Industrial revolution

The factory system allowed people to earn money.

• True

• False

Some people were upset about the industrial revolution because they felt:

• slum housing conditions would worsen

• machines were replacing workers

• there would be a rise in unions

• that it was fair to have an equal sharing of profits with workers

Karl Marx said that history is primarily:

• a compromise between rulers and the ruled

• an ongoing class conflict between the rich and the poor

• a long struggle by groups to achieve representative democracy

• a religious conflict between eastern and western groups

An important social aspect of the early part of the industrial revolution in England was the

• Urbanization of factory workers

• elimination of the class system

• development of government-funded housing and medical care programs

• acceptance of dissenting religious groups

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels developed a theory that economic conditions would significantly improve for the working class only when:

• governments accepted the capitalist system

• workers negotiated with capitalists

• the bourgeoisie became the ruling class

• workers controlled the means of production

In Europe, which group benefitted most from the industrialization of the 19th century?

• rural farmers

• middle class

• factory workers

• clergy

Which statement be describes a major reasons that the industrial Revolution began in Great Britain?

• Sufficient coal and iron ore reserves and a good transportation system were available

• Industries were owned by the national government

• a strong union movement was able to secure good working conditions ad high wages for factory workers

• Cities could easily accommodate the migration of people from rural to urban areas