Railroads & the Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History (12:30)
Key Ideas
As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
Key Ideas
Think about the following questions as you watch the video
- 02:15 How did widespread railways help bring the Industrial Revolution to more people?
- 03:40 How did railroads shape our ideas of space and time?
- 07:40 What were some arguments that people in the Long Nineteenth Century used against railroads?
- 09:00 What effect does John Green argue industrialization had on our worldview about progress?
- 11:30 How does John Green argue that the Internet is like the railroad?