What do you think about the Industrial Revolution? Without the Industrial Revolution, we would not have many of the advancements we have today. It was the transition to innovative manufacturing practices in Europe and the United States. It allowed for growth and development. For example, going from using their hands to produce goods to using machines. This top-notch quiz will take you into the new world of technology in the 1800s. Have fun with it.
Increased populations of urban areas during the 1800s
A widespread use of teenagers as factory laborers who worked 14 hour days, 6 days a week
Increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th-century
Increased purchases of land by wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields
All of the below are true.
Many small farmers became tenant farmers or moved to cities.
Enclosures were large fields created by wealthy landowners.
Landowners experimented with new agricultural methods like crop rotation.
Government, military, colonies
Raw materials, natural resources, man-made goods
Road, railway, and water transport
Resources that were needed to produce goods and services: land, labor, capital
Industrialization
Protestantism
Socialism
Corporations
Someone who owns a share of a stock
Free goods produced by the corporation
Complete ownership of branch corporations
Spices
A committee sets working standards without interference from industry owners
Government workers set working conditions based on votes on relevant to their industry
Working conditions based on government standards
Owners set working conditions without government interference; free markets; “let them do as they choose”
Unions
Collective bargaining
Strikes
Utilitarianism
Women's rights
Abolition of slavery
Public education
All of the above
It increased food supplies.
It led to population growth.
It caused farmers to leave the rural areas and move to the cities to find work.
All of the above are true.
Workers were not needed in mines anymore.
It created medicine to stop malaria.
It launched the railway age that brought increased transportation of people and materials.
All of the above are true.
Population grew so fast that it created poor living conditions.
It made them lose valuable sources of food.
It made the crime rate drop.
It created technology to clean them.
Protect the nation's industries from foreign competition
Establish minimum wages and maximum working hours
Limited or no government interference in economic matters
Give government complete control of the means of production
Railroads
New middle class
The American Revolution
Industrial Revolution
It offered cheap transportation for materials and goods.
It encouraged people to emigrate to other countries.
It eliminated hundreds of thousands of jobs.
It displaced England's agricultural and fishing industries.
Yes
No
It’s a toss up.
All of the above
Socialism and communism are two words that mean freedom.
Communism is a form of complete socialism in which the government owns all production and property.
Socialism and communism are completely different.
Communism and socialism are part of the US Constitution.
Farmers' reliance on a single cash crop.
The use of the broadcast method of seeding.
The size of farms.
The amount of common land available for grazing.
Banking
Railroads
Coal mining
Textile production
Preacher.
Scientist
Business person who takes a risk to make a profit.
Personal secretary.
Adam Smith
John Stuart Mill
Jeremy Bentham
William Wilberforce
Leave the economy alone.
Let the invisible hand of the market control the economy.
Actively plan the economy and control economic activity.
Allow the economy to be controlled by the bourgeoisie.
Freedom
Communism
Utilitarianism
Trade unionism
Belgium, Germany, and the United States
Egypt, the Middle East, and India
Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chile
Kansas, the Snowy Range, and Nebraska
Factory
Church
Corporation
School
The working class
The middle class
Unions
The nobility
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