1st Industrial Revolution Review

How did enclosures contribute to the development of the Industrial Revolution?

• They enabled farmers to rotate crops and produce many different types of specialty vegetables.
• Enclosures were used to pen animals for domestication, increasing the number of domesticated species.
• Enclosures caused farm output to drop, leading farmers to move to cities.
• Enclosures displaced farmers, who formed the labor force for the new factories in cities.

What was one of Britain’s primary contributions to industrialism?

• Britain developed new farming practices that led to the second Agricultural Revolution.
• British inventors developed new machines for the textile industry that led to the factory system.
• The British government freely exported new technology, allowing industrialization to spread.
• British entrepreneurs invested in manufacturing and transportation allover Europe.

What was one way that James Watt’s steam technology contributed to the Industrial Revolution?

• Steam engines helped increase the efficiency of the putting-out system.
• The water frame used steam to improve the speed of spinning thread.
• Steam engines improved the shipping of goods and raw materials.
• Steam engines allowed boats to move quickly along new canals.

Why were the first factories more efficient than the earlier putting-out system?

• They did not require an outside source of power.
• They allowed laborers to build a product from start to finish.
• They brought workers and machines together in one place.
• They could be built in any location.

Industrialization spread because

• Britain shared the new technology in order to gain new trading partners.
• Other nations wanted to have the same economic opportunities that Britain enjoyed.
• Parliament relaxed Britain's monopoly on industrial technology.
• Britain had to trade its technology for labor and natural resources.

Which British invention, shown here, revolutionized industry and transportation?

• A. dynamo
• B. steam engine
• C. internal combustion engine

Which of the following best describes the new middle class that emerged as a result of industrialization?

• It was made up largely of industrial workers and miners.
• It was made up largely of wealthy rural landowners.
• Many of its members owned and operated the businesses that hired urban workers.
• Many of its members lived in overcrowded conditions in industrial cities.

Which statement best describes child labor during the early years of the Industrial Revolution?

• Child labor did not exist before the Industrial Revolution.
• Mines and textile factories employed large numbers of children.
• Laws kept children from working in dangerous mines and factories.
• Most child laborers spent part of each day in school.

What was one long-term benefit of the Industrial Revolution?

• Factory work allowed women to earn as much money as men.
• Over time, poverty was eliminated in industrialized nations.
• Governments took greater control over the economy.
• In industrialized countries, the overall standard of living improved.

Socialism is based on the belief that

• the means of production should be shared by everyone in society.
• governments should interfere in business only to prevent harm.
• industrialization is an evil that must be stopped.
• workers will unite and overthrow the ruling class to form a classless society.