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goods available at a less expensive rate
Why did people move to the cities during the Industrial Revolution?
Laissez-faire capitalism as attributed to Adam Smith called for
heavy taxation of manufacturers
strict government control of the economy
minimal government involvement in the economy
government investments in major industries
Which characteristic is associated with an economy based on the principles of laissez-faire?
prices based on supply and demand
production quotas established by the central government
distribution of goods determined by the customs of a traditional society
some goods exchanged for other goods of equal value
What was a cause of the Industrial Revolution?
Price Increases
Loss of Natural Resources
Agricultural Revolution
Movement to the Country
What are the different materials that were used to create the Industrial Revolution?
Iron and Coal
Copper and Metals
Steam and Water
Bricks and Wood
Who invented the first steam locomotive known as the Railroad Rocket?
James Watt
George Stephenson
Ned Luddites
Robert Fulton
The agricultural revolution led to Britain’s industrialization (mass production) because…
It created new inventions that could be used for urban industrialization
It greatly increased the number of people working in agricultural fields
It encouraged the fair and equal treatment of workers on farms and in factories
It destroyed the cottage industry and made people look for work to work in factories
The series of laws passed by the British parliament that made large, factory style farms possible by selling public land was known as…
Public Works Administration
Enclosure Movement
The Incorporation of Common Areas
Parliamentary Redistricting
Which term refers to “money to invest in labor, machines and raw materials” necessary to start a factory and industrialize?
Capital
Industrialization
Entrepreneur
Factory system
All of the following were effects of the conditions in factories on children EXCEPT…
They could lose hands or other body parts in machines
They could be beaten by the owners/managers of the factories
They were paid very well for the work that they did
They could work up to 16 hours a day with very few breaks for little pay
What is Jacob Riis describing in the quote below?
“Bedrooms in tenements [run down apartments] were dark closets, utterly [completely] without ventilation [windows]. There couldn’t be any. The houses were built like huge square boxes, covering nearly the whole lot. Some light came in at the ends, but the middle was always black.”—Jacob Riis, The Battle with the Slum, 1902
Why governments should build parks in cities
The poor ventilation and lack of light in tenements
The homes immigrants had before arriving in the United States
The poor ventilation and lack of light in factories
What natural resources gave Great Britain an advantage in the Industrial Revolution?
water and forests
wildlife and precious gems
coal and iron
good harbors
What invention made possible the growth of railroads?
the spinning jenny
the factory
macadamized roads
the steam locomotive
How did industrialization impact women?
Many women entered the paid workplace.
Many women practiced traditional economic activities.
It had no impact on the lives of women.
Women moved from cities to rural areas.
New economic theories came about during the Industrial Revolution in response to —
the demands of wealthy industrialists for laws to regulate economies
the economic disparities between the wealthy and the working class
the lack of economic power women had in industrialized societies
the successful efforts of abolitionists to bring an end to the slavery trade
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Lewis Latimer
Wilbur and Orville Wright
What is one way improved agriculture contributed to population growth?
It led to better sanitation
It created a surplus of food
It meant that horses could be used for transportation
It led to the production of more wool for warm clothing
The _______ was a technique used during the Industrial Revolution that greatly increased efficiency. It involved the worker or machine completing the same task over and over again as products moved down the line.
Bessemer Process
Assembly Line
Trial and Error Method
Mechanization
Identify effects of the US Industrial Revolution (choose 2)
The agricultural revolution
The expansion of the middle class
Dirty and crowded cities
The US Civil War
In the early 18th century, the Agricultural Revolution in Great Britain resulted in urbanization because
enslaved persons replaced free laborers on farms
displaced rural workers migrated to find jobs
the middle class decreased in size
factory work strengthened extended families
Which conclusion is best supported by the information on the map?
England's natural resources led to the growth of industrial cities.
People emigrated from Great Britain because of pollution.
Great Britain's prosperity unified the people.
In 1830, England had an unfavorable balance of trade.
During the 1800s, the writings of Marx, Engels, and Dickens focused attention on the problems faced by
factory owners
investment bankers
farm laborers
industrial workers
Land, labor, and capital are all
factors of production
crop rotation
sources of energy
new machines
What new developments and energy sources came from the 2nd Industrial Revolution?
Coal, Iron, Textiles, Railroads
Chemicals, Steel, Oil (Petroleum), Electricity
Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Wind Power
None of the above
What developments and resources came from the 1st Industrial Revolution?
