Industrial Revolution Review

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Identify one change in the methods of food production that occurred during the Agricultural Revolution in Britain, according to the authors of A History of the Modern World.

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New technology to increase efficiency

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Identify one effect of the actions taken by wealthy landowners described in the passage.

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Enclosure Acts and consolidation of small farms into large ones owned by a few farmers

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Which conclusion is best supported by the information on the map?

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England’s natural resources led to the growth of industrial cities.

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Identify one cause of the historical development depicted in the map.

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Coal powered steam engines powered factories that employed many people in England.

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According to Adam Smith what role should the government play in the economy?

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The government should make very few laws that affect businesses.

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Which of the following effects did Adam Smith’s ideas have in England in the 18th and 19th centuries? Workers unionized for better pay. Governments passed laws to prevent child labor. Theorists predicted that the population would outgrow the nation’s food supply. Industrial leaders gained in wealth and power.

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Industrial leaders gained in wealth and power.

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The author of this passage is describing conditions caused by the: Commercial Revolution, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Scientific Revolution

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Industrial Revolution

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The author of this passage is describing conditions caused by the: Commercial Revolution, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Scientific Revolution

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Industrial Revolution

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What was one thing that happened in response to the conditions described in this passage?

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Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto

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Identify the best use of this document for a historian.

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To understand the conditions child laborers experienced