Industrial Revolution Test Review

The cause of the Industrial Revolution is a highly contested/controversial topic because...

• No one knows the cause of the Industrial Revolution

• There are multiple possible causes and other countries which met the right conditions so it is difficult to determine why exactly it started in Britain

• The cause of the Industrial Revolution has not been an interest of historians in the past, thus there is very little research regarding this topic

• The cause of the Industrial Revolution is not a highly contested topic

The Agriculutral Revolution is seen as...

• The only cause of the Industrial Revolution

• One of the root causes of the Industrial Revolution

• A consequence of the Industrial Revolution

• None of the above

The image above is an example of...

• Land and Labor

• Land and Capital

• Capital and Labor

• Labor

One of the differences between socialism and communism is that...

• Private ownership can exist in socialism but not in communism

• Private ownership can exist in communism but not in socialism

• In socialism, the government does not provide for the people

• There are no differences between the two systems, one is just an extreme version of the other

Socialism arose during the Industrial Revolution as a response to

• The social and economic inequality that many attributed to capitalism

• The damage being done to the environment by the new factories

• The passing of the factory acts

• None of the above

Laissez-faire refers to...

• An economic policy which argues that the government should have maximum control over the economy

• A social movement focused on allowing people to live freely and without government intervention

• An economic policy which proposes that lowering taxes on the rich leads to long term social benefits

• An economic policy which pushes for minimum government intervention in the economy

This image shows...

• The putting-out system

• The domestic system

• The factory system

• The Production System

Living conditions of the working class during the Industrial Revolution were characterized by...

• Poor-quality housing

• Inefficient sewage and sanitation systems

• Contaminated drinking water

• All of the above

Which of the following conditions/characteristics apply to factories during the Industrial Revolution? (You may choose more than one)

• Machines were dirty and expelled smoke and soot

• 14-16 hours of work per day

• Men were payed twice as women

• Child labor was common

The American Indsutrial Revolution took place...

• At the same time as the British Industrial Revolution

• After the British Industrial Revolution had begun

• Before the British Industrial Revolution

• There was no such thing as the "American Industrial Revolution"