Coal, iron, textiles, railroads
steel, chemicals, oil (petroleum), electricity
nuclear power, natural gas, wind power
none of the above
How did the Industrial Revolutions in general make life better for families?
Gave them a way to better provide for their families (eventually)
Gave them access to new forms of travel and transportation
Gave them access to new goods and products that they could use in the home.
All of the above
What were some examples of inventions that were developed during the FIRST Industrial Revolution?
Railroads, spinning jenny, water powered loom, steam engine
Telephones, cars, radios, airplanes
Romantic literature themes included what?
Evocation of the past
Respect for nature
Isolation of the artist/narrator
All of the above
Romantic artistic style can be found in what kind of paintings?
Portrait
Landscape
Micro
Unconventional
What country is predominately associated with musical romanticism?
Italy
France
Germany
United States
Realism depicts what?
Imaginary worlds
Fantasy lands
Supernatural beings
Real life
Romanticism emphasized using ___ as sources of knowing.
Feelings & Emotions
Reason & rational logic
Mathematics & the scientific method
what term means "indifference to or rejection of religion or religious consideration"?
Secularization
Romanticism
Realism
Evolution
Who was a British author whose novels showed the (dirty & miserable ) realities of life for the poor & middle classes in the early industrial Age?
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield
Jules Verne
Charles Darwin
The realist novels of Flaubert & Dickens....
portrayed the world using the author's emotions and imagination
condemned Darwin as "godless."
argued for "survival of the fittest."
criticized aspects of 19th-century life.
Why did the 19th century become more secular?
people looked increasingly to science for answers rather than to faith
people lost faith in the ideals of romanticism
scientific discoveries led to stronger religious beliefs
people believed in progress as demonstrated by the industrial revolution
Which conclusion is best supported by the information on the map?
England’s natural resources led to the growth of industrial cities.
In 1830, England had an unfavorable balance of trade.
Great Britain’s prosperity unified the people.
People emigrated from Great Britain because of pollution.
Identify one effect of the actions taken by wealthy landowners described in the passage.
Decrease in the amount of food produced on farms in England
Enclosure Acts and consolidation of small farms into large ones owned by a few farmers
Wealthy landowners lost the money they invested in farming innovations
Small farmers gained power in Parliament
Identify one change in the methods of food production that occurred during the Agricultural Revolution in Britain, according to the authors of A History of the Modern World.
New technology to increase efficiency
Use of the open field system
Even distribution of farmland to small farmers
Breeding smaller sheep
Identify one cause of the historical development depicted in the map.
Socialist organizations promised land and a good wage to those who moved to industrial cities.
The British government paid people to move to cities.
Agricultural innovations made it easier for farmers to hire more people.
Coal powered steam engines powered factories that employed many people in England.
Identify one effect of the historical development depicted in the map.
The Glorious Revolution
Overcrowded and polluted cities
Higher employment for farmers
England invaded France
Which of the following effects did Adam Smith’s ideas have in England in the 18th and 19th centuries?
Workers unionized for better pay.
Governments passed laws to prevent child labor.
Theorists predicted that the population would outgrow the nation’s food supply.
Industrial leaders gained in wealth and power.
Which characteristic of the Industrial Revolution most directly contributed to the health concern highlighted in this illustration and excerpt?
urban population growth
improved communication
new power sources
trade union movement
Identify the best use of this document for a historian.
To determine why mine owners employed children.
To study the long-term effects of working in mines on child laborers
To find out how much money mine owners saved by hiring children rather than adults
To understand the conditions child laborers experienced
_____ was a literary and visual arts movement that rejected romanticism
Evolutionism
Nationalism
Secularism
Realism
System in which society owns and controls the means of production
Communism
Romanticism
Socialism
Capitalism
Economic system based on industrial production
Industrial capitalism
Nationalism
Secularism
emphasized feelings and imagination as sources of knowing
Conservatism
Romanticism
Socialism
Germ theory and vaccines were created by
Pasteur
Curie
Watt
a process for removing impurities from crude iron
scaling
puddling
blasting
scorching
The harsh conditions created by the Industrial Revolution gave rise to
a movement toward socialism.
the Iron Workers’ Revolt of 1886.
the organization of charitable groups.
government oversight of factories.
What THREE things did Romantics emphasize as sources of knowing?
Feelings
Emotions
Hate
Imagination
Which author became famous with novels that showed the realities of life for the poor in the early Industrial Age?
