Industrialization Review

According to economist David Ricardo, what did higher wages ultimately lead to?

Who improved the steam engine?

What was one reason that parents accepted child labor?

What was the main reason that employers preferred women workers to men?

What invention made possible the growth of railroads?

Early U.S. labor unions used which forms of protest to achieve rights for workers?

Karl Marx, the father of Communism, believed poverty was caused by

What is it called when workers add parts to a product as it moves along a belt?

Why was the formation of labor unions an effect of U.S. and British industrialization?

Steam power and canal building were important because they

What is the term used to describe a piece or share of a business?

Which statement regarding workers in mines and factories during Industrialization is true?

What was the effort over many years to increase production and transportation by using machines

The Industrial Revolution involved a

During the late 1800s, why were U.S. union leaders mainly opposed to immigration?

Early in the Industrial Revolution, working-class women

What do you call life based on farming?

Which was a result of industrialization in the United States and Britain?

During the agricultural revolution, wealthy landowners increased food production by

What movement gave working-class people some hope?

Which of the following became an important source of power for the Industrial Revolution?

What natural resources gave Britain an advantage in the Industrial Revolution?

How did the middle class view the poor during the Industrial Revolution?

What does urbanization mean?

Which of these ingredients, in addition to technology, were needed to lead to industrialization

How did the energy revolution contribute to the Industrial Revolution?

Why did economist Thomas Malthus urge families to have fewer children?

What was one reason labor unions in the U.S. had difficulty achieving gains for their workers?