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Industrial Revolution Post-Assessment Study Guide
The Industrial Revolution began in which country?
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Which invention increased the demand and production of cotton?
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The first machines of the Industrial Revolution were powered by ___________________________.
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The first industry to industrialize (use machine power) was _______________________________ .
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Eli Whitney’s idea of ____________________________, which called for machine-made parts built exactly alike, made it much easier and more
affordable to fix broken machines.
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The ________________________________increased the production of textiles by allowing one spinner to spin 8 threads at a time.
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What economic system was the driving force behind the Industrial Revolution?
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______________________________________________ was the ability of a factory to make a lot of one item.
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The movement of people from the countryside to the cities is called____________________________________________.
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Which invention resulted in the increase in the demand for coal?
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What were negative outcomes of the Industrial Revolution?
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What were 3 factors of production that Great Britain had that allowed it to be the first nation to industrialize?
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Explain an economic outcome of the Industrial Revolution?
14. How did the factory system increase production of goods?
15. Which invention had the GREATEST impact on the industrial textile industry?
16. How did the following developments of the Agricultural Revolution affect people?
* Enclosure movement *Crop rotation *Advanced agricultural technology
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Why did many capitalists hire so many people from ages 6-19 during the Industrial Revolution?
18. Define division of labor.
19. What were 3 factors England had which led to industrialization?
20. Identify 3 inventions that improved the way people worked with cotton?
21, Government has a duty to interfere in order to best provide its people with a happy and safe life reflects the values of which type
of economic system?
22. Government should not interfere in business. To do so would disrupt the balance of supply and demand reflects the values of which
type of economic system?
23. Why did the Communist Manifesto state the proletariat (working class – have nots) would rise up and overthrow the Bourgeois (upper class –
haves)?
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Positive Outcomes
Negative Outcomes
Created new jobs
Loss of natural habitat
Produced new good
Poor Working Conditions
Improved Transportation
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What would be a negative outcome for improved transporation?
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What effects of the Industrial Revolution MIGHT this picture represent?
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