Unit 4 2023

Which invention resulted in an increase in the demand for coal?

• steam engine

• seed drill

• cotton gin

• internal combustion engine

This image is BEST seen as evidence of which of these?

• the last slave ship coming into US harbor

• The effects of the Industrial Revolution on transportation

• The impact of Asian technology on the US

• the increase in military strength in the US

• navigable rivers

• ample coal deposits

• stable government structure

• protection from European political turmoil

All of these factors helped in the

• the Agricultural Revolution in Great Britain

• Industrialization of England.

• the desire of England to colonize North and South America

Which of these changes during the Industrial Revolution led to greater efficiency?

• workers created labor unions

• animal and human power were replaced with steam power

• women and children were prohibited from working in the coal mines

During the Industrial Revolution the factory system

• caused many workers to have their lives controlled by factory owners

• replaced the 3-field system

• allowed most families to move away from polluted cities into the expanding suburbs.

Unlike those in commercial industry (in factories), people in "cottage" industries

• produced textile clothing

• worked in their homes

• tended to work in large urban populations

The era of the "cottage industry" was rendered mostly obsolete by

• the proto industry

• commercial industry

• Agriculture

• the Great Depression

The factory system of the early-19th century caused

• a decrease in farm production

• an increase in rural population

• an increase in urban population

• high unemployment in other areas

Which economic system is driven by competition and became popular during the Industrial Revolution?

• mercantilism

• socialism

• communism

• capitalism

What role did the early Industrial Revolution have on the European political and social order?

• The working poor were elevated from poverty, eliminating the need for unskilled labor.

• Craftsmen became more important as people demanded higher quality manufactured goods.

• Non-elites became wealthy and demanded greater social standing and more political rights.

• The nobility were able to fend off attempts by the newly rich and gain a tighter control of power.