3.1 Industrial Revolution Review

The image best depicts which effect of the Industrial Revolution?

• child labor

• colonialism

• urbanization

• increased wealth

The graph illustrates which effect of the industrial revolution?

• Increased productivity due to mechanization.

• Poor conditions that workers faced in coal mines.

• The expansion of colonialism into India and other nations.

• Unequal wealth distribution among workers and managers.

Which statement completes the chart?

• Workers control the means of production.

• The government creates a utopian society.

• The government does not interfere with free markets.

• Employers must obey rules such as the eight-hour workday.

How did devices such as the Spinning Jenny affect Britain's economy?

• The device powered steam engines and early railroads.

• Britain was able to industrialize the textile industry before many countries.

• Rapid production of cotton caused prices to fall and an economic recession in Britain.

• The Spinning Jenny helped Britain build powerful weapons that they used to colonize smaller nations.

What was one effect of the industrial revolution in the United States?

• higher wages for agricultural workers

• the labor movement organizing against child labor

• improved working conditions in factories and mines

• a decrease in coal production following the invention of the steam engine

Which development is an example of a Meiji era reform?

• the establishment of a constitutional government

• the abdication of Japan’s emperor

• the abolishment of child labor

• universal voting rights

What British and American reform movements were related to this document? Excerpt from The Declaration of Sentiments – Seneca Falls Convention, 1848

• the labor movement

• the abolitionist movement

• the expansion of women's rights

• the expansion of immigrants’ rights

The author of the passage would MOST likely agree with which economic philosophy? Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, 1776

• capitalism

• communism

• mercantilism

• socialism

Why did the Industrial Revolution lead to an expansion of European colonialism in Africa in the late 1800s?

• European countries competed for control over the slave trade.

• European countries competed for control over abundance of natural resources.

• India and China refused to allow European powers to trade with Africa.

• India and China gained control of large regions in Africa at the Berlin Conference.

Which item best completes the chart?

• development of railroad systems

• electric-powered assembly lines

• invention of the automobile

• the light bulb