Lesson 2.1 Industrial Developments Review

Which phrase best completes this list?

• Closing of factories

• Growth of cities

• Fewer women being employed

• Greater value placed on handmade goods

Which phrase best completes this list?

• Fewer job opportunities for women

• More educated workers

• More efficient production of goods

• Fewer goods available for purchase

What is one way the Industrial Revolution changed how people worked?

• Workers did not need special skills to make products

• Children stopped working and went to school

• People tended to work for themselves

• New laws made working conditions safer

What is another way that the Industrial Revolution changed how people worked?

• Workers needed special skills to make goods

• More people worked in large factories

• Most workers made their own goods

• New laws made working conditions safer

Why were steamboats an improvement over earlier forms of transportation?

• They required fewer people to operate

• They could travel more places

• They could transport goods to market faster

• They used less power

Why were steamboats an improvement over transportation such as horses and wagons?

• They required less power to operate

• They cost more to operate

• They could carry fewer people

• They could carry more goods

What is one way the Industrial Revolution changed how people worked?

• Cotton gin -> slavery increased

• Cotton gin -> slavery decreased

• Cotton gin -> slaves worked in factories not on the farm

• Cotton gin -> cotton production spread to the north

What is one way the cotton gin changed how people worked?

• Southern farms produced more cotton

• Most farmers stopped growing cotton

• Farmers in the North and West started growing cotton

• Slavery increased in the South

What is a reason why workers organized strikes in the early 1800s?

• Courts would only support workers if they went on strike

• Factory owners usually gave in to demands if workers went on strike

• Workers wanted to force their employers to raise their pay

• Workers went on strikes to fight against trade unions

Why did workers organize strikes in the early 1800s

• Government only supported workers on strike

• Factory owners gave in to demands of those on strike

• Trade unions and workers fought against each other

• Workers wanted to force their employers to limit the amount of time they worked