Industrial Revolution Study Guide



Industrial Revolution Final Study GuideFocus Questions:What effect did the Agricultural Revolution have on England? Where factories were first built? What power source let factories move near cities? Who worked in factories? Which was the first industry to use factories? Why did people move from the country to the city (rural to urban)?Daily life: What kinds of jobs did people have in each social class? What was life like for Farmers? What was it like for factory workers? What was it like for the middle class and the upper class? How were women treated during the Industrial Revolution? How were children treated? How were these lives before and after similar? How were they different?Why were wages (the money workers got paid) so low?How does the middle class change during this period? How do the upper and lower classes see them and how do they view the other classes?What did people like about Capitalism? What did they dislike about it?How were socialism and communism supposed to fix the problems of capitalism? How are they similar? How are they different?What did these inventions do? How are they important? How did they change lives?Steam EngineTelegraphLight BulbSteam shipTrainsCotton GinSeed DrillCanalsPlease define:Agricultural RevolutionCapitalismCollective BargainingCommunismEnclosure MovementEntrepreneurFree Market SystemIndustrial RevolutionLabor UnionsLaissez-Faire PolicyLudditesMercantilismNatural Resources (can you name some?)RuralSocialismStrikesUrbanUrbanizationWho are these people? What did they think? Karl MarxAdam SmithPractice Test Below!1.Which two developments impacted the 19th century?A.Industrialization and ImperialismC.Industrialization and WWIB.Enlightenment and RenaissanceD.Socialism and Absolute Monarchies2. Which of the following is NOT something new as a result of the factory system?A.Mass production of goodsC.Terrible working conditionsB.UrbanizationD.New economic ideas like capitalism3.Which of the following experienced an increase in demand because of industrialization? A.Unrestricted submarine warfare C.Raw materials and marketsB.Racism and mercantilismD.Labor and markets4.Industrialization, European competition, and nationalism led to what new development?A.CapitalismC.ImperialismB.SocialismD.Isolationism5.Besides weakening empires, what other impact did imperialism have?A.Americans became more isolationistC.Decreased competitionB.Nationalism increased because of the Congress of ViennaD.Inspired revolts by native peoples against Europeans6.Which of the following was NOT a new idea of the Agricultural Revolution? A.Using scientific farming like crop rotationC.Using new technology like the seed drillB.Leaving one field empty to replenish the soil (called the three-field system)D.Building fences to protect large farms (called the enclosure movement)7.What was one effect of the Agricultural Revolution? A.An increase in the number of people living on farms C.More food led to an increase in population B.The number of potential factory workers declined D.European nations began fighting each other in order to gain new lands8.Which of the following is true of the Industrial Revolution? A.The industrial revolution first began in FranceC.By the end of the industrial revolution, most factories were powered by rivers B.The first industry to use machines and factories was textiles D.The industrial revolution helped bring an end to slavery in America 9.Using machines to mass produce goods is called theA.Agricultural Revolution C.Cottage industry B.Capitalist systemD.Factory system 10.All of the following were reasons the Industrial Revolution began in England EXCEPT:A.It had large deposits of iron ore and coal C.England had lots of banks to invest in new factories B.England had lots of colonies to supply raw materials D.The English government did not have strict laws to protect patents 11.One important impact of the factory system wasA.The skills workers needed to be able to work became higher C.The first factories were built to make railroads and steam enginesB.Machine-made goods became very inexpensive D.Few factory owners made money 12.Who invented the steam engine?A.Robert FultonC.Thomas EdisonB.Henry Bessemer D.James Watt13.One impact of the railroad wasA.Slowed travel times between cities C.Railroad construction stimulated other industries like iron and coal B.Trains were expensive and cost factory owners more money D.Trains slowed down urbanization because more people moved to farms 14.How was the United States impacted by the Industrial Revolution? A.The USA became a world leader in steel and cotton production C.The USA used its new industrial power to conquer Mexico B.The American government seized control of factories and paid people equallyD.The era of large corporations and monopolies came to an end15.Which of the following is true about the impact of the Industrial Revolution? A.Farming and transportation were slowed as people focused attention in factoriesC.Working conditions and standard of living increased for workers in industrial nations B.The USA and Latin American countries passed Europe as the most powerful nationsD.Industrial nations began conquering new colonies to find raw materials 16.Which of the following did NOT improve as an early result of the Industrial Revolution?A.factory working conditionsC.the amount of food producedB.the quality of clothingD.transportation17.Which of the following did NOT increase as an early result of the Industrial Revolution?A.the length of the average work dayC.urbanization B.the life expectancy of the average worker D.the size of the middle class18.Which of the following groups earned on average 10% of what a male factory worker was paid? A.WomenC.ImmigrantsB.ChildrenD.Slaves19.Which of the following is true about the Industrial Revolution? A.The size of the working class and urban poor grew largerC.There was less need for engineers and managers during the Industrial Revolution B.There were fewer industrial capitalists after the factory system was introducedD.The size of the middle class got smaller20.Which of the following is true about the Industrial Revolution? A.Most working class women worked in textile factories or as domestic servantsC.Factory women gained equal rights including equal pay to men’s payB.Working class neighborhoods and apartments were safe and well builtD.The factory system gave working class mothers more time to spend with their kids 21.How did workers respond to unsafe working conditions?A.By taking control of the governmentC.By returning to farmingB.By setting minimum wagesD.By forming and joining unions22.Why did the “middle class” grow during the Industrial Revolution?A.More people began working jobs like engineers, managers and shopkeepers. C.Wealthy industrial capitalists wanted a buffer between them and the poor.B.Urban poor people were able to easily move up in society.D.The number of rich people decreased.23.Which of the following is NOT true of child labor during the early Industrial Revolution?A.Many families need children to work to help with expenses.C.Wages for children were about 10% of adult wages.B.Children worked in factories, brickyards and coal mines.D.Many children worked alongside their families in factories.24.With which of the following is Karl Marx most closely associated?A.Socialism C.munismD.Trade unionism25.In communism, who owns all property and means of production?A.the governmentC.the people (workers)B.the individualD.the church ................
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