Chapter 20/21 Test Review

Where did the first Industrial Revolution begin?

• France

• United States

• Great Britain

• Germany

The burning of _____________ was the primary resource used to fuel factories and machines.

• iron

• coal

• copper

• steel

Factories first used the ________to power their machinery.

• water frame

• power loom

• electricity

• spinning jenny

Who made up ⅔ of the textile workforce?

• women and children

• men and women

• women

• men and children

This person invented the first locomotive.

• Edmund Burke

• Edwin Chadwick

• Thomas Edison

• Richard Trevithick

Which of the following is NOT an effect of the Industrial Revolution?

• population growth

• higher death rates

• rising middle class

• growing cities

Ireland experienced a famine due to what crop being infected with fungus?

• wheat

• corn

• potatoes

• beans

What was the average work day for the working class during the Industrial Revolution?

• 8-10 hours

• 10-12 hours

• 12-16 hours

• 14-16 hours

This man was a lawyer in London who sought reform due to lack of sanitation in the cities.

• Edmund Burke

• Thomas Paine

• Edwin Chadwick

• Richard Trevithick

Who organized Great Britain’s Great Exhibition of 1851 in an effort to encourage industrialization?

• Prince Albert

• Charles X

• Louis XVIII

• Alexander I