HIST 1003 : Test 2 Study Guide
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The industrial revolution profoundly changed the lives of westerners. What new ideas (isms) came out of it and how did these ideas evolve throughout the nineteenth century (go up to 1914). With the modernization that came with the industrial revolution came a change in the lives of western europeans. The industrial revolution involved the innovations such as steamships, advancements in agriculture, and the rise of cities. There were many social effects of the industrial revolution as well such as the rise of wages because of factory acts. A new class, the working class, was produced by industrialization. With the many changes that took place, new ways of thinking, liberalism, conservatism, socialism, and nationalism, took rise. The many changes and new ideologies that emerged because of the industrial revolution caused a change in the lives of many westerners. The industrial revolution began a different era in the lives of westerners in.
