complete the questions below using the website History Crunch. As always, please put everything into your own words. I expect answers will be similar but they should never be identical to the work of another student or the online source. Plagiarism will result in a score of zero and a referral to school administration.

Group 1

Question 1a

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Briefly summarize the various reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in this region.

Group 2

Use the following source for the first questions: https://www.historycrunch.com/industrial-revolution-overview.html#/

Question 2a

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Why was the Industrial Revolution a significant world event?

Question 2b

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How was production done before the Industrial Revolution? What were the problems with this method? What did it result in?

Question 2c

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Explain what is meant by the term ‘factory system’?

Question 2d

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What was the main industry that benefited from the Industrial Revolution? What did this industry produce?

Question 2e

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What was the ‘water frame’? Who invented it?

Question 2f

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What was the ‘spinning jenny’? Who invented it?

Question 2g

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What was the ‘power loom’? Who invented it?

Question 2h

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What was the ‘cotton gin’? Who invented it?

Question 2i

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Why was the steam engine important to industrialization? Who invented it and who later improved it?

Question 2j

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How was transportation impacted by industrialization?

Question 2k

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Who was Adam Smith? What was the main idea of his book “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”?

Question 2l

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Adam Smith’s ideas are viewed as laying the foundation for capitalism. Explain how capitalism led the Industrial Revolution.

Question 2m

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Summarize 3-4 positive impacts of the Industrial Revolution.

Question 2n

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Summarize 3-4 negative impacts of the Industrial Revolution.

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