Industrial Revolution Test Review

Which of the following best describes how geography aided Great Britain in its rapid industrialization?

• It is located near a large deposit of oil.

• It is an island that has coal, iron, rivers, and ports.

New technology in steam propulsion led to inexpensive ways to transport people, materials, and finished products by both land and water. These new forms of transportation also made it easier for people from rural areas to travel to the cities for work.

 

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• how transportation helped move both people and goods

• how the steam technology led to the creation of jobs

Which of the following choices belongs in the empty box above?

 

• The nature and pace of work became much quicker and more mechanized.

• Cities began to shrink as society fragmented into small industrial towns.

Which statement below best summarizes the bias (opinion) of the above cartoon?

• The cartoonist believes that social classes are a natural and orderly part of urban life.

• The cartoon criticizes capitalism and probably supports the ideas of Karl Marx.

Samuel Gompers was a...

• Leader of the steel industry

• Leader in American labor unions

• The expansion of industry in the United States.

• Britain’s easy access to coal and iron deposits

One of the following are ideas concerning free enterprise from the Wealth of Nations.

 

• Free markets are run by the government.

• Self-interest is guided by an “invisible hand.”

Adam Smith: ________________: Karl Marx: ________________

• Free Enterprise … communism

• Socialism … capitalism

According to the Communist Manifesto, which social class is exploited by capitalism?

• Merchants

• Workers-Proletariat

The harsh working conditions depicted above inspired

• The formation of child unions

• The passage of labor and safety laws for children