Industrial Revolution

Choose the best answer that explains Capitalism.

• The government does not interfere with free markets.

• Workers control the means of production.

• The government creates a utopian society.

• Employers must obey rules such as the eight-hour workday.

Which is a cause of the First Industrial Revolution.

• the light bulb

• invention of the automobile

• electric-powered assembly lines

• development of railroad systems

How did coal effect the Industrial Revolution?

• Poor conditions that workers faced in coal mines.

• Increased productivity due to mechanization.

• Unequal wealth distribution among workers and managers.

• The expansion of colonialism into India and other nations.

What reform movement did both the British and America have in common?

• the abolitionist movement

• the expansion of women’s rights

• the expansion of immigrants’ rights

• the labor movement

What effect did the Industrial Revolution have on European colonialism in Africa ?

• European countries competed for control over the slave trade.

• European countries competed for control overabundance natural resources.

• India and China refused to allow European powers to trade with Africa.

• India and China gained control of large regions in Africa at the Berlin Conference.

How did the Spinning Jenny affect Britain’s economy?

• The device powered steam engines and early railroads.

• Britain was able to industrialize the textile industry before many countries.

• Rapid production of cotton caused prices to fall and an economic recession in Britain.

• The Spinning Jenny helped Britain build powerful weapons that they used to colonize

  smaller nations.

Which is a major effect of the Industrial Revolution?

• urbanization

• colonialism

• increased wealth

• child labor

Which economic philosophy describes Capitalism?

• The government has complete control over all business

• the government has a hands off approach to businesses

• The government has a hands off approach except they control Healthcare and Energy

• the government has control over all public transprotation

One effect of the industrial revolution in the United States?

• a decrease in coal production following the invention of the steam engine

• improved working conditions in factories and mines

• higher wages for agricultural workers

• the labor movement organizing against child labor

What was a development of the Meiji era reform?

• universal voting rights

• the abolishment of child labor

• the abdication of Japan’s emperor

• the establishment of a constitutional government