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Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Children were smaller than adults and could move around small spaces. 3. Why did people move from farms and small communities to the cities during the Industrial Revolution? A) People could earn more in a factory than on the farms. B) People were moving to the cities to get away from their families. C) People were moving to the country for fresh air. D) People could earn more on the farms than in factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People could earn more in a factory than on the farms. 4. Child labour was common during the Industrial Revolution because: A) Children wanted to start working from an early age to earn pocket money. B) Schooling and education wasn't seen as important. C) Children were allowed to make their own decisions. D) Families needed their children to work due to high unemployment and poverty levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Families needed their children to work due to high unemployment and poverty levels. 5. Germ theory, which was discovered by medics during the Industrial Revolution showed A) People how dirty their foods was. B) How diseases are caused. C) How diseases were harmful. D) How the circulatory system worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How diseases are caused. 6. How did the Napoleonic wars and French Revolution impact the industrialization of Continental Europe? A) Trade was halted in many parts of Europe. B) Communications between countries were interrupted. C) Inflation was on the rise in some areas of Europe, disrupting the economy. D) All of the above are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above are true. 7. Andrew Jackson was the ..... President? A) Richest President?. B) 7th President?. C) Youngest President?. D) 12th President?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7th President?. 8. Form of complete socialism in which the means of production would be owned by the people, private property would cease to exist, and all goods and services would be shared equally. A) Marxism. B) Communism. C) Capitalism. D) Populism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Communism. 9. What did the factory act do? A) Ensure that all people had a job at a factory. B) Allow every factory to have an acting class. C) Made it illegal for under 14s to have a full-time job. D) Made it illegal for women to work at a factory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Made it illegal for under 14s to have a full-time job. 10. Great Britain had the ..... needed for industry A) Natural resourses. B) Locomotive. C) Labor union. D) Textile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural resourses. 11. What type of vessel can be called a steamboat? A) Any vessel with paddle wheels. B) Any vessel found on rivers in the U.S. in the 19th century. C) Any vessel powered by a steam engine. D) Any seagoing vessel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Any vessel powered by a steam engine. 12. Which material is the main source of power to fuel steam engine? A) Iron. B) Copper. C) Gold. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal. 13. Economist and philosopher, a country could be governed by nobles based on the idea of paternalism alone A) Edmund Burke. B) The Fertile crescent. C) Louis Blanc. D) Cardinal Richelieu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edmund Burke. 14. What 1837 invention changed communications in the United States? A) Manual Telegraph. B) Phonograph. C) Assembly Line. D) All of the Above. E) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) None of the Above. 15. When did middle class men gain the right to vote in Britain? A) Men always had the right to vote in Britain, women did not. B) 1750. C) 1918. D) 1832. E) 1928. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1832. 16. ..... was a time in which people made new discoveries about the world and tested their ideas A) The Enlightenment Age. B) The Scientific Revolution. C) The Cultural Revolution. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Scientific Revolution. 17. After the industrial revolution, the population of Europe A) Decreased. B) Stayed the Same. C) Increased. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increased. 18. What was the biggest problem during the Industrial Revolution? A) Upper class. B) Railroad. C) Pollution. D) Canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollution. 19. How did the Industrial Revolution affect urban areas? A) Urban areas became safer due to advanced weapons technologies for law enforcement. B) Urban areas grew rapidly, sometimes even exceeding the local resources. C) Urban areas became more organized due to better city planning and construction. D) Urban areas grew poorer due to low-paying jobs for all social classes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urban areas grew rapidly, sometimes even exceeding the local resources. 20. One of the greatest improvements in communication was the invention of A) The steamboat. B) The cotton gin. C) Morse code and the telegraph. D) Interchangeable parts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Morse code and the telegraph. 21. During the early 1800s many young women in New England were employed outside their homes as- A) Staff reporters for local newspapers. B) Legal counselors in state courts. C) Cloth weavers in textile mills. D) Crew members on cargo ships. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cloth weavers in textile mills. 22. Communism aimed to abolish A) Free public education. B) Factories. C) Private property. D) Workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Private property. 23. In the 1800s, most immigrants came from Europe and settled in the North. Why did immigrants tend to settle in the north at this time? A) Northern industry provided jobs. B) The North was closer. C) The South refused to accept immigrants. D) They liked the climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Northern industry provided jobs. 24. Rural dwellers benefited from which of the following developments in mass marketing? A) Advertising focused on women. B) Department stores. C) Mail-order companies. D) Clever brand names. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mail-order companies. 25. Which sentence gives a reason why the world changed so radically in the 18th century? A) At one time, humans used their own energy. B) Humans discovered fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas. C) Fossil fuels form deep underground. D) Eventually, some turn into coal, a dark rock that can be burned. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humans discovered fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas. 26. What was the impact of industrialization on rural people? A) They experienced an increase in agricultural productivity. B) They faced difficulties making a living on the land. C) They had more opportunities for education and advancement. D) They saw a decline in urban populations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They faced difficulties making a living on the land. 27. The Industrial Revolution began in England in the late ..... A) 1600s. B) 1700s. C) 1800s. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1700s. 28. Before the Industrial Revolution most people lived in small communities and farms and made things like clothing by hand. What is that called? A) Cottage Industry. B) Factory System. C) Home Industry. D) Village Factory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cottage Industry. 29. The Industrial Revolution began in which country? A) China. B) Germany. C) France. D) Great Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Great Britain. 