Industrial Revolution

Which of the following WAS NOT a reason that early factory owners hired children for their labor

• they could be paid less than adults

• they could do more dangerous work

• they were more reliable than adults

• they could be replaced easily

Which of the following can best describe the "free market"?

• a store where goods and services are free

• an economy controlled by the government

• a system based on competition between privately owned businesses offering a similar product

  or service

• factories that do not have to pay rent because of their participation in the enclosure movements

From which group of people did most factory workers come?

• peasants

• bourgeoisie

• gentry

• none of these

Small fields were combined to make larger farms.

• Enclosure Movement

• Plan XIII

• Sharedropping

• Capitalism

Which was an important new source of energy in the 1700s?

• Oil

• Wax

• Coal

• Nitrogen

After 1500, Europe’s population...

• increased

• decreased

• stayed the same

• none of these

Which of the following systems is shown in the illustration?

Which is NOT an idea that interested Adam Smith?

• Communism

• Free Market

• Division of Labor

• Supply and Demand

During the Industrial Revolution, the gap between rich and poor...

• increased

• decreased

• disappeared

• none of these

Which of the following reasons best supports the idea that Charles Dickens had the best perspective when writing his novels about the hardships of people in England during the 1800s?

• He had first experience of living in poverty

• He lived in England during the Industrial Revolution

• He owned a factory, and saw those working in the lines

• He was an influential historian during the 1900s