Industrial Revolution Review

Which social change occurred during the Industrial Revolution?

• growth of the working class

• development of the extended family

• expansion of privileges for the landed nobility

• increased status for religious leaders

The belief that workers of the world would unite to overthrow their oppressors is central to

• Social Darwinism

• Marxism

• conservatism

• laissez-faire capitalism

What was a result of the Industrial Revolution in Europe?

• the growth of the middle class

• an increase in nomadic herding

• a decline in urban population

• a decrease in international trade

A long-term result of the Industrial Revolution in Europe was

• an increase in the number of small farms

• a decline in international trade

• a general rise in the standard of living

• a strengthening of the economic power of the nobility

In Europe, which group benefited most from the industrialization of the 19th century?

• rural farmers

• middle class

• factory workers

• clergy

During the Industrial Revolution, locating factories near concentrations of natural resources and transportation routes most directly promoted

• annexations and unequal treaties

• migration and urbanization

• legislative reforms and formation of unions

• communal fields and the domestic system

This 1852 drawing most likely would have been used to argue for improvements in

• workhouse rules

• sanitation regulations

• factory conditions

• suffrage laws

A major reason the Industrial Revolution developed in Great Britain in the 1700s was because of Great Britain's

• geographic features

• immigration policies

• use of collectivization

• access to imported oil

Which heading is most appropriate for the partial outline below that is related to conditions during the 18th and 19th centuries?

I. _____________________________

A. Abundant natural resources

B. Advanced technology

C. Surplus of food

D. Stable economic and political conditions

• Factors Needed for Industrialization

• Forces That Caused the Rise of Fascism

• Objectives of the Green Revolution

• Results of the Glorious Revolution

Which statement about railroad systems in the 19th and early 20th centuries is accurate?

• Imperialists rejected the use of railroads in their colonies.

• European governments opposed the development of railroads.

• Railroads helped promote the factory system and urbanization.

• Railroads made transportation of goods less efficient.