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WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution - Bedsole
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 23mins
The cotton gin was a machine that could ____________.
spin thread
weave thread into cloth
separate seeds from cloth
clean sheeps' wool
Factories were first used in what industry _____________.
textiles
iron manufacturing
coal mining
steel manufacturing
"The greatest happiness for the greatest number" was a goal of ___________.
Communism
Capitalism
Socialism
Utilitarianism
The Bessemer process was a method for producing _____________.
electricity
textiles
steel
wool
The development of steam power enabled the growth of ____________.
railroads
putting out
canals
cottage industries
The people who lived in tenements in industrial cities were part of the ________.
bourgeoisie
middle class
working class
upper class
Suppose an artist of the 1800s chose to portray the harsh the lives of slum dwellers. Which style below would the artist be using?
Realism
Impressionism
Romanticism
Modernism
The first simple electric motor and the first dynamo for generating electricity were both invented by _____________.
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin
Michael Faraday
Karl Benz
Karl Marx disliked capitalism because he believed that it ______________.
limited the individual freedoms of the people
prevented government from protecting workers
created prosperity for a few and poverty for many
gave government control over all means of production
Steam became a more efficient power source because of improvements made by ______________.
James Watt
John Stuart Mill
Eli Whitney
Thomas Edison
Jeremy Bentham believed that _______________.
laws should be judged by whether they bring more pleasure than pain
citizens should be willing to give up individual freedom for the good of the majority
government should play no role in the economy
British economist _____________ believed in "laissez faire" economics.
John Rockefeller
Jeremy Bentham
Adam Smith
Karl Marx
Marx referred to the working class as _____________.
low lifes
proletariat
nobility
socialists
What effect did the assembly line have on the cost of goods?
it mades goods cheaper
it made the good more expensive
it made the goods less available
the cost of goods stayed the same
During the Industrial Revolution, life changed in what basic way?
people migrated from villages to work on large farms
people migrated from rural areas to cities
people migrated from cities to small towns
people migrated from the North to the South
In what way were railroads an improvement over canals?
Railroads could connect two rivers
Railroads connected towns, providing faster transport for everyone
Railroads carried goods from port to port
The putting out system was a method of
removing iron from its ore
separating seeds from cotton
producing cloth in homes and sold by merchants
grinding wheat into grains
Which of the following was a long-term result of the Industrial Revolution?
a general decline in the standard of living
the overall poverty of the working class
a general rise in the standard of living
the elimination of the middle class
According to Socialists, the solution to poverty and injustice was ______.
shared ownership by the people of the means of production
armed revolution to overthrow the proletariat
government leaders should make all decisions for the people
government ownership of the means of production
According to laissez-faire economics, the cure for poverty was _________.
an unrestricted free market
welfare
laws requiring factories to increase wages
a return to an agarian society
What is industrialism?
An economic system in which farmers work on bigger areas of land.
A system in which the government provides more jobs for farmers.
A political system in which citizens elect leaders to speak for them.
An economic system in which machines are used to do the work.
_________ laws allowed landowners in Britain to put fences around their lands and public lands.
Labor
Enclosure
Factory
Village
The United States was the first country to go through the Industrial Revolution.
True
False
The invention of the combustion engine paved the way for __________.
the invention of the car and the airplane
the invention of electricity
advances in communication
the invention of the light bulb
Inventions such as the spinning jenny and the powered loom led to faster production in _________.
farming
steel manufacture
textiles
mining
All but the following describe an entrepreneur?
An overseer of factory workers during the Industrial Revolution.
A person who invents a new machine to do work more efficiently.
A person who invents a new way to do factory work.
A person who takes the risk of starting a new business.
What is urbanization?
A movement of people from cities to farms.
An increase in the number of people who live in a country.
An economic system in which machines do work that had been performed by humans or animals.
An increase in the proportion of a country's population who live in cities.
During the Industrial Revolution, people moved to the cities because they hoped to find jobs in the new factories.
True
False
The early factories provided safe working conditions where workers were paid well and protected from harm.
True
False
Liberalism is a philosophy based on the ideas of the __________.
movement towards urbanization.
Enlightenment and the French Revolution.
independence movements in Latin America.
movement toward large industry in England.
Realist artists and writers _________________ .
valued feelings and imagination as the best way to find truth.
wanted to portray life as it actually was.
experimented with new subjects and styles.
believed that the world is a reflection of inner reality.
The Modernist movement included _______________.
Romantics, such as Johann von Goethe or Eugene Delecroix.
Realists, such as Charles Dickens or Leo Tolstoy.
Marxists, such as Karl Marx.
Impressionists, such as Claude Monet or Vincent van Gogh.
_________ believe that the government should manage the means of production for the people.
Socialists
Capitalists
Liberalists
Utilitarians
Which philosopher wanted to establish a communist society?
Jeremy Bentham
John Stuart Mill
Robert Owen
Karl Marx
What were the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution?
What were the positive effects of the Industrial Revolution?
