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Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mass production led to

a)

Laborers receiving higher wages

b)

Goods became less expensive

c)

Products being more superior in quality

d)

Industries moved to rural areas

2.

Which statement is true?

a)

Children were not allowed to work in the mines during the Industrial Revolution

b)

Work conditions were closely regulated

c)

There were no labor laws that prevented children from working

d)

Children were allowed to work but they were treated fairly.

3.

Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Jobs with friends

b)

Jobs with family

c)

Jobs on the farm

d)

Jobs in factories

4.

This innovation allowed for factories and mills to be built in areas more suitable for business

a)

Cotton Gin

b)

Steam Engine

c)

Spinning Jenny

d)

Water Wheel Generator

5.

The cotton gin was invented by....

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Tobert Morse

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Michael Scott

6.

What product was first made using machines in factories?

a)

Steel

b)

Textbooks

c)

Textiles

d)

Interchangeable Parts

7.

The Industrial Revolution happened during the ______ and the ______.

a)

1700s, 1800s

b)

1900s, 2000s

c)

1500s, 1600s

d)

1800s, 1900s

8.

The transformation from rural to the city is called

a)

Industrialization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Factory System

d)

Urban Game

9.

Living conditions in the urban area like during the Industrial Revolution

a)

Spacious

b)

Strict housing

c)

extravagant

d)

Crowded and unsanitary

10.

What was the Spinning Jenny used for?

a)

Transportation

b)

Sorting Cotton

c)

Weaving Cloth

d)

Making Electricity

11.

An economic system with minimal government interference is called

a)

Capitalism

b)

Embargo

c)

Communism

d)

Economy

12.

Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of working conditions during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Workers often worked more than 12 hours a day

b)

Workers were given multiple breaks

c)

Children, even younger than ten, worked in factories

d)

Workers received low wages

13.

Who invented the steamboat?

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Robert Fulton

c)

Francis Cabot Lowell

d)

John Lee SteamBoat

14.

Who improved on the design for the steam engine?

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

James Watt

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Henry Ford

15.

Who is the father of capitalism

a)

Adam Smith

b)

John Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

Ronald Reagan

16.

Who is the father of communism?

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Stalin

17.

Who invented the telegraph?

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

Samuel Morse

c)

Robert Fulton

18.

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

France

c)

England