Unit III Chapters 25-27 Test Review MWH

What was the Industrial Revolution?

• increased purchases of land by wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields

• predominately rural, agricultural societies became more industrial and urban.

• a widespread use of teenagers as factory laborers who worked 14 hour days, 6 days a week

• increased populations of urban areas during the 1800s

What were the three factors needed to drive the industrial revolution?

• Water power, coal/iron ore and capital/money to invest

• government, military, colonies

• raw materials, natural resources, man-made goods

• road, railway, and water transport

What was the main cause of the process of urbanization that occurred in 19th-century Britain and elsewhere in Western Europe?

• poor crop yields

• industrialization

• improved living conditions in cities

• more efficient transportation systems

How did landowners and aristocrats view wealthy members of the middle class?

• regarded highly

• as outcasts

• as equals

• looked down upon

What did Britain do in order to keep industrial secrets from the United States?

• sent messengers with misleading information to the United States

• charged impossible fees for the secrets to industrialization

• forbade engineers, mechanics, and toolmakers from leaving the country

• blockaded the United States from engaging in international trade

What is the laissez-faire policy?

• a policy that let owners of industry set working conditions without government interference

• a policy that allowed the government to set working conditions

• a policy where labor created a committee to set working standards

• a policy that allowed labor to set working conditions based on votes on issues

What was the benefit of being a stockholder in a corporation?

• a. certificate of branch ownership

• b. shared in profits produced by the corporation

• c. had some influence

• b and c

What is the name for the voluntary associations of workers seeking labor reforms?

• Strikes

• Unions

• Bargainers

• Teamsters

Which of the following is an example of an industrial reform movement?

• women's rights

• public education

• Child Labor Act

• abolition of slavery

Karl Marx is most closely associated with

           

• trade unionism

• utilitarianism

• communism

• capitalism