Industrial Revolution and Imperialism review

Which statement best explains the reason why Europeans imperialized and set up colonies during the 1800s?

• Expanding European empires needed natural resources to better their economy.

• Growing European empires wanted to share their natural resources with other who were not as superior as they were.

• Africans were superior and the Europeans no longer wanted to compete with their growing empires, so they took away all of their natural resources.

• Europeans were experiencing difficult times and wanted to obtain more gold to improve their wealth.

Which of the following countries had the most expansive empire in 1914?

• Great Britain

• France

• United States

• Japan

Towards the end of the Industrial Revolution, why did immigration and poverty both increase? Select the best answer.

• As surplus good were shipped to Europe, immigrants were unable to access necessities.

• A large amount of people moved to cities to find work, however there were not enough jobs and many were left unemployed and poor

• As the number of people increased in the city, the amount of trees cut down increased as well.

• The amount of tenements increased and these luxurious apartments were paid for by factory owners.

A tenement is an overcrowded slum apartment building. Why did this new form of housing develop in industrial cities such as Manchester?

• Machines required bigger buildings because the machines were large, and therefore they took up a lot of space

• Capitalists wanted to provide very nice housing to their workers because they worked so many so many long hours.

• A new style of housing was needed to provide housing for the massive amounts of people that moved into the cities to find work

• These apartment buildings reminded people of life on the country, which was peaceful and spacious.

Which of the following answer choices did not cause factory workers to organize and create labor unions, which fought for workers rights?

• Unfair pay

• Long working hours

• Fair employers

• Unsafe working conditions

Prior to mass-production, cars were very expensive and only the rich could purchase them. Why did mass-production of the car allow everyone, not just the rich, to purchase it? Select the best answer.

• Less expensive cars were made and therefore they became cheaper

• The middle class demanded a cheaper car, so Ford mass-produced cars.

• Mass-production increased the supply of cars and the price of cars dropped as a result

• The assembly slowed down the production of cars which made them more expensive

According to the political cartoon we discussed in class, what is the artist's understanding of the phrase "White Man's Burden?"

• The artist uses the phrase sarcastically to point out that Imperialist nations pretend they don't benefit from Imperialism.

• The artist uses the phrase to point out how hard the Imperialists work to improve their colony's economies.

• The artist uses the phrase to encourage countries to expand and include more colonies.

• The artist uses the phrase to argue that white civilizations are superior to other cultures and therefore obligated to oversee and improve them.

Who was not involved in the decision making at the Berlin Conference, when Africa was divided up amongst European nations to avoid future conflict between themselves.

• Belgium

• Germany

• Africans

• Great Britian

Read the statement below spoken by a young girl who worked as a miner during the Industrial Revolution.

Patience Kershaw, age 17: I go to pit at 5 o'clock in the morning and come out at 5 in the evening; I get my breakfast, porridge and milk, first; I take my dinner with me, a cake, and eat it as I go; I do not stop or rest at any time for the purpose, I get nothing else until I get home, and then have potatoes and meat, not every day meat.

Why would Labor Unions want to help her?

• They would use her story to explain that women do not need to work in the mines because that is a man’s job.

• They would help her buy better clothes to work in the mines because the ash and soot ruins her clothes quickly.

• They would want to help her get shorter workdays and better pay so that she could afford basic necessities.

• They would encourage her to eat more meat, so that she would have the strength to do her job as a miner.

"Improvements in the machinery have a three-fold bearing: First, they make it possible to fabricate some articles which, might not be fabricated at all. Second, they enable an operator to turn out a greater quantity of work than he could before; time, labor, and quality of work remaining constant. Third, they can be operated by unskilled, less paid workers, thus saving money for the factory owner."

What would be the best title for this passage?

• The Division Among Factory Owners

• The Advantages of Machine Production

• The Disadvantages of the Skilled Worker

• The Problems with Classism