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WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who invented the first paddle-wheel steamboat?
a)
Edmund Cartwright
b)
Robert Fulton
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
James Hargreaves
2.
What was the name of Robert Fulton's steamboat?
a)
Clermont
b)
Daisy
c)
The General
d)
Steamer
3.
Why was the steamboat important in the United States?
a)
Made transportation harder on the waterways.
b)
Slowed down the process of transporting goods.
c)
Made transportation easier on the waterways.
d)
Made it difficult for travel.
4.
The harsh conditions of factories led to ________.
a)
taxes
b)
child labor
c)
schools
d)
unions
5.
Which of the following was a type of assistance a government could provide to encourage industrialization?
a)
build roads
b)
canals
c)
railroads
d)
all of the above
6.
Name one effect of industrialization in the United States.
a)
expanded transportation systems
b)
went to war
7.
What was the social impact of industrialization in Europe?
a)
crowded living conditions in the cities and brutal working conditions
b)
crowded living conditions in the countryside and pleasant working conditions
8.
Define urbanization.
a)
a type of industry
b)
a type of farming
c)
large numbers of people migrating from cities to the countryside
d)
large numbers of people migrating from the countryside to cities
9.
Define industrial captialism.
a)
an economic system based on industrial production or manufacturing
b)
a type of government based on trade
c)
an economic system based on farming
10.
Define socialism.
a)
a system, usually in the form of the government, that allows people to trade freely
b)
a system, usually in the form of the government, that owns and controls the means of production
c)
a system, usually in the form of the government, that has a hands-off approach
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