Chapter 10 Test

The social change brought about by the Industrial Revolution was evident in the...

• emergence of the middle class and the working class.

• famines caused by families abandoning their farms.

The textile industry in England met its last major challenge to full mechanization with the development of...

• the flying shuttle.

• improvements to the steam engine.

The factory created a new labor system in which...

• products were produced by an assembly line of workers and animals.

• workers had to work regular hours and perform repetitive tasks.

Industrialization spread rapidly in both Europe and the United States thanks to...

• railroads

• steamboats

The Industrial Revolution started in Britain partly because its rivers provided...

• transportation and power

• coal and iron ore

A process for removing impurities from crude iron

• Puddling

• Bessemer

Improved the steam engine

• James Watt

• Thomas Newcomen

Built the first paddle-wheel steamboat

• Eli Whitney

• Robert Fulton

The _______ was a fundamental change in the way goods were produced ,from human labor to machines

• Industrial Revolution

• Agricultural Revolution

Which of the following statements is not true about the Industrial Revolution?

• Decline in factory-based manufacturing

• Increased use of metals and minerals