Industrial Revolution Regents

What was a long term consequence of the Industrial Revolution?

• A cleaner natural environment
• Animal Preservation
• Worker Unions and Labor Laws
• A second Neolithic Revolution

Adam Smith wrote a book, Wealth of Nations, about this economic system.

• Socialism
• Communism
• Capitalism

In a "pure" communist society, who are the wealthiest and most powerful people?

• Intellectuals
• Business leaders
• Military leaders
• No One--every member of society is supposed to be equal

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What societal problem did Karl Marx attempt to address in his manifesto? Choose the best answer.

• The exploitation of the poor by the rich
• The low quality of good produced at large factories.
• The fact that poor people were not allowed to vote.
• Unfair laws that allow poor people to be sent to prison

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

According to Marx, workers would take control of governments through:

• Non-violent protest
• Democratic reforms
• Violent revolution
• Trickery

Laissez-faire means...

• Hats off
• Hands around
• Hands off
• Hands on

Group of works who collective bargain to get higher pay, more rights and better working conditions

• Soviet Union
• Labor Union
• Commune 
• Trade Federation

Which statement about the Indus. Rev. is true?

• Children were not allowed to work in the mines during the Industrial Revolution

• Work conditions were closely regulated

• There were no labor laws that prevented children from working

• Children were allowed to work but they were treated fairly.

Single room apartments often without heat, lighting or bathrooms that were occupied by working families were called

• condos
• townhouses
• tenements
• suburbs

Several million Irish and Germans migrated in the 1840s primarily because

• of the Black Plague
• of disastrous economic conditions brought on by government policy and displacement by the Industrial Revolution
• of poor environmental conditions including massive flooding.D) of religious freedom
• Russian imperial advances threatened their livelihoods