6.10 Causation in the Age of Industrialization

• What is industrialization the process of transforming an economy from primarily agricultural to based on?

  Manufacturing
• Innovations such as the steam engine, power loom, and Bessemer process increased production efficiency
• Laissez-faire policies and the availability of capital encouraged private entrepreneurs to invest in new industries.
• What fueled the growing labor force for factories during the Industrial Revolution?

  Improved healthcare
• Match the factor with its explanation:

  Technological ↔️ New inventions and machinery

  Economic ↔️ Capital accumulation and free markets

  Social ↔️ Increased population and labor force

  Political ↔️ Stable governments and favorable legislation
• The factory system created jobs but also led to wage disparities
• Urbanization during the Industrial Revolution led to improved living conditions for all social classes.

  False
• What was a major environmental effect of the Industrial Revolution?

  Increased pollution
• Industrialization transforms an economy from primarily agricultural to based on manufacturing
• Which technological innovations significantly increased production efficiency during the Industrial Revolution?

  Steam engine, power loom
• A growing population provided a large labor force for factories, fueled by improved healthcare and sanitation.
• The Bessemer process was a key innovation that improved the production of steel
• What social effect did urbanization have during the Industrial Revolution?

  Overcrowding
• Pollution caused by coal combustion and industrial waste led to long-term environmental damage.
• Order the key causes of the Industrial Revolution:

  1️⃣ Technological innovations

  2️⃣ Economic factors

  3️⃣ Social changes

  4️⃣ Political stability and favorable legislation
• Match the cause with its effect during the Industrial Revolution:

  Capital accumulation ↔️ Increased GDP

  Urbanization ↔️ Poor living conditions

  Technological innovations ↔️ Increased production efficiency

  Stable governments ↔️ Favorable legislation
• What were the key technological innovations that drove the Industrial Revolution?

  Steam engine, power loom
• The steam engine was a key technological innovation that powered the Industrial Revolution
• Capital accumulation and free markets were economic factors contributing to the Industrial Revolution.
• What social changes contributed to the Industrial Revolution?

  Increased population, labor force
• The power loom was a technological innovation that improved textile production
• Match the cause with its effect during the Industrial Revolution:

  Technological innovations ↔️ Increased production efficiency

  Economic factors ↔️ Increased GDP

  Social changes ↔️ Urbanization
• What were the two main economic factors driving the Industrial Revolution?

  Capital accumulation, free markets
• Political stability and favorable legislation were key social changes contributing to the Industrial Revolution.

  False
• Wage disparities were one effect of economic factors during the Industrial Revolution
• What new social classes emerged during the Industrial Revolution?

  Factory workers, bourgeoisie
• Legislation supporting free trade and property rights was a result of political stability during the Industrial Revolution.
• Steps in the interconnected effects of industrialization

  1️⃣ Technological innovations increase production efficiency

  2️⃣ Economic growth and urbanization occur

  3️⃣ Demand for labor leads to migration

  4️⃣ Urban populations expand
• How did the steam engine contribute to urbanization?

  More efficient textile production
• Urbanization contributed to greater pollution but also boosted GDP
• Urbanization led to the need for new infrastructure, increasing GDP and pollution simultaneously.