chapter-18

Friday, February 10

Aim: Exam on Chapter 17 number 2 pencils

HW: read text pp 825- 832

Explaining the Revolution

1. What factors contributed to a need for an Industrial

Revolution?

2. How did it impact on production?

3. What early indicators paved the way?

4. What industries were directly and indirectly impacted by

these changes?

Why Europe?

How do early historians differ from contemporary historians in explaining why Europe was the leader in industrial
development? (KEY QUESTION)
What periods in world history could be compared to Europe in earlier times? Why?
What do you infer from the map on p829?
How did China and India's role in world trade impact on Europe?
What role did the Americas play?

Why Britain?

What was distinctive about Great Britain from the rest of Europe?
How did the Agrarian Revolution in the 1700s play a role?
How did demography impact industry?
How did religious toleration and Protestantism foster growth?
How did Britain's political infrastructure support business?
How did the Scientific Revolution differ in England than th continent?
How did geography and location shape these changes as well?

Know these terms - watershed, unprecedented, economic parity, deterministic

How did slavery impact on the Agricultural Revolution?

Monday, February 13

Aim: Why was Europe and Great Britain the center of the Industrial Revolution?

Return exams from Chapter 17

HW: read pp.832-840

The First Industrial Society

1. What three industries were impacted the most in the early Industrial Revolution?

2. What impact did these changes have on agriculture?

3. Explain Eric Hobshawm's quote in relationship to the impact the Industrial Revolution had on society.

"In its initial stages it destroyed their old way and left

them free to discover or make for themselves,

new ones if they could or knew how. But it rarely told them how to set about it"

4. Review the art from page 869-874 - Positive or Negative

5. How did the Industrial Revolution impact on the aristocracy? Read carefully

6. How did the middle class change as a result of the Industrial Revolution?

7. Why is the middle class described as amorphous?

8. How did this impact on their political views?

9. How did the Reform Bill of 1832 reflect their growing power?

10. What was the central value of this class? Explain this in terms of Samuel Smile's "Self Help"

11. Describe the role of women in the middle class in terms of Tennyson's poem.

12. Describe the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the

lower class.

(70% of population)

13. Describe sanitary conditions in the cities.

14. Why were the big cities breeding grounds for disease?

15. How did the factories differ as a work environment from earlier generations of artisan workshops

or the tenant farms?

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Chapter 18

Revolutions of Industrialization

1. Why was Mahatma Gandhi opposed to industrialization?

2. Why did Gandhi's prediction for industry fail to materialize?

3. Why is the Industrial Revolution considered a watershed

in history?

4. What factors explain why it was a human response to a

growing dilemma?

Tuesday, February 14 - HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Aim: How did the Industrial Revolution impact on the social class infrastructure?

Read 837-840

1. What was the purpose of "Friendly Societies"?

2. How did changes in manufacturing lead to political activism and a growing need to organize?

3. What was Robert Owen's proposal to help the workers?

4. How did Karl Marx see the industrial Revolution? in your own words!

5. Why is his work considered scientific socialism?

6. Why did Marx's ideas fail to win over the hearts and mind of Great Britain? - Read Carefully

7. How did nationalism erode socialism / communism among the radical working class?

8. Despite reform - what prevented Britain from being an egalitarian state?

9. How would America and Britain contribute to this dissatisfaction?

Wednesday, February 15

Aim: What are the key ideas of the Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital?

Watch the Cartoon if you do not get Marx -

HW: Read pp.858-859"The Communist Manifesto"

A. Answer the six questions which precede the reading (review the introduction before you tackle Marx

Read Document 18.2 (859-861)

"Evolutionary Socialism " by Eduard Bernstein

B. Answer the five questions which precede the reading

Thursday, February 16

Aim: How does Bernstein differ from Marx and Engels?

Read pp 840-846

What were the major changes which occurred as a result of the Industrial Revolution as this movement globalized?
How did it differ in Germany?
Define periphery
Why does the author use the United States and Russia to use as a model for comparison in understanding the impact of the Industrial Revolution
What factors contributed to US rapid industrialization in the post Civil War era?
Why was there a growing division in America in the late 19th century?
Why was Marxism and socialism less influential in the states as opposed to in Europe?
Where was radicalism growing in the US at the turn of the century?
What was distinctive about America's response to industrialism?
Why was Russia so different than the US in the late 19th century?
How was change initiated in Russia in contrast to the US? Cite examples
How did Industrialism in the 1890s impact on Russia's social classes?
What evidence is there Marxism was playing a major role in Russia by the early 20th century?
Why was the Tsar unable to reform Russia?
Why did the people feel revolution was inevitable?
What event sparked the Russian Revolution in 1917?

