WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 7hrs 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What effect(s) did better agricultural techniques have?
a)
Increased population
b)
Decreased population
c)
Increased the number of farmers
d)
Less crop output
2.
How did the Agricultural Revolution lead to the Industrial Revolution?
a)
It led to population growth
b)
It increased food supplies
c)
It caused farmers to lose land and seek other work
d)
All of the above are true
3.
The seed drill was a failure because it did not plant seeds effectively.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Eli Whitney's innovation of ___________________________________ revolutionized manufacturing.
a)
The Spinning Jenny
b)
The Water Frame
c)
The Spinning Mule
d)
Interchangeable Parts
e)
The Steam Engine
5.
In what country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
America
b)
Great Britain
c)
Spain
d)
France
e)
Russia
6.
In what century did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
16th
b)
17th
c)
18th
d)
19th
e)
20th
7.
Great Britain had a lot of ________, the natural resource that powered steam engines.
a)
Coal
b)
Oil
c)
Wood
d)
Propane
8.
The first area to undergo major industrialization was…
a)
Banking
b)
Railroads
c)
Coal Mining
d)
Textile production
9.
How did innovations in transportation contribute to the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Faster and more efficient movement of goods and people
b)
Increased cost and difficulty in transporting goods and people
c)
Slower and less efficient movement of goods and people
d)
Goods/products became more expensive
10.
How did the Industrial Revolution affect cities?
a)
It created technology to clean them
b)
It made them lose valuable sources of food
c)
It made the population grow faster than the housing supply
d)
It made the crime rate drop
11.
Why did investment in roads, bridges, and canals become important to the Industrial Revolution?
a)
It made it less expensive to transport goods
b)
It was much more comfortable to travel
c)
Automobiles could drive much faster than before
d)
These modes of transportation were safe
12.
What were the 3 factors of production essential for industrialization?
a)
Iron, Law enforcement, Unions
b)
Labor, Iron, Law enforcement
c)
Unions, Land, Factories
d)
Land, Labor, Capital
13.
Urbanization is ....
a)
the great increase in machine production
b)
the economic system in which people invest money to make a profit
c)
Growth of and movement of people into cities
d)
belief that businesses should be owned by society as a whole
14.
Which of the following BEST describes the slums of England during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
healthy, spacious, dangerous
b)
good housing, good schools, well-planned
c)
unhealthy, overcrowded, polluted
d)
safe, unhealthy, spacious
15.
The process of negotiations between an employer and employees is called
a)
Marxism
b)
Unionization
c)
Strike
d)
Collective bargaining
16.
How did the Industrial Revolution impact the social class structure?
a)
It eliminated social class distinctions
b)
It led to equal distribution of wealth among all classes
c)
It resulted in the rich becoming poorer and the poor becoming richer
d)
It widened the gap between the rich and the poor.
17.
Karl Marx and Adam Smith were important…
a)
Lawyers
b)
Economists
c)
Politicians
d)
Poets
18.
Karl Marx is most closely associate with...
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Socialism
d)
Market economy
19.
The reform that banned women and children from working underground...
a)
The Mines Act
b)
The Ten Hour Act
c)
The Factory Act
d)
The Middle Class Act
20.
William Wilberforce is credited with ending child labor.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Entrepreneurs assume the risk of a business if it fails
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Child labor laws, the abolition of slavery, and improvements in public education are all examples of
a)
Collective bargaining
b)
Reform movements
c)
Communist ideas
d)
Capitalist ideas
23.
“Little children in my factory work from six in the morning to seven o’clock in the evening. In some factories little children are working fourteen, fifteen, sixteen and even eighteen hours a day without a single minute having been set apart for meals.”
The above excerpt is taken from testimony that served as the argument for passing the Mines Act
a)
True
b)
False
24.
An entrepreneur is a type of...
a)
Inventor
b)
Scientist
c)
Administrator
d)
Business person
25.
Organized group of workers that bargain with business owners for better pay and better working conditions.
a)
Entrepreneur
b)
Union
c)
Middle Class
d)
Bourgeoisie
26.
Joseph Hebergram interview: 1832
Question: What were your hours of labour?
Answer: From five in the morning till eight at night.
Question: You had fourteen and a half hours of actual labor, at seven years of age?
Answer: Yes.
Question: Did you become very drowsy and sleepy towards the end of the day?
Answer: Yes; that began about three o'clock; and grew worse and worse, and it came to be very bad towards six and seven.
What law addressed the problem addressed in the above passage?
a)
The Mines Act
b)
The Ten Hour Act
c)
The Factory Act
d)
The Welfare Act
27.
Many parents were unwilling to allow their children to work in textile factories. To overcome this labor shortage factory owners had to find other ways of obtaining workers. One solution to the problem was to buy children from orphanages and workhouses. The children became known as pauper apprentices. This involved the children signing contracts that virtually made them the property of the factory owner until the age of 21. Factory owners paid a child less than an adult worker.
What law addressed the problems outlined in the above passage?
a)
The Mines Act
b)
The Factory Act
c)
The 10 Hour Act
d)
The Middle Class Act
28.
Why did the newsies of New York go on strike in 1899?
a)
To demand higher wages for their work.
b)
To support a rival newspaper.
c)
To protest against the working conditions in the printing houses.
d)
To protest against the increase in the upfront price of newspapers.
29.
Which of the following was not a job during the Industrial Revolution era?
a)
Leech finder
b)
Chimney sweeper
c)
Sewer hunter
d)
Poison taster
30.
Lowell was the _________ planned industrial city in the United States
a)
smallest
b)
largest
c)
first
d)
poorest
31.
Most textile workers toiled (worked extremely hard) for 12 to 14 hours a day and half a day on Saturdays; the mills were closed on Sundays.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
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