Industrial Revolution

What was the Industrial Revolution?

• increased purchases of land by wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields

• an increase in machine-made goods beginning in England during the 1700s

• widespread use of teenagers as factory

• increased populations of urban areas during the 1800s

What were three factors of production required for industrialization?

• land, labor, capital

• government, military, colonies

• raw materials, natural resources, man-made goods

• road, railway, and water transport

Why did the Industrial Revolution develop in Britain in the late 1700s?

• Britain possessed key factors of production

• Britain excluded foreign investors

• Britain suppressed the enclosure movement

• Britain required a minimum wage be paid to workers

What impact did technological advances have on industry?

• Increased efficiency and productivity

• Decreased efficiency and productivity

• No impact

• Negative impact

During the Industrial Revolution, locating factories near concentrations of natural resources and transportation routes most directly promoted which of the following?

• Annexations and unequal treaties

• Migration and urbanization

• Legislative reforms and formations of unions

• Communal fields and the domestic system

What is the most probable reason for the population growth in all cities between 1800 and 1850?

• agricultural revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• new middle class

• railroads

What was one major result of the start of the Industrial Revolution?

• A higher concentration of workers in urban areas

• Increased government regulation of factories

• A decline in the productivity of agriculture

• The decline of the middle class

How did the Industrial Revolution affect cities?

• It created technology to clean them

• It made them lose valuable sources of food

• It made the population grow faster than the housing supply

• It made the crime rate drop

What was the main cause of the process of urbanization that occurred in 19th century Britain and elsewhere in Europe?

• poor crop yields

• industrialization

• improved living conditions in cities

• more efficient transportation systems

How did many workers react to poor working conditions?

• quitting their jobs

• buying the factories and changing them

• organizing to pass laws or make reforms

• refusing to work and living on welfare