What two major developments in technology played important roles in triggering the Industrial Revolution?

The invention of the steam engine and new ways to produce iron

Advances in military weapons and the invention of the automobile

Improved building materials and the discovery of coal

A system of iron bridges and the improvement of roads

Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain?

In addition to resources and technology, Britain had the right economc, political, and social conditions

Britain had the largest population and the greatest availability of working-age men

Other nations did not have ready access to a large number of ports and waterways

Most other nations were still practicing old agricultural ways

How did factory work differ from farm work?

Working conditions were harsher in a factory than on a farm

Factory workers performed more diverse tasks per day than farmers did

Salaries were higher for factory work than farm work

Factory machines were much safer than farm equipment

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

improvements to the steam engine

The spread of the factory system resulted in all of the following EXCEPT ...

the movement away from home production

increased exports of British cotton goods

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

workers had to work regular hours and do the same work over and over

products were produced on an assembly line of workers and animals

workers had to adjust to periods of hectic work, followed by periods of inactivty

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

emergence of the middle class and the working class

growing death rates, due to accidents on the highways

the lower classes being paid more

widespread famines caused by families abandoning their farms

The pitiful conditions created by the Industrial Revolution gave rise to ...

socialism, in which society owns and controls the means of production

the Iron Workers' Revolt of 1886

the organization of charitable groups

a cry for rights for animals that worked in coal mines

Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial Revolution?

There were more job opportunities

There were larger, more fancier homes in the cities

Families could earn more money living in the city

The working conditions in the cities were a lot better than working on a farm

Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of working conditions during the Industrial Revolution?

Workers were given multiple breaks

Workers often worked more than 12 hours a day

Children, even younger than ten, worked in factories

Industrial Revolution Review

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