Industrial Revolutionary

The Industrial Revolution began in this country.

• The United States

• Great Britain

• Germany

• Russia

What natural resources gave Great Britain an advantage in the Industrial Revolution?

• water and forests

• wildlife and precious gems

• coal and iron

• good harbors

Started in the 1700s, this event helped industry take root in Great Britain.

• Proletariat

• Industrial Capitalism

• Agricultural Revolution

• Liberalism

The movement of people from rural areas to cities.

• Urbanization

• Socialism

• Industrialism

• Utilitarianism

Before the Industrial Revolution all products were created by

• Factories

• Hand

• Slaves

• Children

In the early 18th century, the Agricultural Revolution in Great Britain resulted in urbanization because

• enslaved persons replaced free laborers on farms

• displaced rural workers migrated to find jobs

• the middle class decreased in size

• factory work strengthened extended families

“It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage. It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves for ever and ever, and never got uncoiled. It had a black canal in it, and a river that ran purple with ill smelling dye. . . .” — Charles Dickens, Hard Times

Which problem is the subject of this passage?

• economic inequality

• poor transportation systems

• lack of child labor laws

• urban pollution

Women were paid ____ than men for doing the same work.

• Less

• More

Why did people move to cities during the Industrial Revolution?

• People were looking for work in factories

• People were looking on farms.

• People wanted to buy a house.

• People wanted to sell their crops.

Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?

• Low wages

• Dangerous working conditions

• Safe working conditions

• Widespread pollution