Chapter 19
The Industrial Revolution Begins
1750 – 1850
Reading Quiz
Name ____________________________________ Date ______________________ Hour __________
SECTION 1 Dawn of the Industrial Age
1. The Industrial Revolution began in _______________________________________.
2. The first person to use a/an __________________________________________ was an American dentist.
3. Improvements in ____________________________________________ helped lead to the Industrial Revolution.
4. The seed drill was invented by ___________________________________________________.
5. Define enclosure –
6. What were the positive effects of enclosure?
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7. What were the negative impacts of enclosure?
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8. Give two (2) reasons for the growth of population between 1700 and 1800.
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9. What became the power source of the Industrial Revolution?
SECTION 2 Britain Leads the Way
Define:
10. capital –
11. enterprise –
12. entrepreneur 13. List four (4) reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain.
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14. What was the “putting-out system”?
15. This invention allowed weavers to work twice as fast.
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16. This invention allowed a spinner to work with six or eight threads at a time.
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17. This invention used water power to drive spinning wheels.
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18. This invention allowed cotton growers to keep up with spinners and weavers.
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19. What doomed the putting-out system?
20. List the three (3) changes in transportation in the 1700’s.
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21. List two (2) effects of rail transportation.
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22. Why were the first factories located near rushing water?
23. Why did prices fall after the advent of factories?
24. How did this affect demand?
SECTION 3 Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution
25. Define Urbanization. –
26. How many more people were in London in 1900 than in 1750?
27. List the effects of Industrialization on the Social Classes.
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28. Who were the Luddites?
29. List three (3) effects of Industrialization on Living Conditions.
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30. List five (5) effects of Industrialization on Working Conditions.
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31. Give four (4) examples of the working conditions in the mines.
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32. Describe four (4) of the dangerous jobs of children.
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33. Why was child labor accepted by parents?
34. List the positive effects of Industrialization. (3)
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35. He wrote The Condition of the Working Class in England. _______________________________________
36. Describe the four (3) of the living conditions in the working class slum in Manchester visited by Friedrich Engels.
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SECTION 4 New Ways of Thinking
37. Define Laissez-faire –
38. He wrote An Essay on the Principle of Population: ______________________________________________.
39. According to # 36, poverty was unavoidable because population was
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40. He wrote The Wealth of Nations: _______________________________________________________
41. According to # 38, the free market would produce
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42. According to # 38, government need not ________________________________________in the economy.
43. He wrote the Iron Law of Wages: ___________________________________________________
44. According to # 41, wage increases were futile because increases would
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45. According to # 41, when wages were high, families often
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46. Define utilitarianism –
47. List two (2) reforms supported by John Stuart Mill.
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48. Define socialism –
49. List two (2) reforms proposed by Robert Owen.
50. He wrote The Communist Manifesto; ______________________________________________________
51. His partner: __________________________________________________________________________
52. According to # 48, the driving force of history is _____________________________________________.
53. According to # 48, society divided into what two classes?
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54. Define Bourgeoisie –
55. Define Proletariat –
56. According to # 48, the __________________________________ would eventually win the class struggle and a
_________________________________________ society would develop.
57. Define social democracy –
58. _______________________________________________ won out over working class loyalty.
59. By the end of the 20th century, few nations remained with communist governments, while nearly every economy
included elements of _____________________________________________________________________.
60. List the key elements of a market economy.
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61. Briefly describe how a centrally planned economy works.
62. What does it discourage?
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63. What are the results?
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64. Define mixed economy –
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