The Industrial Revolution (WHB)

Which statement accurately describes Great Britain throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?

• The country endured continuous political turmoil, disrupting industrial development.

• The country was under constant threat of invasion that diverted resources to the military.

• The government was relatively stable, and this security promoted business development.

• The monarchy financed industrial development and encouraged the creation of new inventions.

Which of the following are results from the development of British railroads? Choose the three correct answers.

• increased the size of the rural population

• created thousands of mining jobs

• improved living conditions for the poor

• lowered the cost of transporting goods

• encouraged people to travel for leisure

How did the Industrial Revolution change the lives of middle-class British women?

• They began to receive the same wages as men.

• They entered the workforce as domestic servants.

• They began to attend college to train for careers as teachers.

• They became isolated from their families working long hours in factories.

Which group remained in the lower class of British society despite the wealth generated from the Industrial Revolution?

• shop owners

• textile workers

• factory managers

• mechanical drafters

The British Industrial Revolution had many positive and negative effects. Write the letter of each development in the table to indicate whether it was a positive or negative effect of the Industrial Revolution.

• negative

• increase in child labor

• positive

• overcrowded urban centers

• negative

• contaminated water supplies

• negative

• increase in wages

• positive

• greater social mobility

Which aspect of mass production allows a broken machine to be fixed quickly using an identical item?

• specialization

• assembly line

• division of labor

• interchangeable parts

Match the name of the individual to a description of his accomplishment.

• steel manufacturing

• William Cockerill

• oil production

• John D. Rockefeller

• mechanized production of clothing

• Francis Cabot Lowell

• expanded industrialization to continental Europe

• Andrew Carnegie

Which countries lagged far behind in industrial development because of their geography?

• France and United States

• Belgium and Great Britain

• Austria-Hungary and Spain

• Germany and Piedmont-Sardinia

Which theory states that laws should be ignored and governments should be eliminated?

• Anarchism

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Socialism

Which economic theory of the Industrial Revolution suggests that the workers should own the "means of production"?

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Communism