How did the Agricultural Revolution lead to an increase in the population?
A. It provided political stability.
B. It provided new ways to transport goods and people.
C. It provided enough food to feed and grow the population.
D. It provided new markets for British goods.
C. It provided enough food to feed and grow the population.
2. Why did railways grow rapidly in Britain during the Industrial Revolution?
A. The British government was competing with France over growth.
B. The British government encouraged competition to maximize growth.
C. They allowed the Agricultural Revolution to take off.
D. They made the transport of cotton in India easier.
B. The British government encouraged competition to maximize growth.
3. How did Bakewell contribute to the Agricultural Revolution?
A. He created the four-course field rotation.
B. He fed his sheep turnips in the winter for better wool.
C. He introduced cross-breeding for stronger and better animals.
D. He used enclosures to help grow bigger herds.
C. He introduced cross-breeding for stronger and better animals.
4. With the creation of James Watt’s steam engine, where did factories need to be located?
A. near coal mines to easily access the coal needed to help run them
B. anywhere there was space for a factory
C. by rivers for the water power
D. in cities so factories could get more workers to operate them
A. near coal mines to easily access the coal needed to help run them
4. Which of the following was an effect of the factory system?(1 point)
Responses
A. Textile production dropped and made Britain struggle economically.
B. Other countries rejected business practices that Britain had invented.
C. People were no longer their own bosses.
D. People were able to make more money working at a factory than farming.
C. People were no longer their own bosses.
Which of the following factors best assesses how migration affected rural areas?(1 point)
Responses
A. Decreased enclosures increased the number of factory jobs.
B. Improved craftsmanship increased the number of factory jobs.
C. Improved agricultural productivity reduced the need for farmers.
D. Decreased living conditions increased the number of factory jobs.
C. Improved agricultural productivity reduced the need for farmers.
Why were Chinese immigrants targeted by the Chinese Exclusion Act?(1 point)
Responses
A. They were wealthier than other Americans.
B. They suffered growing discrimination.
C. They populated urban spaces.
D. They were treated better by employers than their White counterparts.
B. They suffered growing discrimination.
Evaluate the sequence of events to determine which best represents how forced migration occurred in relation to the Industrial Revolution.
A. Industrial Revolution
need to maintain industrialization
emancipation of enslaved people
need for cheap labor
mass migration of indentured servants
B. emancipation of enslaved people
Industrial Revolution
mass migration of emancipated enslaved people to factories
factory workers return to their farms
indentured servants take over industrial jobs
C. Industrial Revolution
need to maintain industrialization
enslaved people brought to work in factories
mass migration of European factory workers
decline in industrialization
D. Industrial Revolution
lack of food forces Agricultural Revolution
indentured servants imported to increase agricultural production
emancipation of indentured servants
displaced indentured servants become enslaved overseas
A. Industrial Revolution
need to maintain industrialization
emancipation of enslaved people
need for cheap labor
mass migration of indentured servants
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“[The rich] consume little more than the poor, and in spite of their natural selfishness and rapacity . . . they divide with the poor the produce of all their improvements. They are led by an invisible hand to make nearly the same distribution of the necessaries of life, which would have been made, had the earth been divided into equal portions among all its inhabitants, and thus without intending it, without knowing it, advance the interest of the society, and afford means to the multiplication of the species.”
What economic system does the evidence support?
A. laissez-faire capitalism
B. utopian socialism
C. mercantilism
D. communism
A. laissez-faire capitalism
Which philosophy stemming from the Industrial Revolution supported the idea that people could not be blamed for their flaws because the social, environmental, and cultural world around them was what needed to be fixed?
A. utopian socialism
B. Luddites
C. communism
D. trade unions
A. utopian socialism
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“They direct that the governing powers of all countries should establish rational plans for the education and general formation of the characters of their subjects. These plans must be devised to train children from their earliest infancy in good habits of every description which will of course prevent them from acquiring those of falsehood and deception.”
Which policy would most likely be supported by this quotation from Robert Owen’s A New View of Society?
A. civics education for adults
B. private education for children
C. free public education
D. religious education
C. free public education
Which resource was most important for industrialization?
A. coal
B. wood
C. sugar
D. tobacco
A. coal
Which political or economic point of view would agree with the statement, “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles”?
Marxism
Bourbon Restoration
classical liberalism
conservatism
Marxism
Which of the following is true about the experiences of the urban working class during the Industrial Revolution?
A. Women did not often work outside of the home, having to complete chores and care for their families.
B. Men, women, and children all needed to work to earn money that families needed for rent, food, and clothing.
C. Families lived in homes that were similar to those found in rural areas.
D. Children of factory workers usually went to school, while their parents worked.
B. Men, women, and children all needed to work to earn money that families needed for rent, food, and clothing.
Why were children often hired to work in factories during the Industrial Revolution?
