Effects of Industrial Revolution Quiz

Which one of these inventions was the key for the transportation of goods and people during the early part of the Industrial Revolution?

• Telegram

• Spinning Jenny

• Steam Boat

• Railroad

Which statement is most accurate about child labor during the Industrial Revolution?

• Laws protected children from working in dangerous situations

• Child Labor allowed kids to skip school and start their careers early

• Mines and factories employed large numbers of children.

What were some of the positive effects during the Industrial Revolution?

• People had the opportunity to take vacations with paid time off

• Children did not have to go to school and could work long days in factories

• The use of new consumer goods, more efficient farming techniques, and better power sources

• Healthcare benefits and retirement opportunities

All of the following were negative effects of the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT:

• child labor

• poor working conditions

• higher standard of living

• urbanization

Socialism became popular during the Industrial Revolution because:

• Socialism was a weak attempt at taking power away from the people

• Capitalism made the rich even more rich and the poor stayed the same no matter how much they worked

• Capitalism is an efficient system but people were lazy and did not want to work

• Socialism rose out of communism and the need for everything to be equal

Child labor, long hours, and unsafe conditions in factories were all examples of:

• better working conditions

• how Capitalism made people rich

• poor working conditions

• Communism

What did the Factory Act of 1833 do during the Industrial Revolution?

• It ended the barbaric practice of child labor

• Children were forced to work in factories as opposed to mines

• Women were no longer allowed to work in factories as they were deemed to be jobs for men

• It did not end the use of child labor, but it did help to improve the working conditions for kids in factories.

Karl Marx wrote in his book, The Communist Manifesto, that a ____________ society was best for the workers of the world.

• capitalistic society

• classless

• rich and wealthy

• poor

A capitalistic economic system promotes a laissez-faire economy, which means the government should:

• leave business alone

• control business and all means of production

• create a society where all classes are equal

• distribute all goods and services