Unit 3: Industrial Revolution

Question 1

This quotation reflects the ideas of

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Karl Marx and Frederich Engles

Question 2

How did the agricultural revolution impact the Industrial Revolution?

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A population boom from increased food resulting in workers for factories

Question 3

What type of reform did the Health and Morals Act of 1802 target?

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Child labor

Question 4

Many factory workers were women and children because

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employers could pay women and children less than men

Question 5

A major reason the Industrial Revolution was successful in Britain was that Britain possessed:

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abundant coal and iron resources

Question 6

The picture featured could be used to describe:

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how goods were made using the cottage industry prior to IR

Question 7

According to the passage, what is the criticism of capitalism?

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the capitalists take advantage of the poor

Question 8

In what country did the Industrial Revolution BEGIN?

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Great Britain

Question 9

The type of population growth that occurs when people move to cities is called:

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urbanization

Question 10

Which statement would Adam Smith most likely agree?

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People that are free to use their talents help the economy.

Question 11

What event in history was was the cause of the misery expressed in the quote below?

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Enclosure Movement

Question 12

When workers refuse to work until conditions improve

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strike

Question 13

The 3-legged system to exchange goods and maximize profits between Europe/Africa/Colonies was called...

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Triangle Trade

Question 14

What economic idea is reflected below?

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Capitalism

Question 15

What economic idea is reflected below?

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Communism

Question 16

A problem in cities during the Industrial Revolution as depicted

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poor living conditions in tenements

Question 17

Inadequate housing in cities where factory workers lived

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tenement

Question 18

How did the invention of new farming tools and innovative farming techniques impact life in the 1700s?

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New tools made it possible for fewer people to produce more food.

Question 19

Railroads, Steamboats and later subways, metros, and cars improved

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transportation through cities

Question 20

Which heading is best for the partial outline that is related to the conditions during the 18th and 19th centuries?

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Factors needs for Industrialization

Question 21

Which of the following would NOT be a common working condition in factories in the late 1800s?

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workers compensation when hurt

Question 22

The Atlantic Slave Trade contributed to the growth of industrial economies during the IR by all BUT

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Increase of trade resulted in the decrease of workers and factories

Question 23

The term used by Marx and Engles to describe the poor working class during the IR.

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proletariat

Question 24

Which statement BEST summarizes the THEME OF THE PASSAGE above?

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Though factory work was hard, it was better than starving

Question 25

What is the solution to the problems of capitalism according to the Communist Manifesto?

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Overthrow the current situation through a revolution

Question 26

What economic idea is reflected below?

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Socialism

Question 27

As the IR progressed, what allowed people to enjoy activities like baseball games and theater

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Over time, working cond. improved so people had money & time to enjoy life

Question 28

Workers' organizations that work to improve workers' rights.

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labor unions

Question 29

When Parliament passed laws allowing the commons to be purchased (which hurt the poor).

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enclosure movement

Question 30

Term used by Marx & Engles for the wealthy business owners/capitalists that owned the factories during the IR

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Bourgeoisie

Question 31

What was the purpose of labor unions?

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to improve the working conditions of workers

Question 32

A way of making goods by breaking down the process into a series of smaller tasks.

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assembly line

Question 33

When workers and owners meet to discuss working conditions

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Collective Bargaining

Question 34

Which problem is the subject of the passage?

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urban pollution

Question 35

Laissez-faire capitalism as promote by Adam Smith called for

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gov't "hands-off" economy as much as possible

Question 36

During the early years of the IR, what could happen to a person who supported any part of a labor union

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will be put in jail

Question 37

This invention allowed factories to be built away from rivers & led to other new inventions (train)

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steam engine

Unit 3: Industrial Revolution

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Unit 3: Industrial Revolution

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