1. Which change best defines the Industrial Revolution?
2. Where and when did the Industrial Revolution begin before spreading elsewhere?
3. Which combination best characterizes the Second Industrial Revolution, approximately 1870–1914?
What economic shift defined the Industrial Revolution?
A shift from agriculture and handicraft to industry and machine manufacturing.
Where and when did the Industrial Revolution begin?
In Britain in the late 1700s.
Where did the Industrial Revolution spread after beginning in Britain?
To other parts of the world.
What date range is given for the Second Industrial Revolution?
Approximately 1870–1914.
Which technologies and energy sources characterized the Second Industrial Revolution?
Steel, electricity, oil, and chemistry.
How did mechanized, standardized assembly-line production affect manufactured goods?
It made them cheaper and accessible to more consumers.
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