Industrial Revolution

The factory created a new labor system in which:

• Workers had to work regular year-round hours and perform repetitive tasks

• Workers only worked seasonally with long periods of unemployment.

• Machines did all the work eliminating the need for human workers

• Workers' rights were protected by law and hourly wages were generous

Inventions such as the Spinning Jenny and the water-powered loom allowed for workers to report to factories located near rivers and streams, effectively replacing which style of industry?

• Work from home industry

• Independent contract industry.

• Seamstress industry.

• Cottage industry

What was one reason Great Britain led the way in the Industrial Revolution?

• They protect their factory workers' rights with a set of laws.

• They paid their factory workers more than any other country at the time.

• They had the largest source of coal and iron to power their factory machinery

• They were the first to make technological advancements.

What new technological advancement of the 18th century played a major role in the success of the industrial revolution, by creating a more efficient means of moving resources, creating new jobs, lowering the prices of goods, and creating larger markets?

• The Cotton Gin

• The Tractor

• The Railroad

• The Printing Press

What two new social classes developed as a result of the industrial revolution?

• The industrial middle class and the industrial working class

• The labor class and the business class

• The bourgeoisie and the proletariat

• The upper-middle-class and the lower middle class

As factories became the main source of income and production during the Industrial Revolution, workers from the farm populations began moving to the areas surrounding factories. What is the term given to this kind of worker migration pattern?

• Urbanization

• Immigration

• Industrialization

• Corporatization

Why did socialism and labor union popularity grow during the industrial revolution?

• Harsh conditions, long hours, and low pay drove the working class to demand changes

• More women in the workforce out voiced their male counterparts

• More people living in cities had access to higher education

• Industrial competition with other countries made socialism and unions appealing to government officials

What was the major impact of the Factory Act of 1833?

• Higher hourly wages for factory workers

• Safer working conditions for factory workers

• Women were allowed paid maternity leave

• Limited the age and amount of hours for child workers

How did the Great depression impact European colonies in Latin America and Africa?

• More workers migrated to these areas in the hopes of finding work in the cash crop industries such as automobile factories

• Work visas for immigrants from these areas were limited to prioritize employment for local workers

• These areas were largely unaffected by the Great Depression as they primarily practiced subsistence farming

• Profitable industries, such as automobile factories, located in these areas declined due to lack of consumer demand in suffering countries like America

Why did Soviet Russia suffer significantly less than other countries from the effects of the great depression?

• They had closed borders during this time period

• They were protected by treaty agreement that guaranteed them resources from neighboring countries

• Stalin’s five year plan to solidify communist economics in Russia through the creation of collective industries

• The wealthy upper class paid higher taxes during this time period to offset the cost of failing industries