Industrial Revolution Friday Quiz

Why were the first factories built along the river?

• water was needed to power the machinery
• the products that were produced needed to be sent by boat to the city
• land on the river was cheaper making the cost of building the factory cheaper
• factories on the river were closer to where the people lived

Why did the suicide rates skyrocket during the period of Urbanization?

• men were ashamed of their wives and children working when they couldn't find work
• men had to kill to protect their property
• women were depressed because they could not find work outside the home
• men killed themselves in order to avoid getting the plague

What children went to school?

• boys from wealthy families
• girls from wealthy families
• boys from poor families
• girls from poor families

What was "black lung" caused by?

• continuous exposure to coal smoke and suit
• smoking a pipe
• the Bubonic Plague
• continuous exposure to contaminated water

What allowed factories to be built away from the rivers?

• the machine to replace the spinning wheel
• the use of railroads 
• the use of coal as a power source
• a drought that dried up the rivers

What was health insurance like during the 1700s in England?

• there was no health insurance
• it was expensive but effective
• it was expensive and wasn't effective
• it was cheap but was not effective

What is a tenement?

• a large home of a wealthy person in England
• a law outlawing public housing
• a building where multiple families lived under the same roof
• a type of factory located on a river

Why did factories start hiring women and children to work?

• the men were farming and didn't want to work in the factories
• there were no men in the town to do the work
• the work could only be done by small people
• they would work for much cheaper than men would

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?

• Made the crime rate decrease

• Led to an increase in farm workers

• Made the cities cleaner and safer

• Led to an increase in population in the cities

Urbanization is:

• Moving from towns to countryside

• Moving from cities to farms

• Moving from farms/country to cities

• Moving from one country to another