Unit 09: Industrialization and Imperialism Review

One way the lives of many nineteenth-century Europeans and Americans changed because of industrialization includes —

• working at a variety of professions

• marrying at earlier ages

• shifting from an agrarian lifestyle to an urban lifestyle

• placing more significance on participation in religious activities

The lives of many women and children changed during the Industrial Revolution because

• women and children went to school to train for jobs in the new factories

• many women choose to work rather than get married and have children

• increasingly women and children became wage earners in the working class

• factory owners created scholarships for women and children to attend college

New economic theories came about during the Industrial Revolution in response to

• the lack of economic power women had in industrialized societies

• the demands of wealthy industrialists for laws to regulate economies

• the economic disparities between the wealthy and the working class

• the successful efforts of abolitionists to bring an end to the slavery trade

In what way did Scottish engineer James Watt shape the transportation industry?

• traffic-control devices

• building roadways

• steam engine

• the first canal system in the United States

Which American inventor was responsible for technological improvements that allowed for a longer workday?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Henry Ford

• Thomas Edison

• James Watt

The scientific advances made by Louis Pasteur helped to

• prevent the spread of bacterial diseases

• increase the efficiency of steam engines

• decrease the high rates of infant mortality

• further an understanding of human anatomy

In response to the poor factory and urban conditions brought about by industrialization in the nineteenth century, many workers started to —

• demand reforms in labor policies

• emigrate to European protectorates

• leave the city to move to the country

• advocate laissez-faire government policies

During the Industrial Revolution, the expansion of free enterprise economic principles resulted in

• the passage of additional protective tariffs

• an accumulation of wealth by factory owners

• the workers sharing in the profits of the factory

• an increase in government regulation of factories

Most nineteenth century industrialized nations in Europe experienced —

• a general rise in the overall standard of living

• the creation of a common European currency

• a growth in the number of children in families

• the adoption of communist economic systems

The adoption and spread of steam-powered technologies helped advance industrialization by

• helping to boost agricultural output in Europe

• creating jobs for coal miners and railroad conductors

• providing power to run machines and transport goods

• modernizing the way people in Europe lived during the 1800s