MWH UNIT 7: INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Production of ___ was one of the first industries to be affected by the Industrial Revolution

• cars

• furniture

• toys

• textiles

Mass production led to:

• more goods available

• increase in prices

• shorter work hours

• increase in number of workers needed

Social change brought out from Industrial Revolution:

• air pollution

• growing death rates

• creation of the Middle Class

• widespread famine

Karl Marx thought that the biggest problem in society was:

• class struggle

• human enlightenment

• social equality

• political freedom

What name did Marx give the working class in industrial society?

• bourgeoisie

• Communists

• socialists

• proletariat

Marx and Engles felt that social equality would only be achieved if there was a(n):

• energy crisis

• wealthy industrial class

• public education

• revolution

Major result of Industrial Revolution:

• growth of cities

• more sharing of wealth

• powerful guilds

• increase of agricultural workers

Effects of Industrial Revolution on middle class:

• more hours working in the fields

• more leisure time and money

• organized labor unions

• standard of living decreased

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the industrial strength of Britain?

• natural resources

• markets for British goods

• adequate wealth to fund innovation

• German technological advances

Industrialism resulted in all of the following EXCEPT:

• increased production of goods

• elimination of distinctions between working &middle classes

• new methods of production

• expansion of global trade