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Worksheets24.1 The Growth of Industrial Prosperity
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 48mins
[Preview/Recall] What name is given to the period of social & economic transformation in which farming & animal power were exchanged for manufacturing & steam power?
French Revolution
Industrial Revolution
US Civil War
Green Revolution
[p1] The first Industrial Revolution had given rise to textiles, railroads, iron, and coal. In the Second Industrial Revolution, steel, _____, _____, and _____led the way to new industrial frontiers. Select THREE of these.
Chemicals
Electricity
Petroleum
Coal
Space flight
[p1] The Bessemer process invented in 1855 allowed for making high-quality (a) efficiently & cheaply.
Hint: a five-letter word.
[p1] "Electricity gave birth to a series of inventions." What THREE new electric-powered inventions does the text describe?
Edison & Swan's lightbulbs
Alexander Graham Bell's telephone
Marconi's radio
Einstein's theory of relativity
Eli Whitney's cotton gin
[p1] In what YEAR did Orville & Wilbur Wright make the first flight in a fixed-wing plane (ie not a glider) at Kitty Hawk beach in North Carolina?
(a)
[p2] What was one of the biggest reasons for more efficient production, pioneered by Henry Ford in 1913?
Assembly line
Bourgeoisie
Proletariat
Bessemer process
[p2] "By 1900, Europe was divided into two economic zones." Which of these countries were part of Europe's "advanced industrialized core"? Choose THREE of these.
Great Britain & Belgium
Germany
France
Russia & the Balkan kingdoms
Spain & Portugal
[p2] "The Second Industrial Revolution, combined with the growth of transportation by steamship and railroad, fostered...
... a true world economy."
... global peace and cooperation."
... the jealousy of poorer countries."
... fears of a coming zombie apocalypse."
[p3] "The desire to improve their working and living conditions led many industrial workers to...
...form socialist political parties and socialist trade unions."
...quit their jobs & return to farming."
...buy their own factories and run the business better."
...refuse to work, instead living on welfare and charity."
[p3] Who were the oppressed class, according to Marx?
Bourgeoisie
Proletariat
[p4] What political party became the largest in Germany by 1912, passing laws to improve conditions for the working class?
Social Democratic Party (SPD)
Republican Party (GOP)
Labour Party
Revisionists
[p4] "Pure Marxists thought that capitalism could be defeated only by violent revolution." What Marxist group believed in using democratic means to achieve their goals?
Bolsheviks
Revisionists
Social democrats
Republicans
[Review-Matching]
Thomas Edison created the first commercially practical ___
lightbulb
assembly line
internal-combustion
Bessemer process
[Review-Matching]
The ___ was an arrangement of machines & workers in which work passes from worker to worker in a direct line until the product is assembled.
lightbulb
assembly line
internal-combustion
Bessemer process
[Review-Matching]
The ____ was a method of making high-quality steel efficiently and cheaply.
lightbulb
assembly line
internal-combustion
Bessemer process
[Review-Matching]
Inventors such as Nikolaus Otto & Etienne Lenoir created the ___, and engine fired by oil or gasoline.
lightbulb
assembly line
internal-combustion
Bessemer process
