WHII - Unit 07 - Unit Test Review {2015}

The Industrial Revolution started in England due to its -

• natural resources

• use of the steam engine

• instability in its government

• wars with neighboring countries

• independence of its colonies

James Hargreaves invented this machine that increased the speed of creating thread from cotton or wool.

• Weaving Loom

• Spinning Jenny

• Gerrymandering

• Threading Needler

• Sewing Machine

Who was responsible for the development of the smallpox vaccination?

• Edward Jenner

• Louis Pasteur

• Henry Bessemer

• James Watt

• James Hargreaves

This chemist's discovery that bacteria spread diseases saved countless lives.

• Edward Jenner

• Louis Pasteur

• Henry Bessemer

• James Watt

• James Hargreaves

The cotton gin, a technological advance, was created by - ???

• James Watt

• Eli Whitney

• Edward Jenner

• James Hargreaves

• Louis Pasteur

The rise of the factory system for production during the nineteenth century caused which of the following?

• Cottage industries disappeared.

• Women were given equal pay as men.

• Rural areas maintained large scale production.

• The middle class decreased.

• People migrated towards farms for work.

Which of the following are impacts of the Industrial Revolution?

• Growth of the Middle Class

• Population decreased

• Urbanization

• Environmental Pollution

• Expansion of Cottage Industries

Which engineer made improvements to the steam engine to make it more efficient?

• James Watt

• Eli Whitney

• Edward Jenner

• James Hargreaves

• Louis Pasteur

All are true regarding the nature of work in the factory system and mines EXCEPT -

• workers had harsh working conditions

• child labor kept costs of production low and profits high

• men had to compete with women and children for wages

• factory owners gave considerable freedom to laborers

• standards of living increased for some - but not all

The Industrial Revolution affected slavery in what TWO ways?

• Cotton gin increased demand for slave labor on American plantations.

• Demand for agricultural products decreased.

• The slave trade was outlawed, and then slavery.

• Slaves replaced paid workers in factories.

• Lawmakers lobbied to increase the slave trade.