The Industrial Revolution REVIEW

Capitalism fueled industrialization by

• Ensuring all workers received high wages

• Encouraging entrepreneurs to establish businesses

• Giving the country many natural resources

• Requiring inventors to file patents

In the United States during the late 19th century, what was one effect of industrialization?

• An increase in urbanization

• A decrease in immigration to the United States

• An increase in demand for handicraft goods

• A decrease in child labor

Which innovation extended the number of hours in a day that Americans could work and play?

• Bessemer Process

• Telegraph technology

• Refrigeration

•  Electricity

Why was the formation of labor unions an effect of U.S. industrialization in the late 1800s?

• Factory owners set up labor unions in order to control their large workforce.

• Union were needed to guarantee a steady supply of workers.

•  Union membership was required for employment in new industries.

• Unions organized industrial workers to protest unsafe working conditions and long workdays.

In the late 19th century, industrialization led to harsh working conditions in the United States. Which policies of the U.S. government allowed such conditions to develop and later led to the growth of labor unions to correct abuses of workers?

•  Antitrust policies toward monopolies

• Isolationist policies regarding international alliance

•  Laissez faire policies toward big business

•  Imperialist policies regarding territorial expansion

The Industrial Revolution began in which country?

• France

• Great Britain

• United States

• Japan

Which of the following was the first industry to be impacted by the Industrial Revolution?

• Textile

• Steel

• Electrical appliances

• Automobile

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Industrial Revolution?

• An increasing number of people who worked in factories

• An increasing number of people who lived in cities

• An increasing number of people who worked on family farms

• An increasing number of people who left family farms

Industrialization began in northeastern Europe, but later spread to the rest of the world. This expansion was the result of

• Better working conditions

• Improved transportation

• A ban on child labor

• Reliance on a family-based economy

To what type of area did people move during the Industrial Revolution?

• Independent

• Cottage

• Urban

• Rural