Industrial Revolution Review Part II

Which of the following was a major result of the Industrial Revolution?

• concentration of workers now in urban areas
• a large upper class eager to share its wealth
• government takeovers of all agricultural production
• the abolishing of trade unions

Socialist ideas grew out of the Industrial Revolution.  What caused these new economic idea?

• Individual capitalists refused to participate in a free market
• Overcrowded conditions in rural areas
• Oppression of the working class by the upper and middle classes
• Unsanitary living conditions in urban areas

Which event correctly completes the timeline?

• The rise of the factory system
• the creation of labor unions
• the Enclosure Movement
• the rise of capitalism

Who expressed his Socialist beliefs in the writing called The Communist Manifesto?

• Henry Ford
• John Kay
• Karl Marx
• Robert Fulton

All of the following resulted from the division of labor except:

• decrease in production 
• yields increased due to mass production
• more goods were available for more people
• workers were assigned specific tasks

Eli Whitney, responsible for the development of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts, indirectly helped Henry Ford in producing which invention?

• Automobile
• Assembly Line
• Flying Shuttle
• Spinning Mule

Union workers would go on strike for which purpose?

• to increase working hours
• to worsen working conditions
• to force factory owners to communicate with workers
• to force other workers to resign (quit)

Which economic idea was the main result of the relationship between the proletariat and bourgeoisie?

• Capitalism
• Laissez-Faire
• Socialism
• Mercantilism

Henry Ford's ability to mass produce the automobile was made possible by which of the following innovations?

• assembly line
• spinning mule
• cotton gin
• flying shuttle

How did the agricultural revolution contribute to the Industrial Revolution?

• it triggered a population explosion
• it tied workers more closely to the land
• it ended feudalism
• it replaced mercantilism