Industrial Revolution Review

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• Victorian England

• Revolutionary France

• United States

• Soviet Russia

Answer explanation

The Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain AKA Victorian England

Which of the following is the main reason for health concerns (disease & death) during the Industrial Revolution?

• trade unions

• development of British colonies

• crop rotation

• urbanization

Answer explanation

Industrial Revolution ---> urbanization (people moving to cities) ---> increased waste/sewage (The Great Stink) ---> disease & death

Who is associated with "Laissez-faire", The Wealth of Nations & capitalism?

• Napoleon

• Robespierre

• Adam Smith

• Karl Marx

Answer explanation

Marx & Engels are discussing which of the following?

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• industrialization

• imperialism

• colonization

• nationalism

Answer explanation

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machinery = industrialization

What did Marx & Engels believed needed to happen to change working conditions?

• use of passive resistance

• adoption of "laissez-faire"

• revolts of the working class

• government reform

Answer explanation

MARX ---> REVOLUTION ---> COMMUNISM

Adam Smith wrote about capitalism & "laissez-faire" economics. What is "laissez-faire"?

• pride in one's country

• government should not interfere with the economy

• government should make economic reforms

• revolts of the working class

Answer explanation

Government HANDS OFF economy

Which of the following is one main cause of the Irish Potato Famine?

• farmers destroyed their crops

• pollution ruined the soil

• British government exported food out of Ireland

• too much corn was grown

Answer explanation

English (British) took food from Irish and sent it (exported it) to feed the army

Which of the following are results of the Irish Potato Famine?

(there is more than one)

• Irish people emigrated to the US

• Ireland invading Britain

• British giving food to the Irish

• Irish nationalist movement grew

Answer explanation

Irish emigrated (left Ireland) and moved to US.

The Irish also banned together to fight the British. Nationalism grew.

After the Tokugawa collapsed and the arrival of Commodore Perry resulted in...

(there is more than one answer)

• modernization & westernization in Japan

• creation of the seed drill

• Meiji Restoration

• the Congress of Vienna

Answer explanation

Which of the following helped improve working conditions during the Industrial Revolution?

(there is more than one answer)

• the Open Door Policy

• the Sadler Report

• labor unions

• imperialism

Answer explanation

Industrial Revolution working conditions changed due to:

The Sadler Report

Labor Unions