Modern World History Test Review: The Industrial Revolution and the Americas

Test Date:  Thursday, January 16th 

Content:  The Industrial Revolution--chapter 19, pages 542-557; The Americas--chapter 20, pages 576-587

The Industrial Revolution:

• The major characteristics and developments of the Industrial Revolution, including
• Changes to agriculture and the impacts of industrial farming
• Why Industrialization began in Britain
• Major industrial technological developments, who invented them, and their significance (example:  the flying shuttle; the steam engine)
• Social and cultural impacts of Industrialization

·      Changes to the concept of work and the role of the factory

·      The emergence of the labor movement

·      The role of government industrialization

·      The emergence of new “isms” such as socialism and Marxism/communism

The Americas:

The Haitian Revolution:

• The causes and significance of the Haitian Revolution
• How the Haitian Revolution compares with other revolutions we’ve studied and it's relationship to them
• The role of Toussanit L’Ouverture

The Independence of Latin America

• The people, causes, outcome, and significance of the Mexican Revolt of 1810
• Mestizo vs. Creole goals for Latin American independence and government
• Significance of Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin
• The significance and impact of independence in Latin America
• The failure of Gran Columbia

The United States

• The evolution and development of American Government and political power from 1789-1830s
• Political parties
• Supreme Court powers
• The Presidency of Andrew Jackson
• The causes, outcomes, and significance of the American Civil War
• Slavery
• Lincoln’s election
• North compared to South (economy, society, etc)
• The War:  new technology, “proto-total war”
• The impact of the Civil War on the United States