Which of the following was not a short-term effect of the Industrial Revolution?

Suburbs grew as people fled crowded cities

The textile industry was the first industry to be transformed by mechanization because

Cloth-making was very laborious and time-consuming

The American car maker Henry Ford was the first large-scale manufacturer to use

The assembly line method of production

When France industrialized, why did its factories rely more on waterpower than steam power?

France lacked significant coal reserves

How did a few large companies come to dominate industrial economies by the late 1800s?

By buying smaller companies or driving them out of business

One reason why Great Britain became the first nation to industrialize was that it had

A government that supported property rights

The banking system played a key role in industrialization by

Providing loans to industrialists and manufacturers

Which of the following was a factor which allowed for the development of mass production?

The specialization of workers in a single step of the manufacturing process

The growth of the domestic system marked

A shift toward a new form of production

What led Germany to industrialize fairly late?

Germany was not a unified state for most of the 1800s

What prompted Japan to begin industrializing in the late 1800s?

The new Meiji government pursued a course of modernization

During the enclosure movement in England, landowners

Took back the rights to their lands from small farmers

What was one effect of the mechanization of agriculture?

Farmers were able to make more healthful food available

What was James Watt's contribution to Industrialization in England?

He invented a more efficient steam engine

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1
Which of the following was not a short-term effect of the Industrial Revolution?
Industry created many new jobs
Cities lacked sanity codes or building controls
Suburbs grew as people fled crowded cities
Factory workers were overworked and underpaid
2
The textile industry was the first industry to be transformed by mechanization because
A larg percentage of people worked in textile industry than in any other
Cloth-making was very laborious and time-consuming
Textiles were the most profitable manufactured commodities
Globalization created a large surplus of raw cotton
3
The American car maker Henry Ford was the first large-scale manufacturer to use
Unskilled workers throughout the production process
The corporate business structure
Interchangeable parts
The assembly line method of production
4
What invention made the expansion of the steel industry in the American Midwest possible?
The iron ore inductor
The Bessemer process
The internal combustion engine
Interchangeable parts
5
When France industrialized, why did its factories rely more on waterpower than steam power?
France saw its rivers as its greatest natural resource
France lacked the technology to build steam engines
France lacked significant coal reserves
France decided that steam engines were too harmful to the environment
6
How did a few large companies come to dominate industrial economies by the late 1800s?
By lobbying national governments for favorable legislation
By buying smaller companies or driving them out of business
By establishing multinational corporations throughout the globe
By creating partnerships with national banks
7
One reason why Great Britain became the first nation to industrialize was that it had
A strong belief in the free market
A government that supported property rights
A high population density
An empire that could supply it with coal
8
The banking system played a key role in industrialization by
Providing loans to industrialists and manufacturers
Stabilizing the economy
Encouraging the development of monopolies
Preventing the development of monopolies
9
Which of the following was a factor which allowed for the development of mass production?
The creation of vertical monopolies across a single industry
The specialization of workers in a single step of the manufacturing process
The creation of more sophisticated advertising strategies
The use of chemical fertilizers and mechanized reapers and harvesters
10
The growth of the domestic system marked
A return to traditional forms of production
An increase in the barter economy
A shift toward a new form of production
A movement away from the factory system
11
What led Germany to industrialize fairly late?
Germany was held back by its rigid social hierarchy
Germany primarily concentrated on building its overseas empire
Germany had signed a disarmament agreement
Germany was not a unified state for most of the 1800s
12
What prompted Japan to begin industrializing in the late 1800s?
The shogun saw an opportunity to sell manufactured good throughout Asia
Japan feared they were falling behind their neighbor China
Japan's 􏰀es with Britain gave them an advantage in textile manufacturing
The new Meiji government pursued a course of modernization
13
Most of the earliest factories were located near
Coal Mines
Waterways
Railways
Mountain Ranges
14
During the enclosure movement in England, landowners
Sold their land to small farmers who had previously rented it
Expanded the private property rights of their tenants
Took back the rights to their lands from small farmers
Funded the manufacturing ventures of men who lived on their land
15
Motivation by profit, private ownership and freedom of competition are characteristics of which economic system?
Utilitarianism
Capitalism
Democracy
Socialism
16
What was one effect of the mechanization of agriculture?
Many farmers abandoned the raising of livestock
Farmers were able to make more healthful food available
Small landholders began establishing commercial farms
Farmers needed more acreage to produce the same amount of food as before
17
What nation became a leader in heavy manufacturing, chemical electrical equipment weapons industries by the late 1800s
France
Russia
Germany
Great Britain
18
The invention of machine tools that could create part after part of the same size and shape allowed for the use of
Interlocking joints
Interchangeable parts
Highly skilled employees
More efficient power looms
19
What was James Watt's contribution to Industrialization in England?
He invented the internal combustion engine
He invented a more efficient steam engine
He invented the method of using interchangeable parts
He invented a less expensive way to manufacture steel
20
With which of the following is Karl Marx most closely associated?
Capitalism
Utilitarianism
Communism
Socialism

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