This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution – Quiz 60 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 60 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following businessmen did not actually invent anything but was still successful? A) George Washington Carver. B) Cornelius Vanderbilt. C) Henry Ford. D) Thomas Edison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cornelius Vanderbilt. 2. What invention, created in 1843, was one of the FIRST to allow communication almost instantly over long distances? A) Telephone. B) Telegraph. C) Two-way radio. D) Television. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telegraph. 3. What did the invention of the telegraph allow people to do for the first time? A) Send a message almost instantly from a great distance. B) Hear someone's voice who is standing many miles away. C) Send a message across the country in a week's time. D) See an object clearly that is many miles in the distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Send a message almost instantly from a great distance. 4. Consumer Revolution A) Stopped buying homemade products from England. B) Started buying goods from America. C) Started buying machine made products and not homemade. D) Wanted more expensive things. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Started buying machine made products and not homemade. 5. In what way did the Agricultural Revolution pave the way for the Industrial Revolution? A) It led to population growth. B) It increased food supplies. C) It caused farmers to lose land and seek other work. D) All of the above are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above are true. 6. Which statement best describes a result of industrialization in the United States during the mid-nineteenth century? A) People moved to cities in search of economic opportunity. B) Farmers began to cultivate land west of the Appalachian Mountains. C) Native peoples were forcibly relocated to western territories. D) Government officials began to promote the idea of Manifest Destiny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People moved to cities in search of economic opportunity. 7. What were some of the jobs that children performed during the Industrial Revolution? A) Breaking up coal at the coal mines. B) Selling newspapers on street corners. C) All of the above. D) Working on machines in factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 8. John Rockefeller controlled about 90% of the ..... business in the United States. A) Steel. B) Railroad. C) Oil. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oil. 9. Why was child labor used during the Industrial Revolution? A) Children were seen as more skilled than adults. B) There were not enough jobs for adults. C) Children could be paid less than adults. D) Only children wanted to work in factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Children could be paid less than adults. 10. Which invention helped speed up the production of thread? A) Spinning Jenny. B) Weaving machine. C) Power loom. D) Waterwheel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spinning Jenny. 11. TRUE or FALSE? Without entrepreneurs and investors the Industrial Revolution would have been unthinkable. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 12. Le Corbusier was ..... A) A group of architects who formed the International Style. B) An art school that was forced to shut down due to Nazi occupation. C) An influential architect and designer. D) The name given to the main principle of modern design, meaning, "clean, straight lines.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An influential architect and designer. 13. What was one major social consequence of the Industrial Revolution? A) Decrease in child labor. B) Increase in educational opportunities. C) Growth of the middle class. D) Decline in urban populations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Growth of the middle class. 14. Why was it necessary for the roads to improve during the Industrial Revolution? A) A. More raw materials needed for the factories. B) B. More people wanted to go on holiday. C) C. More food was required for the growing population. D) A and B. E) B and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and B. 15. What was the primary impact of the spinning jenny on textile production? A) It increased the speed and efficiency of yarn production. B) It led to the invention of the power loom. C) It revolutionized the dyeing process for textiles. D) It introduced the concept of mass production in textile mills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It increased the speed and efficiency of yarn production. 16. How did the railroad help industry boom? A) Carried people and goods. B) Added sleeping and dining cars. C) Controlled grain traffic. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. This person bailed out the US Government in 1895 during an economic depression. A) Cornelius Vanderbilt. B) Boss Tweed. C) Thomas Nast. D) JP Morgan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) JP Morgan. 18. The advantage of mechanization of farming was A) More food was produced. B) Food prices went down. C) Fewer farmers were needed. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. He began the Standard Oil Company. A) Terence V. Powderly. B) Leland Stanford. C) John D. Rockefeller. D) Alexander G. Bell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John D. Rockefeller. 20. Why did Cyrus McCormick make the mechanical reaper? A) To make it harvest grains much faster. B) To make it take out the soil. C) To put water really fast. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make it harvest grains much faster. 21. A long term effect of the Industrial Revolution was ..... A) Increased importance of the cottage industry. B) Increased education for the lower and middle classes. C) Decreased importance of women in the workforce. D) Developed labor reforms and labor unions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Developed labor reforms and labor unions. 22. What was the main reason children had to work during the early Industrial Revolution? A) Lack of schools. B) Government mandate. C) For educational purposes. D) To help their families survive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To help their families survive. 23. Which of the following was a goal of social reformers? A) Safer working conditions. B) To end child labor. C) Better wages. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 24. The Industrial Revolution started in ..... around ..... A) England, 1750 CE. B) China, 1000 BCE. C) United States, 2018 CE. D) Great Britain, 1500 CE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England, 1750 CE. 25. Which Group would agree with the philosophy of Capitalism? A) Aristocrats. B) Factory owners. C) Karl Marx. D) Absolutists. 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