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WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins
True or false: The Transportation Revolution made travel faster through the use of railroads, turnpikes, and canals.
True
False
The Bourgeoisie was the middle class business owners that was also called___________.
have nots
haves
peasants
nobles
What kind of union supported the workers by arguing for better wages, hours, and conditions?
craft
Worker
Labor
White-collar
True or False: John Dalton created the idea of natural selection and survival of the fittest.
True
False
True or False: The new Process that made steel cheaper and stronger was called the Bessemer.
True
False
Who invented the seed drill?
John Dalton
Charles Darwin
Eli Whitley
Juthro Tull
Which 'way of new thinking' was Karl Marx associated with?
Communism
capitalism
Socialism
Social Market
Why did Thomas Malthus discourage vaccinations?
Believed that it was harmful to people.
Believed it was a way for people to get sick.
Believed it was a way to help keep the population in check.
Believed that it would help people.
True or False: The method of producing cloth in individual homes was called the putting system or cottage system.
True
False
Who created the assembly line?
Henry Ford
Juthro Tull
Charles Darwin
Karl Marx
True or False: An assembly line is a moving belt where one person does one job.
True
False
What is a dynamo?
Steam engine
Locomotive
Light bulb
Small Electric Motor
Who invented a dynamo?
Michael Fraday
Charles Dickson
Henry Ford
Claude Monet
What was the Proletariat?
Haves
Have nots
Bourgeoisie
Capitalism
What is urbanization?
People moving from the farms to the cities.
People moving from the cities to the farms.
The process of increasing the production of machine made goods was called?
Standard of living
Factors of Production
Industrialization
Free Market
True or False: The standard of Living is a measure of the quality and availability of life-styles of an area.
True
False
What used Morse code to communicate?
Telephone
Telegraph
Letter
What was land, labor, and capital that was needed to industrialize called?
Free Market
Standard of living
Factors of Production
Natural Resources
What man was able to show a link between microbes/ germs and disease?
Charles Darwin
Louis Pasteur
Jonh Dalton
Juthro Tull
Where did early factories have to be located?
In the middle of the city
In an open field
Easy access to the sea
Near a source of energy
What was the high quality iron used for?
Buildings
Houses
Railroads
Cars
What types of market did Laissez-faire economist believe would help everyone?
Competitive market
Perfect market
Monopoly
Free Market
After Britain what was the first European country to industrialize?
Germany
Italy
France
Belgium
What are the reasons why Industrialization begin in Britain?
Natural Resources
Easy access to the sea
stable government
good economy
What was the main reason Europe had a population explosion in the 1800s?
Death Rate Fell
Lots of babies were born
Death rate went up
True or False: The main purpose for selling stock was to allow companies to raise Capital.
True
False
Who was a pioneer in the area of hospital care, safety, and hygiene?
Jeremy Bentham
Charles Darwin
Florence Nightingale
Louis Pasteur
What popular concept idealized women and the home?
Cult of Domesticity
Womens Suffrage
Standard of Living
Factors of production
True or False: The main purpose of Normal school was to train students to become workers in the factory.
True
False
Socialists believed the solution to poverty and injustice was ___________ of the means of production.
Ownership
Shared ownership
corporate ownership
Who was the Utilitarian who wanted government to step in and help the lives of the working class?
Thomas Eddison
Jeremy Bentham
Henry Ford
Juthro Tull
True or False: People who manage and assume the financial risk of a new business is called an entrepreneurs.
True
False
who invented the light bulb?
Thomas Edison
Charles Darwin
Henry Ford
Jeremy Bentham
Why did cities grow during the Industrial Revolution?
Lots of babies where born
naturalization
people moved there to work
For factors of production
Why did some critics believe women shouldn't be allowed to vote?
Too emotional
protect them from politics
Needed to be at home
They would be too much of a competition
What is the theory of Social Darwinism?
Survival of the Fittest
Natural selection
Origin of species
Evolution
True or False: By the late 1700s in the factory is where you could find a spinning mule and water frame.
True
False
True or False: the surplus of food contributed to the population growth.
True
False
True of False: a Corporation is a company that sells ownership shares to many investors?
True
False
What did Joseph Lister do?
Invented the assembly line
Invented the light bulb
Used antiseptics to sterilize
invented the seed drill
The Luddites where workers that revolted against labor organizations and the use of machines in the factories.
True
False
