Industrial+Revolution

=WHII.8 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the effects of the Industrial Revolution during the nineteenth century by:=

a) citing scientific, technological, and industrial developments and explaining how they brought about urbanization and social and environmental changes;

b) explaining the emergence of capitalism as a dominant economic pattern, and subsequent development of socialism and communism;

c) describing the evolution of the nature of work and the labor force, including its effects on families, the status of women and children, the slave trade, and the labor union movement;

d) explaining the rise of industrial economies and their link to imperialism and nationalism; and e) assessing the impact of European economic and military power on Asia and Africa, with emphasis on the competition for resources and the responses of colonized peoples.

SOL: (1995). //Standards of Living//. Retrieved October 24, 2007, from Virginia Department of Education Web site: http://www.pen.k12.va.us/go/Sols/home.shtml.