Industrialization Spreads - Review

How did the Industrial Revolution shift the world balance of power?

• It strengthened their economic ties via world markets.

• It made several countries go to war

• It increased economic competition between industrialized nations and poverty in less-developed nations

• It gave nations more resources and increased production

How did industrialization begin in the United States?

• Once they had enough resources

• The textile industry

• Moses Brown opened up the first factory

• Young girls left home to work as mill girls

Samuel Slater is known as the father of American Industry

• true

• false

How did Germany link their growing manufacturing cities?

• They built a lot of factories all over the nation

• They used the assembly line

• They had workers move from factory to factory

• They built railroads

Where did imperialism come from?

• The cycle of industrialization, need for resources, and development of new markets

• The United States copied the British

• revolutions in agriculture, production, and transportation

• It came from economies of Asia and Africa

Where did the majority of inventions come from?

• Belgium

• South America

• Samuel Slater

• British immigrants

What was the reason for economic isolation?

• Factories were extremely low on supplies

• Germany was politically divided

• The wealth gap widened drastically

• French industrialization was more measured and controlled than other nations

Which of these is NOT one of Adam Smith's laws?

• Law of self-interest

• Law of competition

• Law of cooperation

• Law of supply and demand

What was one of the reasons workers joined together in unions?

• To negotiate better working conditions and wage

• To make better products

• To start their own businesses

• To make more money

Which of these was NOT an issue faced by the unions?

• Child labor

• Poor working conditions

• Failure to make quality products

• Low wages