Gustave Flaubert
J.R.R. Tolken
Charles Dickens
Oscar Wilde
England's Factory Act of 1833 banned
strikes
industry
use of oil
child labor
The ideas of early-nineteenth socialists developed as a criticism of the working conditions resulting from
the American Revolution
industrialization
nationalism
the Congress of Vienna
This purpose of creating enclosures was to
create as many canals throughout England for faster forms of transportation.
help business entrepreneurs get lower interest rates from banks.
help stop the spread of diseases.
help boost more crop yields.
What is one of the effects of rapid urban growth?
A shortage of housing.
The creation of slums.
The widespread epidemics.
All of the above
. . . The following serious accidents (minor injuries are not reported) were recorded in the Manchester Guardian between June 12th and August 3rd, 1844:
. . .15th June, 1844: A youth from Saddleworth died of dreadful injuries after being caught in a machine.
29th June, 1844: A young man of Greenacres Moor, near Manchester, working in a machine shop, had two ribs broken and suffered from many cuts as a result of falling under a grindstone. . . .
3rd August, 1844: A Dukinfield bobbin turner was caught in a belt and had all his ribs broken. . . . — Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels is using these examples to draw attention to the
efficiency of the factory system
working conditions in factories
living conditions in cities
quality of care in urban hospitals
Tuberculosis is caused by
a bacterium that someone has and breaths into the air
a virus that is not contagious
not wearing shoes in cold weather
Radical solution to the inequality of industrial capitalism; it predicted a working class revolution that would destroy capitalism:
labor unionism
utilitarianism
Marxism/Communism
utopian socialism
Reform idea that favored government programs which promoted "the greatest good for the greatest number" (Bentham and Mill):
communism
socialism
utilitarianism
labor unionism
Utopian socialist and factory owner from Britain who built safe, humane, and well-paying factories in Scotland and the U.S. which also had free-schooling for workers' children:
Robert Owen
Charles Fourier
St. Simon
Friedrich Engels
During the Industrial Revolution, which development resulted from the other three?
Factory conditions affected people’s health.
Labor unions were formed.
Unskilled laborers received low wages.
Machinery replaced workers.
A long-term result of the Industrial Revolution in Europe was
an increase in the number of small farms
a decline in international trade
a general rise in the standard of living
a strengthening of the economic power of the nobility
During the 1800s, reform legislation passed in Great Britain, France, and Germany led to
formation of zaibatsu, greater equality for men, and establishment of a banking system
legalizing trade unions, setting minimum wages, and limiting child labor
government-owned factories, establishment of five-year plans, and limits placed on immigration
bans on overseas trade, mandatory military service, and universal suffrage for women
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels encouraged workers to improve their lives by
electing union representatives
participating in local government
overthrowing the capitalist system
demanding pensions and disability insurance
Which industry did the Industrial Revolution first take hold in Great Britain?
textiles
iron production
agriculture
transportation
Which Parliamentarian set-up a committee to investigate child labor in the early 19th century that resulted in decreased working hours for children in 1833?
Michael Sadler
Adam Smith
Karl Marx
Thomas Hobbes
He invented the spinning jenny.
Samuel Crompton
Richard Arkwright
James Hargreaves
John Kay
He created the flying shuttle.
John Kay
James Hargreaves
Richard Arkwright
Samuel Crompton
Define mass production.
The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items
identical, machine-made parts
production moves from worker to worker, items made more quickly
place where workers and machines are brought together to produce large quantities of goods.
Invented the telegraph, messages using electrical impulses
Alexander Bell
Samuel Morse
Marconi
Mr. Telegraph
I invented the seed drill. Who am I?
Jethro Tull
John Deer
Howard Case
International Harvester
I invented the first electric generator. Who am I?
Alessandro Volta
Michael Faraday
Alexander Graham Bell
Gottlieb Daimler
I invented the phonograph and light bulb
Tesla
Thomas Edison
Samuel Morse
Alexander Graham Bell
I came up with the idea of interchangeable parts. Who am I?
Eli Whitney
Thomas Edison
James Watt
Henry Ford
Who promoted utilitarianism, the idea that the economic system that benefits the most people should prevail?
John Stuart Mill
John Locke
Adam Smith
Thomas Hobbes
Which of the following are causes of the Industrial Revolution?
Increased Population (Labor Source)
Better Technology (Steam Engine, Spinning Jenny)
Agricultural Revolution
All of the above.
The new form of housing lots of people in one small space was called...
an apartment building
a track home
a tenement
a mobile home
