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Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A time when the manufacturing of goods moved from small shops and homes to large factories

a)

Agricultural Revolution

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Technical Revolution

2.

The Industrial Revolution began in __________ in the late 1700s

a)

United States

b)

Sydney Austria

c)

Great Britain

3.

Britain also had plenty of____ and ____, which was important to power and helped to make machines for the factories

a)

Coal and Iron

b)

Gold and Silver

c)

Cotton and Turnips

4.

The Industrial Revolution lasted for over _______ years.

a)

100

b)

10

c)

50

d)

4

5.

The Industrial Revolution can be divided in 2 phrases.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Steam power and the cotton gin played an important part in which phase of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

1st Industrial Revolution

b)

2nd Industrial Revolution

7.

Electricity and the Bessemer Steel Process took place during what phase of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

1st Industrial Revolution

b)

2nd Industrial Revolution

8.

Many historians place the start of the Industrial Revolution with the opening of Slater's Mill in 1793 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Samuel Slater had learned about textile mills growing up in England and brought his knowledge to the United States in the 1700s

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Samuel Slater

c)

Donald Trump

d)

Dr. Savage

10.

By the end of the 1800s, the ________________ had become the most industrialized nation in the world.

a)

United States

b)

Africa

c)

Austria

11.

_____________: movement of people to cities from farms.

a)

capitalism

b)

urbanization

c)

socialism

d)

revolution

12.

Factory conditions were very harsh during the Industrialization era. Men, women, and even children worked ____________________ a day

a)

1 to 2 hours

b)

24 to 25 hours

c)

12 to 16 hours

13.

Women were hired because they could be ______________

a)

educated faster

b)

worked faster

c)

paid less than men

14.

Children were hired by textile mills and mines because of their _____________

a)

parent control

b)

small size

c)

playfulness

15.

Rich, Industrial business owners were considered

a)

upper class

b)

middle class

c)

lower class

16.

Factory workers were considered what class

a)

upper class

b)

middle class

c)

lower class

17.

Teachers were considered what class.

a)

upper class

b)

lower middle class

c)

working class

18.

Professionals like doctors and lawyers were considered

a)

upper class

b)

upper middle class

c)

lower class

19.

By the end of the 1900s, _________ and new laws began to create a safer working environment

a)

labor unions

b)

Peasants

c)

Astronauts

d)

Dr. Spann

20.

One drawback of the Industrial Revolution was _________ for people in factories

a)

very good pay

b)

becoming rich

c)

poor working conditions