WH: 12 -16

Multiple Choice

Large landowning farmers were able to purchase common land because the British government passed the...

• Agricultural Revolution

• Enclosure Movement Laws

• Industrial Revolution

• The Cottage Industry

Multiple Choice

Large landowning farmers were able to purchase common land because the British government passed the...

• Agricultural Revolution

• Enclosure Movement Laws

• Industrial Revolution

• The Cottage Industry

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a factor of production?

• Land

• Military

• Labor

• Capital

Multiple Choice

Which isn't a benefit of the industrial revolution?

• leisure time for the middle class

• an increase in overall wealth

• cheaper machine made goods for every class

• fair pay for factory workers

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a factor of production?

• Land

• Military

• Labor

• Capital

Multiple Choice

The Industrial Revolution began in the textile industry. Which of the following isn't considered a textile?

• cotton

• linen

• wool

• coal

Multiple Choice

Which was a hazard of using coal as a power source?

• Mines employed few people

• Burning coal caused air pollution

• Rates and fleas infested mines.

• River mills needed workers.

Multiple Choice

Before the Civil War, plantations in the South produced millions of pounds of cotton. Between 1820 and 1860, about 75 percent of the world's cotton supply was produced in the Southern states. Most of the cotton was sold to textile mills in Great Britain, usually for large profits. The passage supports the conclusion that before the Civil War,

• cotton provided most workers in the South with a good income.

• cotton was an extremely important part of the South's economy.

• cotton was an important part of the South's basic tax structure.

• cotton sales allowed the South to develop an industrial economy.

Multiple Choice

The Industrial Revolution began in the textile industry. Which of the following isn't considered a textile?

• cotton

• linen

• wool

• coal

Multiple Choice

What source of energy does the steam engine use?

• gasoline

• coal

• wood

• peat

Multiple Choice

Who invented the steam engine?

• Ben Franklin

• James Watts

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

Multiple Choice

The new form of housing lots of people in one small space was called...

• an apartment building

• a track home

• a tenement

• a mobile home

Multiple Choice

What are the main principles of communism as described by Karl Marx?

• No private property

• Complete equality

• Authoritarianism

• Capitalism

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