Unit 3_Changing Expectations Review (Industrial Revolution)

Which was NOT a reason that the Industrial Revolution began in England?

• large population of landowners

• many available workers

• numerous rivers

• strong banking system

Which industry launched the Industrial Revolution?

• steel

• railroad

• agriculture

• textile

Which innovation led to an increase in cloth production at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution?

• electric sewing machine

• steam engine

• Bessemer process

• spinning jenny

Which new method of transportation did Robert Fulton pioneer?

• locomotive

• automobile

• steamship

• balloon

What was a new method of production during the Second Industrial Revolution

• factory system

• assembly line

• steam power

• interchangeable parts

Which was NOT a source of energy introduced in the late 1800s?

• coal

• kerosene

• gasoline

• electricity

Which is NOT an example of the human cost of industrialization?

• child labor

• slave trade

• factory injuries

• overcrowded cities

Which best explains why the Industrial Revolution led to a larger middle class?

• Wealth was shared more evenly

• Land ownership became more important than before

• Businesses needed more educated people

• Factory workers earned high salaries

Which best describes the beliefs of Robert Owen?

• People can build a utopian society with socialist ideals

• Factory managers are the most important people in a company

• Laissez-faire capitalism is the fairest economic system

• Laborers make too much money

Why did Karl Marx believe that capitalism would be overthrown?

• laborers would leave the factory

• business owners would choose socialism

• the middle class would grow too large

• workers would revolt