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The Industrial Revolution REVIEW

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Capitalism fueled industrialization by

a)

Ensuring all workers received high wages

b)

Encouraging entrepreneurs to establish businesses

c)

Giving the country many natural resources

d)

Requiring inventors to file patents

2.

In the United States during the late 19th century, what was one effect of industrialization?

a)

An increase in urbanization

b)

A decrease in immigration to the United States

c)

An increase in demand for handicraft goods

d)

A decrease in child labor

3.

Which innovation extended the number of hours in a day that Americans could work and play?

a)

Bessemer Process

b)

Telegraph technology

c)

Refrigeration

d)

 Electricity

4.

Why was the formation of labor unions an effect of U.S. industrialization in the late 1800s?

a)

Factory owners set up labor unions in order to control their large workforce.

b)

Union were needed to guarantee a steady supply of workers.

c)

 Union membership was required for employment in new industries.

d)

Unions organized industrial workers to protest unsafe working conditions and long workdays.

5.

In the late 19th century, industrialization led to harsh working conditions in the United States. Which policies of the U.S. government allowed such conditions to develop and later led to the growth of labor unions to correct abuses of workers?

a)

 Antitrust policies toward monopolies

b)

Isolationist policies regarding international alliance

c)

 Laissez faire policies toward big business

d)

 Imperialist policies regarding territorial expansion

6.

The Industrial Revolution began in which country?

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

United States

d)

Japan

7.

Which of the following was the first industry to be impacted by the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Textile

b)

Steel

c)

Electrical appliances

d)

Automobile

8.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

An increasing number of people who worked in factories

b)

An increasing number of people who lived in cities

c)

An increasing number of people who worked on family farms

d)

An increasing number of people who left family farms

9.

Industrialization began in northeastern Europe, but later spread to the rest of the world. This expansion was the result of

a)

Better working conditions

b)

Improved transportation

c)

A ban on child labor

d)

Reliance on a family-based economy

10.

To what type of area did people move during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Independent

b)

Cottage

c)

Urban

d)

Rural

11.

What was the name of the movement in which individuals bought sections of land and fenced it off?

a)

Enclosure

b)

Capitalist

c)

Standardized

d)

Fielding

12.

Which of the following is a French term that means to "let do," "let alone," or “leave it alone?”

a)

laissez faire

b)

Je ne comprends pas.

c)

Parlez-vous francais?

d)

Je t'aime.

13.

Industrialization began in northeastern Europe but later spread to the rest of the world. This expansion was the result of

a)

Reliance on a family-based economy

b)

A ban on child labor

c)

Better working conditions

d)

Improved transportation

14.

Match the following

Adam Smith

steam engine

Henry Bessemer

Bessemer Process

Laissez-faire

Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx

The Wealth of Nations

James Watt

no government interference

15.

Match the following

proleteriat

style of economy was based on competition, self interest and supply/demand

socialism

business owners during the Industrial Revolution

communism

factory workers during the Industrial Revolution

bourgeoisie

style of economy based on spreading wealth more evenly and treating all people fairly

capitalism

style of economy where goods are owned in common and available to all as needed