Making connections

Drawing directly upon the textbook and the class presentations, explain how the Industrial Revolution transformed European and American life in positive and negative ways? Compare and contrast how the Utopian Socialists and Karl Marx sought to address the social inequalities and problems triggered by the Industrial Revolution. Why did the Industrial Revolution encourage Western societies to adopt Imperialist policies? What new motives and new tools for conquest did the Industrial Revolution provide Western powers as they sought to expand their empires?.