Industrial Revolution

A reason some businesses hired children was:

• To provide the children a bright future and opportunities

• So they could save money by paying the children less money

• So the children could take care of the heavy labor required for their business

• To improve their public image

 In pre-industrial times (before the industrial revolution), most people lived…

• on very large farms

• on rented lands

• in cities

• in rural villages

The agricultural revolution would allow for….

• Larger populations

• Increase in wealth of peasants

• Decreased populations

• More small family farms

Which term refers to “money to invest in labor, machines and raw materials” necessary to start a factory and industrialize?

• Capital

• Industrialization

• Entrepreneur

• Factory system

All of the following were effects of the conditions in factories on children EXCEPT…

• They could lose hands or other body parts in machines

• They could be beaten by the owners/managers of the factories

• They were paid very well for the work that they did

• They could work up to 16 hours a day with very few breaks for little pay

The Industrial Revolution began in this country.

• The United States

• Great Britain

• Germany

• Russia

During the Industrial Revolution, a new social and economic class that developed was the

• serfs

• rich, or the upper class

• expanded lower class

• middle class

In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, which item was manufactured in great numbers at newly built factories?

• textiles

• industrial machines

• cars

• household goods like cookware

Which of the following best defines the term capital when referencing the Industrial Revolution?

• a city where industrial production increased, became an important city for a nation's economy

• money, equipment, and/or resources that were used in the production of goods

• a type of investment that helped a factory or business get started

• none of these best define capital

Which of the following best describes industrialization?

• nations began to rely on one another for trade of various goods and resources after the beginning of the Industrial Revolution

• smaller nations needed assistance from their larger neighbors, so they formed trade alliances

• more and more people began to move to cities, away from rural areas

• advancement in technology to produce goods on a larger scale and a reliance on manufacturing of goods instead of individuals producing goods themselves