Industrial Revolution Quiz 2019

Industrialization in the 19th century is MOST associated with __________________.

• revolution

• urbanization

• agrarian life

• Communist Manifesto

Which of these was an immediate result of the Industrial Revolution in Europe?

• Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was no longer needed

• more African nations achieved political independence

• improvement in the standard of living for all people

• European social and political movements erupted

Which of these is one of the arguments made in The Communist Manifesto?

• Free trade is beneficial to the workers and peasants of the world.

• The proletariat deserves harsh treatment because they lack education.

• All workers of the world will eventually unify in a revolution against the bourgeoisie.

• The private property in every society should be placed in the hands of the proletariat.

The factory system of the early-19th century caused

• a decrease in farm production

• an increase in rural population

• an increase in urban population

• high unemployment in other areas

Which of these inventions had the GREATEST impact on the First Industrial Revolution?

• steam engine

• iron

• cotton gin

• steel

Which of these BEST describes the effect the Industrial Revolution had in England in the 19th century?

• people moved from the city to the countryside

• people moved from the countryside to the city

• people moved from England to the American colonies

• people moved from the American colonies to England

People moving from the rural to cities and growing class divisions are part of the _______________ changes of the Industrial Revolution.

• social

• political

• economic

• job market

Reform laws, growing support for socialism and labor unions are the _______________ changes of the Industrial Revolution.

• social

• economic

• political

• military

The invention of the _________________ led to the improvements in production of goods and transportation.

• power loom

• factories

• spinning jenny

• steam engine

A new method of production by breaking up a complex task into simple steps was accomplished by using an ____________________.

• natural resources

• assembly line

• power loom

• industrial strength remover