Industrialization Quiz #1

Which of the following is an effect of the Industrial Revolution?

• Urbanization

• Government was failing

• Civil service examinations

• Many people joined the circus

How did the Industrial Revolution impact the production of textiles?

• Decrease in the amount of jobs

• Increase in the loss of wages

• Decrease in the amount of smog

• increase in the rate of production

Who are the figures pulling the cart in this picture?

• Children

• Slaves

• Factory Owners

Who are the figures riding on the cart?

• Children

• Slaves

• Factory Owners

Which of the following answer choices BEST explains the political cartoon below?

• Depicts terrible labor conditions in factories at the onset of the Industrial Revolution

• Shows the severe class difference in Victorian England

• Points out how the exploitation of child labor fueled the Industrial Revolution

• Claims that the rich are lazy and the poor are hard workers 

Which of the following is an invention that directly improved thread production?

• Spinning Jenny

• Steam Engine

• Cotton Gin

• Tenements

Which of the following is a machine powered by coal, making it possible to locate factories anywhere, including away from rivers?

• Spinning Jenny

• Steam Engine

• Cotton Gin

• Tenements

Which of the following is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation?

• Spinning Jenny

• Steam Engine

• Cotton Gin

• Tenements

Which of the following is a single-family buildings divided into multiple living spaces; often without windows and poor ventilation. Many of the properties were overcrowded and lacked indoor plumbing?

• Spinning Jenny

• Steam Engine

• Cotton Gin

• Tenements

Which of the following answer choices BEST explains why coal production increased greatly during the Industrial Revolution?

• People preferred coal over electricity because it was more plentiful

• Coal was an environmentally clean method of fueling machine

• New methods of mining coal made the job easier

• Coal was needed to make iron and run steam engines