Chapter 13 Industrial Revolution

The process of taking over and consolidating land formerly shared by peasant farmers

• Urbanization 
• Enclosure 
• Migration 
• Socialism 

“We have been driven to the conclusion that only through legislation can any improvement be effected, and that that legislation can never be effected until we have the same power as men have to bring pressure to bear upon our representatives and upon Governments to give us the necessary legislation. . . . We are here not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers.”—Emmeline Pankhurst, October 21, 1908   Which statement best summarizes the main idea of the above quotation?

• Women belong in the kitchen 
• Women are justified in breaking the law if that will help bring them equality.
• Women cannot reform society unless they run for higher office.
• Women must have the vote in order to win improvements in their lives.

Which statement best describes how changes in agriculture supported the early Industrial Revolution?

• The growth of canals and railroads made it easier to ship farm products to industrial cities.
• Industrial machinery was needed for dyke building and crop rotation.
• As farming became more profitable, demand for manufactured goods increased.
• The enclosure movement created a large class of unemployed agricultural workers.

The increase in steel production largely resulted from the work of

• Abraham Darby 
• Heather Clancy 
• John D. Rockefeller
• Henry Bessemer

The practice of enclosure helped increase farm outputs by

• increasing the land available for agriculture.
• creating employment for farm laborers.
• making it possible to plant seeds in rows.
• not allowing workers to escape 

What did Karl Marx predict would be the final result of centuries of class struggle and economic competition?

• Private ownership of farms and factories would be abolished.
• Communist dictatorships would arise around the world.
• Deciding whether or not to get a Big Mac or a McRib 
• The proletariat would become a new ruling class.

Invented the radio, which allowed wired communication by Morse Code over long distances.

• Thomas Edison 
• Alfred Nobel 
• Guglielmo Marconi
• Henry Ford 

What made the population increase in London between 1750-1900?

• the growth of factories
• the rise of the middle class
• urban planning and reform
• the transportation revolution

The development of atomic theory in the Industrial Age by scientists such as Dalton and Mendeleyev led to

• new theories about the age of the Earth.
• new developments in chemistry.
• a revolution in communications.
• increased life expectancy 

In which of the following pairs was the second development dependent on the first development?

• invention of internal combustion engine / English railroad boom
• invention of dynamo / sending of first telegraph message
• introduction of assembly line / invention of automobile
• The invention of Meow Mix/Whisker Lickins