Friday, February 17

Aim: Compare and contrast the Industrial Revolution's impact in the United States and that of 19th century Russia.

ASSIGNMENT FOR BREAK

Russia in the Land of the Tsars (Watch 16 -20)

Outline - There will be a test on this when we return - use these questions as your guide - I will not collect it!

Why Nicholas I (R. 1825-1855) considered so conservative when he came to power in 1825?
Who were the Decembrists?
Why was he considered the the gendarme of Europe?
Why did Nicholas attack the Ottomans in 1853? (Crimean War?)
Why was this a rude awakening for Russia? What did each side believe Russia was the greatest military power in the world?
Why did Alexander II reverse his father's policies in the Crimea?
Why was Alexander II considered a reformer in his early reign?
Why did he abolish serfdom in 1861? Why was this idea was imposed?
"Either we emancipate the serfs from above or it will occur from below" Why does it have to occur by fiat?
Why was this emancipation considered a failure?
What were the reformers demanding?
Who led the "People's Will"? Why is this a paradox in history? What was their plan?
Why was his death a tragedy for Russia's future?
How did his father's death impact on Alexander III's reign?
Describe Russia in 1894
16. Describe Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (LITTLE LENIN) early career and he became a leader in the Bolshevik Party
17. Describe Nicholas II when he came to the throne? Describe his wife. - Do they remind you of anyone we have covered?
18. How does their coronation create greater tension?
19. How did Nicholas' ambitious in Asia contribute to crisis with Japan?
20. How did Russia fare in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905?
21. Why was the birth of Czarevitch Alexei both a blessing and a curse?
22. What were the causes of the March on St. Petersburg in 1905?
23. How did the events of Bloody Sunday lead to the Revolution of 1905?
24. What were the major provisions of the October Manifesto? What was the Duma?
25. Why was the Duma ineffectual?
26. Why was Rasputin Alexander's miracle?
26. Why was Rasputin so controversial and considered the debauched one?
27. How will WWI impact on Russia? (Initially and over time)
28. Why was Nicholas II ineffectual as a military leader?
29. Why did the fires of revolution begin to stir in Russia?

30. What did Lenin promise the people?

31. Why was Rasputin murdered?
32. What factors contributed to the Bread Riots in February 1917 in St. Petersburg? - Remind you of anything?
33. What did the Duma demand? Why did the monarchy fall?
34. Why is timing everything?
35. Who arrives back in St. Petersburg in April 1917?
36. Why was the royal family murdered by Lenin's government IN 1918?
37. Who were canonized as saints in 2000 in Russia?

Monday, February 27

Aim: How did Russia and the US differ in their development as world powers?

HW: Text: Read pp. 864-865 Lenin: " What is to be Done?" and answer the 5 questions which precede the document

Tuesday, February 28

Aim: What factors contributed to the Russian Revolutions of 1917?

HW: Read pp. 846- 854

What problems did Latin America face in the 19th century following independence?
What political obstacles stood in its way for a peaceful transition?
What factions emerged to gain power with the absence of the colonial powers?
What evidence indicates these were unstable governments that emerged?
What evidence is there that life did not fundamentally change for the bottom of the social hierarchy?
In what ways and with what impact was Latin America linked to the global economy of the 19th century? Be sure to provide specific examples from the reading
Did Latin America follow or diverge from the historical path of Europe during the 19th century? Explain
How did Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata differ from the Russian Revolution?
How did the Mexican Revolution change Mexico?
How was the Industrial Revolution different in Latin America?
Why do critics label this relationship between Latin America and Europe as neocolonialism?

Wednesday, February 29

Aim: Why did the Romanov Dynasty fall in 1917?

HW: STUDY FOR EXAM - NO REVIEW SHEET

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Thursday, March 1

Aim: Latin America and the Industrial Revolution

HW Chapter 19

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