Industrial Revolution

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During the Industrial Revolution, the expansion of free enterprise economic principles resulted in —

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an accumulation of wealth by factory owners

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How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?

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Made goods and services cheaper & easier to ship

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Railroads moved ___-_________ to factories.

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raw materials

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The cotton gin was invented by _____, which helped separate seeds from cotton fiber.

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Eli Whitney

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Where did the industrial revolution start? Options: Russia, Japan, Britain, America

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Britain

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Until the 1800s, how did most families get the items they needed for daily life?

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They made tools, clothing, materials, and food by hand.

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Which of the following individuals would likely have experienced the greatest economic benefit from the Industrial Revolution?
an aristocratic landowner, a machine operator, a domestic servant, a factory owner

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a factory owner

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Thinkers who disliked the lack of government intervention characteristic of laissez-faire economic policies during the Industrial Revolution proposed which new economic alternative?

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socialism

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Which group had a difficult time competing with mass production and the factory system during the Industrial Revolution? Options: merchants, landowners, artisans, industrialists

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artisans

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Through the effects of the free enterprise system, which profession eventually replaced merchants as the most important economic group in nineteenth century Europe?

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industrialists