30. Define:corporation. A) Application of science to help people. B) Movement of people from rural areas to cities. C) A business that is owned by many investors. D) A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A business that is owned by many investors. 31. What was the main economic reason behind the "scramble for Africa?" A) Raw materials. B) Slavery. C) Social Darwinism. D) Finished Goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raw materials. 32. Because of ..... , people can easily buy many things at a low cost. A) Privilege. B) Mass production. C) Tolerance. D) Common laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mass production. 33. The steamboat most affected the US economy by ..... A) Decreasing the need for canals. B) Allowing more efficient movement of goods. C) Reducing the cost of settling in the western territories. D) Giving Mickey Mouse a way to go see Minnie Mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allowing more efficient movement of goods. 34. The pitiful conditions created by the Industrial Revolution gave rise to all of the following EXCEPT A) Socialism, in which society owns and controls the means of production. B) Communism. C) The organization of labor unions. D) A movement for animal rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A movement for animal rights. 35. Which mode of transport appeared during the Industrial Revolution? A) Trains. B) Boats. C) Cars. D) Planes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trains. 36. Which 2 natural resources were the backbone of the Industrial Revolution? A) Wood and peat. B) Oil and natural gas. C) Coal and iron. D) Cotton and tobacco. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coal and iron. 37. What part of farming was made easier by the plow? A) Harvesting the land. B) Seeding the fields. C) Selling crops. D) Easier to till the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Easier to till the soil. 38. When did the Industrial Revolution take place? A) 20th to 21st century. B) Late 18th to early 19th century. C) 17th to 18th century. D) 15th to 16th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Late 18th to early 19th century. 39. Who bought Andrew Carnegie's steel company from him? A) Thomas Edison. B) George Pullman. C) John D. Rockefeller. D) J.P. Morgan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J.P. Morgan. 40. How did the Industrial Revolution affect Sale? A) It grew as a commuter town due to railways. B) Sale became primarily agricultural due to the Industrial Revolution. C) Sale remained unchanged during the Industrial Revolution. D) The Industrial Revolution led to a decline in population in Sale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It grew as a commuter town due to railways. 41. Which man created the lightbulb and industrialized electricity? A) Thomas Edison. B) Alexander Graham Bell. C) Henry Ford. D) James Watts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Edison. 42. Mass production was possible because of the development of interchangeable parts. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 43. What caused the popularity of the automobile? A) The development of the steam engine. B) The harnessing of electricity. C) The digging of oil wells. D) The invention of the light bulb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The digging of oil wells. 44. Which groups became wealthy from the new industries? A) Merchants. B) Lawyers. C) Factory Owners. D) Bankers. E) All answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All answers are correct. 45. Which era in the late 19th century saw a significant expansion in US industrial capabilities? A) Second Industrial Revolution. B) Technological Revolution. C) American Civil War. D) Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Second Industrial Revolution. 46. Which of the following did NOT improve as a result of the Industrial Revolution? A) General standard of living. B) Transportation. C) Amount of food. D) The environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The environment. 47. Which term is this? The development of factories and mass production systems A) Invention. B) Industrialization. C) Factory. D) Mass Production. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrialization. 48. The completion of the Erie Canal played a key role in which development? A) New York City becoming a vital commercial center with the country's busiest seaport. B) New Orleans becoming a leader in manufacturing and overseas trade. C) Washington, D.C., becoming the cultural and political center of the nation. D) Boston becoming one of the country's largest transportation hubs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New York City becoming a vital commercial center with the country's busiest seaport. 49. Which term is this? The creation of something new A) Factory. B) Mass Production. C) Invention. D) Industrialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invention. 50. What rights did the workers manage to secure after conflicts and strikes? A) Ownership shares in factories. B) Higher positions in factories. C) Unlimited vacation days. D) Eight-hour workday and rest on Sundays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eight-hour workday and rest on Sundays. 51. Match the description with the correct inventor:He learned how to make weaving machines and opened a large factory in Massachusetts in 1811. A) Francis Cabot Lowell. B) William Morton. C) Samuel F.B. Morse. D) Samuel Slater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Francis Cabot Lowell. 52. The writer said that selling her first story was a ..... in her career. A) Hard choice. B) Road block. C) Turning point. D) Simple time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turning point. 53. The process of ..... means that the farmer will change the crop every year. A) Land rotation. B) Season rotation. C) Crop rotation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crop rotation. 54. Which of the following was the study about microorganism during the Industrial Revolution? A) Radium. B) X-Ray. C) Nursing. D) Bacteriology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bacteriology. 55. Which of the following is social affect of the Industrial Revolution? A) The increase in air pollution. B) People dying from lack of food. C) An increase in deaths by road accidents. D) The rise of the industrial middle class and industrial working class. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The rise of the industrial middle class and industrial working class. 56. Why did the demand for cotton increase after the invention of the cotton gin? A) Because slavery became more prevalent in the North than the South. B) Because cotton became more expensive as time progressed making slavery more popular. C) Because people wanted to support Eli Whitney because of his many great inventions. D) Because fabric production became more efficient & they could produce more cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because fabric production became more efficient & they could produce more cotton. 57. Which of the following was NOT one of the new social classes that appeared after the Industrial Revolution? A) The capitalist class. B) The working class. C) The middle class. D) The nobles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The nobles. 58. Textile mills employed many children because they were small and could navigate around the machines to change spindles. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 59. Where did the Industrial Revolution start? A) United States. B) England. C) Scotland. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) England. 60. The process of changing the types of food grown on a field each year. A) INDUSTRIALIZATION. B) CROP ROTATION. C) INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. D) ENCLOSURES. 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