Industrial Revolution Pre Assessment

What was the name of the organization created to fight for fair pay and safe working conditions?

• Strikes

• Labor Unions

• Laws

How many hours a day were children working?

• 12-14

• 7-8

• 10-12

What happened to the United States population from 1860-1900?

• Tripled

• Doubled

• Stayed the same

All of the following were important developments during the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT:

• telephones

• steam engine

• reaper

• plow

Financial Resources, the availability of a work force, new inventions, and access to raw materials and energy were all factors that led to the growth of __________________

• New inventions
• industries
• Agriculture
• Railroads

Which social class emerged during the Industrial Revolution?

• Working class

• Middle class

• Poor class

• Upper class

The use of machines to replace humans and animals; reduced farm needs and increased production

• mechanization
• production
• industrialization
• inventions

This person invented the phonograph, audio recorder, battery, and electric lightbulb.

• Thomas Edison
• Nicolai Tesla
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Andrew Carnegie

What did James Watt invent?

• steam engine

• steamboat

• reaper

• plow

Which id NOT a post war change in farm and city life?

• Mechanization (e.g., the reaper) reduced farm labor needs and increased production. 
• a lack of immigration due to strict immigration laws
• ndustrial development in cities created increased labor needs. 
• Industrialization provided new access to consumer goods (e.g., mail order).