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Industrial Revolution Review Quiz II
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1What was the result of the development of power steamboats and locomotives?
- APeople began to travel more but the availability of goods decreased
- BNew jobs were created building canals and railroads and mining coal.
- CPrices of good increased as availability for these goods increased
- DThese modes of transportation were quickly replaced by water-powered modes of transportation.
2How did transportation affect the Industrial Revolution?
- AIndustries developed and trade over longer distances grew.
- BIt slowed the growth of the Industrial Revolution by stopping people from moving to cities.
- CShipping goods from place to place increased in price to cover the price of building these machines.
- DTravel for humans became much more difficult and expensive.
3During the Industrial Revolution, what fuel was used to power new transportation?
- ACoal
- BWind
- CGasoline
- DWater
4How did the development of industry lead to the decline of cottage industry (Domestic System)?
- ACottages could hold the machines for textiles, however, most cottages could not afford to power the machine.
- BThe workers had better working conditions in the factories.
- CLarge, expensive machines had to be housed in factories rather than at home where previous textile tools were used.
- DThe quality of work on machines was a vast improvement over the low quality of work done by workers in the factories.
5What were the working conditions like during the Industrial Revolution?
- AThe work was repetitive and boring. It often resulted in people falling asleep on the job.
- BThough work was dangerous, factories set up sick and injured leave for those who needed it.
- CWorkers spent long hours in the factories, often fourteen hours a day, six days a week.
- DWorkers under the age of 15 were not hired to work in the factories because owners did not want the children to get hurt around the dangerous
6Whose houses are reflected in this picture?

- AMiddle Class.
- BUpper Class.
- CSlum Class.
- DWorking Class.
7Why would capitalists want to hire so many people from ages 6-19?
- AIt was more expensive to send older people back to school for more education.
- BThe factory owners would be able to make more money by paying children less.
- CThe older people already had jobs and did not want to be trained for new ones
- DIt was easier to train younger workers a new skill than it was to train an older worker
8Why was England the first nation to industrialize?
- AGreat Britain had the factors of production needed for industrialization.
- BNapoleon refused to allow any new ideas to be implemented on continental Europe.
- CSince the Middle Ages, Great Britain was the leader of innovations and ideas.
- DThey had raw materials, like cotton, wool, and flax, readily available from their colonies.
9How did the following developments of the Agricultural Revolution affect people?
• Enclosure movement
• Crop rotation
• Advanced agricultural technology- AThey decreased the amount of food each individual farmer could produce
- BThey drove up the price of crops because there were less crops available for people to buy
- CEncouraged more people to become farmers because they could earn more money doing less work
- DForced small farmers to become tenant farmers or move to the cities
10The Industrial Revolution impacted rural-to-urban migration by…
- ACausing people to give up farming and search for jobs in cities
- BForcing people to migrate to new countries
- CMaking people move closer to sources of water
- DSpreading industrialization across the European continent
11What do the following events describe?
• Wealth landowners take over land
• Food production increases
• Displaced farmers move to the cities
What were the major causes of these changes in England?- AThe Industrial Revolution
- BThe Enclosure Movement
- CThe French Revolution
- DThe invention of the water frame
12Which condition is most necessary to the process of industrialization in a society?
- Adependence on subsistence agriculture
- Bcapture of foreign lands
- Ccreation of a one-crop economy
- Davailability of investment capital
13What class did the Industrial Revolution create?
- AThe urban upper class
- BThe urban working class
- CThe urban middle class
- DThe rural upper class
14The women depicted in the picture was probably from the

- AUpper urban class
- BUpper rural class
- CMiddle class
- DWorking class
15What was a result of the invention of the cotton gin?
- ASlaves were no longer needed
- BThe need for slaves increased
- CFarmers stopped growing cotton
- DCotton production decreased
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