Chapter 23 Review

Which of the following helped make Great Britain the starting place for the Industrial Revolution?

• improved transportation

• more open farmland

• fewer peasant farmers

• smaller crops

Enclosure movement laws caused

• inventors to create the steam engine.

• entrepreneurs to sell their land.

• many peasants to move to towns.

• farm animals to starve.

Why were Britain's entrepreneurs successful in starting businesses, and thus the Industrial Revolution?

• Entrepreneurs had money to invest in new businesses.

• British entrepreneurs were good at inventing new machinery.

• The British people allowed the entrepreneurs to take advantage of them.

• Britain's entrepreneurs controlled all the natural resources

One of the first important products for Britain's manufacturers was A.cheaply produced food.

• cheaply produced food.

• cotton cloth.

• railroad cars.

• water-powered looms.

How did the steam engine change the entire factory system when textiles were being produced?

• Steamboats carried raw materials from factory to factory, bringing needed materials for manufacturing.

• The work became much quieter, so people didn't mind living near factories.

• Factories spread all over the country, close to workers.

• Less material was created in each factory.

What did the spinning jenny produce?

• more jobs for British workers

• fewer steps in the making of cloth

• more work for the cottage industries

• more thread than weavers could use

The iron industry expanded during the Industrial Revolution because

• iron was used to build trains and railroads.

• coal was burned to create high-quality iron.

• there were few impurities in pig iron.

• factory owners preferred to use iron over coal.

How did factories change society in order to make the Industrial Revolution a success?

• Factories created a new labor class and a system of shift work that kept the machines running nonstop.

• Society changed in order to encourage people to work in dangerous conditions.

• Women and children became successful by working for high pay.

• People became perfectly disciplined workers who never made mistakes.

Governments encouraged industrialization in Europe by

• passing laws that made industry more profitable.

• providing money to build the necessary means of transportation.

• banning social programs that interfered with industry.

• staying completely out of the business of industry.

What was one result of extreme urbanization?

• more money and food for all

• a need for urban reform

• more frequent wars

• reduced population