GHGIIH: CH 13.2 Quiz Industrial Rev. Child Labor & Communism

1. Which of the following statements about population trends during the Industrial Revolution is most accurate?

• A. Population decreased during the first stage of industrialization because of unsafe working conditions.
• B. People left cities to move to farms because of improvements in farming from the agricultural revolution.
• C. Towns built near coal and iron mines suffered a loss of population as workers left for factory jobs in cities.
• D. Demand for labor in factories was one cause of the population shift toward urban areas.

3. According to laissez-faire economists, what is the benefit of a free market?

• A. Under a free market, the population would continue to boom, creating rapid economic growth.
• B. A free market would encourage government economic policies to try to reduce poverty.
• C. As production increased, the supply of goods would also increase and prices would drop so more people could afford goods.
• D. In a free market, capitalists would reinvest in new businesses, which would create new jobs and raise the price of goods.

4. According to Marx, what would be the main characteristic of communism?

• A. a community in which work was shared and property was owned in common
• B. a classless society in which wealth and power were equally shared
• C. a society in which the economy functioned without government interference
• D. an economy in which private individuals owned the means of production

“It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it, but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage. It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves forever and ever, and never got uncoiled. It had a black canal in it, and a river that ran purple with ill-smelling dye. . . .” — Charles Dickens, Hard Times 5. Which problem is the subject of this passage?

• A. economic inequality
• B. urban pollution
• C. lack of child labor laws
• D. poor transportation systems

“I don’t know how old I am. . . . I began to work when I was about 9. I first worked for a man who used to hit me with a belt. . . . I used to sleep in the pits that had no more coal in them; I used to eat whatever I could get; I ate for a long time the candles that I found in the pits. . . .” 6. What was one thing that happened in response to the conditions described in this passage?

• A. Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto
• B. Garibaldi organized the Red Shirts
• C. Charles Darwin developed The Origin of the Species
• D. Atatürk joined the Young Turks

“I don’t know how old I am. . . . I began to work when I was about 9. I first worked for a man who used to hit me with a belt. . . . I used to sleep in the pits that had no more coal in them; I used to eat whatever I could get; I ate for a long time the candles that I found in the pits. . . .” 7. Identify the best use of this document for a historian.

• A. To determine why mine owners employed children.
• B. To study the long term effects of working in mines on child labors
• C. To find out how much money mine owners saved by hiring children rather than adults
• D. To understand the conditions child laborers experienced

8. What was a result of the Industrial Revolution in Europe?

• A. the growth of the middle class
• B. an increase in nomadic herding
• C. a decline in urban population
• D. a decrease in international trade

9. What is the “Enduring Issue” which applies to the growth of the middle class during the industrial revolution?

• A. Cultural diffusion
• B. Legal Codes
• C. Social Hierarchy
• D. Continuity

10. What is the “Enduring Issue” which applies to the idea of children working in factories and losing limbs in the machines and getting beat by overlooks if they fell asleep while working?

• A. Human Right Violations
• B. Long Distance Trade
• C. Imperialism
• D. Nationalism

12. Which of the following best describes the role of women during the early Industrial Revolution?

• A. Women primarily worked in domestic service and were excluded from factory work.

• B. Women's work became less valuable as the focus shifted to machine-based production.

• C. Women often worked in factories and mines, sometimes in harsher conditions than men.

• D. Women were encouraged to pursue higher education and leave the workforce.