The main factors that led to the rise of US industrialization were new technologies like steam engines, railroads, and telegraphs that made communication and transportation easier. The ability to source and transport materials across the country with ease turned many local businesses into national companies.
Q. What was life like before the industrial revolution?
Before industrialization, families served both social and economic purposes. Married couples and their children often worked together in farms or shops. In 18th-century Great Britain, women and men often worked in their homes doing jobs such as spinning wool into textiles and weaving textiles into cloth.
Table of Contents
- Q. What was life like before the industrial revolution?
- Q. What made it easier for factories to spread?
- Q. What are the 4 factors of industrialization?
- Q. What 3 factors allowed America to industrialize?
- Q. What were the causes and effects of industrialization?
- Q. What were the four effects of the Industrial Revolution?
- Q. What are the negative effects of industrialization?
Q. What made it easier for factories to spread?
– Industry spread to western Europe, the United States, and Japan. – It spread at different rates to different areas due to access to technology and energy sources, like coal power. – steam and coal power helped to revolutionize factories. Lots of skilled and unskilled workers needed.
Q. What are the 4 factors of industrialization?
Background: To grow on a significant scale, industrialization needs several key elements. They are land, labor, capital, technology and connections. Without a generous supply of these basic elements and the ability to organize them, a people cannot develop into an industrial society.
Q. What 3 factors allowed America to industrialize?
Five factors that spurred industrial growth in the late 1800’s are Abundant natural resources (coal, iron, oil); Abundant labor supply; Railroads; Labor saving technological advances (new patents) and Pro-Business government policies. Several factors led to the rise of U.S. industrialization in the late 1800’s.
Q. What were the causes and effects of industrialization?
Industrialization- Machines were used to produce goods in factories. Urbanization- The growth of cities. People came to urban (city) areas to get jobs in factories. Bad working conditions- Workers in factories worked in dangerous conditions for long hours and low pay.
Q. What were the four effects of the Industrial Revolution?
The Industrial Revolution had many positive effects. Among those was an increase in wealth, the production of goods, and the standard of living. People had access to healthier diets, better housing, and cheaper goods. In addition, education increased during the Industrial Revolution.
Q. What are the negative effects of industrialization?
Some of the drawbacks included air and water pollution and soil contamination that resulted in a significant deterioration of quality of life and life expectancy. Industrialization also exacerbated the separation of labor and capital.
