Industrialization continued. Chapter 18 pp. 541-556

Industrialization quickly spread to continental Western Europe. By the 1900's it was established in the US, Russia, and Japan. The outcomes were very similar in each country it became established in.American industrialization began with New England textiles but began to explode after the Civil War. By 1914, the United States was the world's leading industrial power. Serious social divisions rose out of industrialization. The growing gap between rich and poor grew larger, there was constant labor of the working class, slums arose, and socialism was labeled as "un-American." In Russian, the Industrial Revolution was launched by the 1890s. Russia's Revolution focused on railroads and there was fewer but larger factories than in Western Europe. The Russian Revolution broke out in 1917. This brought the most radical socialist groups to power, led by Vladimir Lenin. Russia was the only country in which the industrialization led to social revolution. The Industrial Revolution was definitely an unexpected outcome of circumstances. It has been found that Europeans have used their development of industrialization to claim superiority over all other countries. Overall, industrialization was a huge break though in World History that has ultimately changed everything and determines how we live our lives today. (: