Industrial Revolution and Imperialism

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• France

• The United States

• England (Britain)

What industry was the first to industrialize?

• Textiles

• Steel

• Automobiles

Which is NOT one of the factors of 19th century Industrialization?

• Labor

• Media (television and radio)

• Capital (money for investment)

Railroads helped increase the growth of industry by:

• Shipping goods from factories to ports

• Speeding up shipping

• both answers are correct

During the Industrial Revolution the general movement of people in Europe was:

• Movement from cities to the country

  (urban to rural; ruralization)

• Movement from the country to the cities

  (rural to urban:

  urbanization)

Which of the factors of industry did England have that helped begin industry?

• Coal

• Labor

• Capital

• all of the above

The majority of factory workers lived in

• Mansions

• Townhouses

• poor tenement buildings

What was the average age of death of the urban industrial worker?

• 19 years

• 35 years

• 20 years

Terrible working conditions in the nineteenth-century led to the growth of:

• the factory system that made their working conditions better

• unions that fought to gain better working conditions and pay

Textile workers in the mid-nineteenth century often

• worked long hours with dangerous machinery

• lived in poorly built tenement housing

• had terrible working conditions

• all of the above