1760
Q. How did the government affect the industrial revolution?
State governments played a key role encouraging both new banking institutions and a vastly increased transportation network. This latter development is often termed the Market Revolution because of the central importance of creating more efficient ways to transport people, raw materials, and finished goods.
Q. Why did the Industrial Revolution start?
With a stable political situation, a sophisticated financial sector, surplus capital, and higher agricultural productivity expanding the pool of labor, a flood of innovation started the Industrial Revolution.
Q. When and where did the Industrial Revolution begin why did it begin there?
Fueled by the game-changing use of steam power, the Industrial Revolution began in Britain and spread to the rest of the world, including the United States, by the 1830s and ’40s.
Q. Who was the father of the factory system?
Samuel Slater
Q. Who is known as the father of the American industrial revolution?
Q. What was the appeal of the factory system?
The factory system organized a place where large pools of unskilled urban workers could find meaningful employment rather than odd jobs.
Q. What was the impact of the factory system?
The factory system had a large impact on society. Before the factory system, most people lived on farms in the countryside. With the formation of large factories, people began to move to the cities. Cities grew larger and sometimes became overcrowded.
Q. What were the possible positive and negatives effects of the factory system?
As an event, the Industrial Revolution had both positive and negative impacts for society. Although there are several positives to the Industrial Revolution there were also many negative elements, including: poor working conditions, poor living conditions, low wages, child labor, and pollution.
Q. How did the Industrial Revolution affect working conditions?
Poor workers were often housed in cramped, grossly inadequate quarters. Working conditions were difficult and exposed employees to many risks and dangers, including cramped work areas with poor ventilation, trauma from machinery, toxic exposures to heavy metals, dust, and solvents.
Q. What was one negative effect of industrialization in the United States in the nineteenth century?
“Changes and growth of industrialization in the late 19th century had overwhelmingly negative effects on American society, which included the decline of working pride, damage to the economy, poverty, and governmental corruption.”