A. Children could fit into tight spaces between machines and could be paid smaller wages, so factory owners hired them.
B. Men were too busy on the family farm to work in factories, so factory owners needed to hire children.
C. There were no schools for children who lived in the city, so factory owners hired them so they had something to do during the day.
D. Factories were too dangerous for women to work in, so factory owners hired children instead.
A. Children could fit into tight spaces between machines and could be paid smaller wages, so factory owners hired them.
How did industrial advances allow for mass production?(1 point)
Responses
A. Machines worked more quickly and didn’t get tired. This, combined with advances such as mercantilism, allowed for goods to be produced more quickly and on a mass scale.
B. Machines began to do work that humans had done. Machines worked more quickly and didn’t get tired. This, combined with advances such as the assembly line, allowed for goods to be produced more quickly and on a mass scale.
C. People worked more quickly and didn’t get tired. This, combined with advances such as the assembly line, allowed for goods to be produced more quickly and on a mass scale.
D. The encomienda system worked more quickly and people didn’t get tired. This, combined with advances such as the assembly line, allowed for goods to be produced more quickly and on a mass scale.
B. Machines began to do work that humans had done. Machines worked more quickly and didn’t get tired. This, combined with advances such as the assembly line, allowed for goods to be produced more quickly and on a mass scale.
Globally, what happened to economic systems after 1450? How did this change affect workers?(1 point)
Responses
A. Indentured servitude was replaced by capitalism as the world’s most common economic system. This affected workers because forced labor systems were, on the whole, phased out. They were replaced by mercantilism, where humans worked alongside machines.
B. Capitalism was replaced by mercantilism as the world’s most common economic system. This affected workers because forced labor systems were, on the whole, phased out. They were replaced by industrial systems of labor, where humans worked alongside machines.
C. Mercantilism was replaced by capitalism as the world’s most common economic system. This affected workers because forced labor systems were, on the whole, phased out. They were replaced by industrial systems of labor, where humans worked alongside machines.
D. Highland Clearances were replaced by mercantilism as the world’s most common economic system. This affected workers because industrial labor systems were, on the whole, phased out. They were replaced by forced systems of labor, where humans worked alongside machines.
C. Mercantilism was replaced by capitalism as the world’s most common economic system. This affected workers because forced labor systems were, on the whole, phased out. They were replaced by industrial systems of labor, where humans worked alongside machines.
How did the spread of information expose Americans to new ideas?(1 point)
Responses
A. Working-class Americans were able to see images and read the words of people far beyond their homes and outside their lived experience.
B. Working-class Americans were unable to work outside their homes in rural areas, which meant they had time to spread information.
C. Jim Crow laws increased literacy, which helped spread information, so more people were reading new information.
D. Industrialist elites were able to see images and read the words of people who lived far away for the first time.
A. Working-class Americans were able to see images and read the words of people far beyond their homes and outside their lived experience.
What different impacts did Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto have on Europe than it had on other parts of the world?(1 point)
Responses
A. Russian citizens decided they did not identify with the class warfare mentioned by Karl Marx.
B. The Egyptians wanted to establish their own bourgeoisie and built the Suez Canal.
C. China decided that a slow communist revolution with piecemeal legislation was key, rather than opting for an authoritarian government.
D. The “bourgeoisie” was interpreted to be the Western imperializing nations, such as England and the U.S.
D. The “bourgeoisie” was interpreted to be the Western imperializing nations, such as England and the U.S.
How did Karl Marx view history?(1 point)
Responses
A. Karl Marx viewed history as a constant class struggle that would ultimately lead to communism.
B. Karl Marx viewed history as a constant corruption of capitalism.
C. Karl Marx viewed history as useless in the new modern age.
D. Karl Marx viewed history as a constant deviation from communism, the original economic system.
A. Karl Marx viewed history as a constant class struggle that would ultimately lead to communism.
What was a real-life consequence of the political tug-of-war that occurred during the Cold War?(1 point)
Responses
A. nice industrial goods, such as American blue jeans
B. Leninism and Stalinism
C. the Russian Revolution
D. proxy conflicts, such as the Vietnam War
D. proxy conflicts, such as the Vietnam War
Which major British political party was founded during the Industrial Revolution?
A. the Meiji Restoration
B. the Trade Unions
C. the Labour Party
D. the Diet
C. the Labour Party
Why did Japan fear it would become a colony?(1 point)
Responses
A. because it had seen this occur during the Iwakura Mission
B. because it had seen this occur in South and Southeast Asia
C. because it had seen this occur during the Meiji Restoration
D. because it had seen this occur in Belgium and France during the Industrial Revolutions in those countries