The Industrial Revolution

What was the Industrial Revolution?

• the shift from making products by hand to making them with machines

• an emphasis on using technology to increase military strength

• the movement to abolish new industries like coal and steel

• a violent revolt of factory workers against rich business owners

The Industrial Revolution began in which country due to factors like its many rivers, an abundance of resources, and its capitalist system?

• France

• Ottoman Empire

• England

• Russia

Which industry launched the Industrial Revolution?

• steel

• agriculture

• oil

• textile

What was Eli Whitney's method of production that uses machines to create exactly the same parts, making assembly and repairs easier?

• Assembly Line

• Urbanization

• Monopolies

• Interchangeable Parts

What invention, created in 1843, was one of the FIRST to allow communication almost instantly over long distances?

• telephone

• telegraph

• two-way radio

• television

What statement about life during the Industrial Revolution is FALSE?

• Urbanization increased as more people moved to the cities.

• Factory workers enjoyed good working conditions while children attended school.

• The gap between the rich and poor classes widened.

• Pollution, poverty, and disease were major problems in industrial cities.

Karl Marx wrote in The Communist Manifesto that the history of man had been defined by what?

• class struggles

• economic equality

• scientific advancement

• survival of the fittest

What was NOT a major reform movement that changed society in the 1800s and early 1900s?

• abolitionism

• women's rights

• agrarian farmers

• public education

What happened as a result of workers organizing into unions in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• Working conditions began to improve for many workers.

• Every worker gained an eight-hour workday and better pay.

• Most workers lost work hours and were paid less in wages.

• Very little happened; things remained the same.

What discovery did Louis Pasteur make that changed modern medicine and the treatment of diseases?

• the reality that diseases are caused by microbes called germs

• the negative effects of miasmas in the air

• the role of psychoanalysis in how people feel pain

• the source of all diseases being contaminated water