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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

Use the following source for the first questions:
https://www.historycrunch.com/why-was-britain-the-first-country-to-industrialize.html#/

Question 1a

Short answer
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

Short answer
Why was the Industrial Revolution a significant world event?

Question 2b

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

Question 2c

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

Question 2d

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

Question 2e

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

Question 2f

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

Question 2g

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

Question 2h

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

Question 2i

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

Question 2j

Short answer
How was transportation impacted by industrialization?

Question 2k

Short answer
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

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

Question 2m

Short answer
Summarize 3-4 positive impacts of the Industrial Revolution.

Question 2n

Short answer
Summarize 3-4 negative impacts of the Industrial Revolution.

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