Modern World History

Ms. Portman

After you read the assigned section, you need to answer the following questions for that section in note form. You also need to come up with one significant question of your own and answer it. Be prepared for a homework check or a possible reading quiz each day.

Assignment 1                          pages 513-516                                               First Industrial Revolution

1. Why is the Industrial Revolution called a “revolution?”
2. How was Britain able to take the lead in industrialization?

Assignment 2                          pages 518-522                                                           The Social Impact

1. Did the Industrial Revolution improve the lives of families?
2. How was socialism a response to the Industrial Revolution?

Assignment 3                          pages 542-547                                               Second Industrial Revolution

1. How was the Second Industrial Revolution different from the First?
2. How did the growth of industrialization lead to an integrated world economy?

Assignment 4                          pages 561-567                                               Cultural Developments

1. Why do you think Freud was deemed so controversial?
2. What is “modern art?”  How is it different from traditional art?

Making Connections

Assignments 1-3

Assignment 4

Outside Resources

Article from L’Atelier

Testimony from Children Factory Workers

Clothes, Toys, Electronics, Fruits and Vegetables: Who Makes Them?

Excerpt from William Graham Sumner’s What Social Classes Owe to Each Other

Excerpts from Marx and Engels’ Communist Manifesto

Test

10 Multiple Choice (2 Points Each)

3 out of 4 Short Answer (25 Points Each)