WorksheetsThe Industrial Revolution Assessment
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
the working class as termed by Karl Marx
A. proletariat
B. bourgeoisie
C. aristocracy
D. capitalists
money to invest in labor, materials and machines
capital
entrepreneur
profit
market
assembly line innovator
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
. Nikola Tesla
the ruling class as termed by Karl Marx
bourgeoisit
proletariat
serfs
plebeians
inventor of the telephone
G. Alexander Graham Bell
A. Thomas Edison
B. Nikola Tesla
C. Samuel Morse
economy where production of goods owned and controlled by society/government
J. socialism
A. capitalism
B. communism
C. mercantilism
means business should operate without government interference
A. monopoly
B. socialism
C. laissez-faire
D. tariff
he invented the method of interchangeable parts
A. Samuel Morse
B. Eli Whitney
C. Robert Fulton
D. Cyrus McCormick
economy where individuals and private firms, not the government, own the production of goods/services - spurs competition
I. capitalism
II. socialism
III. communism
IV. mercantilism
organization of workers formed to pressure business owners to improve wages and working conditions
A. labor union
B. monopoly
C. entrepreneur
D. corporation
Factors that contributed to Great Britain's industrial success included all of the following EXCEPT
a labor pool due to agricultural revolution
an abundance of capital
rich natural resources, coal and iron
political instability provided by an absolute monarchy
Which of the following helped British farmers increase food production in the 1700s?
reducing the size of their farms
improved farm machinery
crop rotation
the availability of more farm workers
During the 1700s, the percentage of Europeans living in towns or cities was about
10 percent
25 percent
50 percent
80 percent
Which of the following became an important source of power for the Industrial Revolution?
the steam engine
animals
the windmill
the dynamo
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
United States
England
Africa
China
Most rural villagers in pre-industrial times were
farmers
merchants
artisans
servants
Which of the following conditions during the Industrial Revolution supported Karl Marx's ideas?
There were a few wealthy business people while the majority of people were poor.
More material goods were available.
Factory workers gained great wealth.
People were no longer threatened by famine.
Which of the following statements regarding workers in mines and factories during the early Industrial Revolution is true?
They were allowed to form unions.
Their working conditions were dangerous and inhumane.
Although working conditions were harsh, they were paid well.
The British government was interested in improving their lives.
In nineteenth-century cities, the poor lived
in planned residential neighborhoods.
on the outskirts of the city.
in skyscrapers.
in tenements near the factories.
The country nicknamed "the workshop of the world" because of the success of its industrialists was
Great Britain
Germany
the United States
France
The philosophy that the goal of society should be to bring the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people
communism
Burt Reynolds
entrepreneur
utilitarianism
factory system
Moving to cities and towns from rural areas
urbanization
utilitarianism
entrepreneur
Burt Reynolds
factory system
Person who undertakes risks to establish a business
utilitarianism
communism
factory system
entrepreneur
Burt Reynolds
He built homes for workers, opened a school for children, and treated employees well
factory system
Adam Smith
utilitarianism
entrepreneur
Robert Owen
Socialism according to Marx, where capitalism would fail and would lead to the creation of a classless society with no private property
communism
entrepreneur
Burt Reynolds
factory system
utilitarianism
He believed government should work to improve the working class' lives and equal distribution of wealth
John Stuart Mill
factory system
utilitarianism
entrepreneur
Burt Reynolds
He wrote the Wealth of Nations, promoting laissez-faire
Burt Reynolds
factory system
entrepreneur
utilitarianism
Adam Smith
Process in which major technological advances were made from about 1750 - 1900s
Industrial Revolution
utilitarianism
entrepreneur
factory system
Burt Reynolds
Most of the EARLY factories were located near
cities
rivers
natural harbors
railways
Textile workers in the mid-nineteenth century often
worked long hours with dangerous machinery
worked in crudely constructed tenements
had much better working conditions than their farmer counterparts
hired domestic servants to perform their housework
The industry that spurred the introduction of the factory system was
textile production
glass blowing
coal mining
automobile production
By 1870, the two countries that most closely ranked alongside Great Britain as industrial powers were the U.S. and
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Steam engine trains and steamboats were developed with the advent of steam power and
oil
factories
steel
all of these
The agricultural revolution increased the production of food and
decreased power consumption
helped small farms to survive
allowed more city dwellers to farm
provided large farmers with extra money
Factory owners blacklisted people suspected of being union members in order to
start their own unions
save money to pay factory workers higher wages
stop the spread of workers joining unions
all of these
Which of the following is the most closely linked to labor reform?
ministers
Social Darwinists
unions
city planners
One problem the industrial working class poor had was that the drinking water
was used for swimming
tasted horrible
was too good
was contaminated
Effects of industrialization included which of the following?
increased unemployment
rapid urbanization
safer working conditions
shorter work days
Who was the first person to bring the knowledge of machines (intellectual property) to America?
Samuel Colt
Samuel Slater
James Watt
Richard Arkwright
The steam engine was improved and made more useful by
Arkwright
Whitney
Watt
Edison
**** Bonus Question: The Communist Manifesto was written by:
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
