This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 26 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The main source of power in this period was A) Coal. B) Eletric energy. C) Wood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 2. What greatly increased farm productivity and reduced labor needs? A) Mechanization. B) Assembly line. C) Cooperatives. D) Monopolies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mechanization. 3. This economic system uses government to create social programs that help people. A) Capitalism. B) Socialism. C) Communism. D) Industrialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Socialism. 4. Thomas Edison not only invented the light bulb but also the ..... which could record sound. A) Radio. B) Tape player. C) Phonograph. D) Record player. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phonograph. 5. What was the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 primarily aimed at? A) Setting a minimum age of sixteen for full-time work. B) Allowing children to work in agriculture. C) Increasing wages for child workers. D) Prohibiting children from working in mines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting a minimum age of sixteen for full-time work. 6. What happened to most steamboats by the end of the 19th century? A) They were retired. B) They were converted into showboats. C) They were sold to other countries. D) They were used for cargo shipping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were retired. 7. Louis Blancs basic ideas ..... A) "Hierarchy based on productivity". B) "The government should be involved in the economy". C) "Laisse faire economy". D) "The right to work". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "The right to work". 8. Which social reform movement emerged as a response to the conditions of the working class during the Industrial Revolution? A) The Civil Rights Movement. B) The Labor Movement. C) The Environmental Movement. D) The Women's Suffrage Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Labor Movement. 9. What was a major technological shift during the First Industrial Revolution? A) The use of steam and petroleum. B) The invention of the internet. C) The creation of the first computer. D) The discovery of electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of steam and petroleum. 10. The ability to have necessities of life, such as food, clothing, and shelter and wants like vacations, concerts, and other amusements is referred to as A) Middle class. B) Upper class. C) Standard of living. D) Purchasing power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Standard of living. 11. The Industrial Revolution had positive effects only. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. What is a free enterprise system? A) Making goods cheaper to increase sales and profits. B) Making goods more expensive to decrease sales and profits. C) Making better goods by having the government oversee companies. D) Having labor unions helping out workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Making goods cheaper to increase sales and profits. 13. The name of the founder of Standard Oil also donated almost $ 500 million during is his life is: A) Jay Gould. B) Cornelius Vanderbilt. C) John Rockefeller. D) JP Morgan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Rockefeller. 14. Which is a socialist idea that has been adopted by American capitalist society? A) Welfare. B) Social Security. C) Biotechnology. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and b. 15. Who were the proletariat? A) Farmers. B) Factory workers. C) The Government. D) Business owners. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Factory workers. 16. What was one major effect of the Erie Canal? A) Growth of cities in the Northeast. B) Cost of shipping goods increased. C) Reduction in slavery. D) Interrupted trade between the North and South. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growth of cities in the Northeast. 17. What were the working conditions like for the industrial working class during the Industrial Revolution? A) Hot, dirty, dusty, dangerous, and unhealthy. 12-16 hours a day, six days a week. B) Cool, clean, fresh, safe, and healthy. 8-10 hours a day, five days a week. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hot, dirty, dusty, dangerous, and unhealthy. 12-16 hours a day, six days a week. 18. How many people lived in the countryside in 1750? A) 8/10. B) 6/10. C) 9/10. D) 1/10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8/10. 19. He believed government should work to improve the working class' lives and equal distribution of wealth A) Robert Owen. B) John Stuart Mill. C) Adam Smith. D) Henry Ford. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Stuart Mill. 20. What did a 'Trapper' do? A) Punish those who didn't work. B) Hunters who would trap animals in nets to eat them. C) Open doors in the mine to let coal go through. D) Trap prisoners in cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Open doors in the mine to let coal go through. 21. True or False ..... The Industrial Revolution Spread Equally Around the World A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. What movement was started by the labor unions that led to the Haymarket Square Riot? A) 8 hour work day. B) Benefits for workers. C) 6 day work weeks. D) 10 hour work day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8 hour work day. 23. When did Congress finally approve (ratify) the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution? A) 1776. B) 1861. C) 1920. D) 1929. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1920. 24. What did costermongers do? A) Remove dunghills. B) Sell food door-to-door. C) Clean out communal toilets. D) Sell sewage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sell food door-to-door. 25. What transportation was invented as a result of the industrial revolution? A) They have created Steam locomotive. B) They have created car. C) They have created boat. D) They have created flying shuttle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They have created Steam locomotive. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 1Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 2Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 3Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 4Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 5Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 6Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 7Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 8Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 9Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books