Economic, Social, and Political Change Worksheet
Agricultural Revolution
Respond to each of the following questions in two to three sentences:
1. What are the three most important factors contributing to the agricultural revolution in Europe?
2. How did the agricultural revolution change European society? Provide an example.
Industrial Revolution
Respond to each of the following questions in two to three sentences:
1. What are the three most important factors contributing to the industrial revolution in Europe?
2. Describe working conditions in factories and mines between 1800 and 1850. What was life like for a typical worker? Reference at least one primary source to support your response.
Western Social Change between 1815 and 1914
Write two to three sentences per concept about how each of the following changed in Western society between 1815 and 1914:
1. Romanticism
2. The role of women
3. Science
4. Anti-Semitism
Western Political Change between 1815 and 1870
Write two to three sentences per concept about how the following contributed to political change between 1815 and 1870:
1. Liberalism
2. Conservatism
3. The alliance system
4. The Communist Manifesto
5. Realpolitik