Industrial Revolution

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Rapid movement of people from the rural areas to cities in search of industrial jobs was known as:

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Urbanization

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Choose the person MOST associated with the concept of sterilizing medical equipment prior to any procedure: Florence Nightingale, Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister, Robert Koch

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Joseph Lister

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James Watt is credited with the following: invention of the cotton gin, urbanization, improvements on the computer, improvements on the steam engine

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improvements on the steam engine

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Mass production led to:

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goods became less expensive

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Voluntary worker organizations that wanted help with labor issues were called:

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labor unions

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Which of the following was NOT a social effect of the Industrial Revolution? Options: demands for slavery to end, demands for women's suffrage, expansion of public education, reforms to end child labor

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demands for slavery to end

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Henry Ford revolutionized which of the following industries? Agriculture, Railroad, Automobile, Education

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Automobile

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Which country, by taking Britain's example, industrialized immediately after Great Britain? Options: Japan, United States, Russia, Belgium

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Belgium

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England had all of the following factors that helped them lead the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT: natural resources, stable government, labor laws, geographic location

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labor laws

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Which of the following social changes is NOT characteristic of the Industrial Revolution? increase in women's rights, unskilled labor>skilled labor, urbanization>rural life, eventual compulsory public education

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increase in women's rights