Industrialization

The Industrial Revolution started in Britain partly because its rivers provided

• cheaper food.

• coal and iron ore.

• transportation and power.

• plentiful labor.

Why did coal production expand greatly during the Industrial Revolution?

• People preferred to use coal over electricity because it was more powerful.

• Coal was an environmentally clean method of fueling machines.

• New methods of mining coal made it a very easy job.

• Coal was needed to produce iron and to run steam engines.

How did the railroads guarantee the success of the Industrial Revolution?

• Goods could be moved faster from the factories to the places they would be sold.

• People could travel from their homes in the countryside to the factories in the cities.

• Entrepreneurs were encouraged to invest large amounts of money in factories that were linked by railroads.

• Everyone enjoyed riding on the railroads.

Industrialization spread rapidly in both Europe and the United States thanks to

• railroads.

• steamboats

• peasants

• wealthy investors

The factory created a new labor system in which

• products were produced by an assembly line of workers and animals.

• workers had to work regular hours and perform repetitive tasks.

• machines were valued more highly than the workers who ran them.

• workers had to adjust to periods of hectic work followed by idle periods.

The harsh conditions created by the Industrial Revolution gave rise to

• a movement toward socialism.

• the Iron Workers’ Revolt of 1886.

• the organization of charitable groups.

• government oversight of factories.

• entrepreneurship
• Competition
• Private property
• profit motive
• consumer choice

Which of the following would be the best title for the list?

• Free Enterprise System

• Mercantile system

• Federalism

• Republicanism

What does a patent give to a person?

• The right to open a new factory

• The right to farm an area of land

• The right to drive a car

• Exclusive right to sell an invention

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• The United States
• England
• France
• Germany

This machine allowed factories to be built anywhere, powered by coal.

• flying shuttle
• steam engine
• spinning jenny
• cotton gin