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- 1. Multiple Choice
How did the crop rotation system that developed in Britain during the agricultural revolution increase crop yields?
By growing crops in all areas of enclosures
By increasing nutrients in the soil
By ensuring that more of the seeds that were planted actually sprouted
By decreasing the amount of land used to grow crops.
- 2. Multiple Choice
All of the following were the results of the agricultural revolution in Britain EXCEPT that:
Food prices decreased
The number of farmers increased
Population increased
The average size of farms increased
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was the first area to undergo major industrialization?
Banking
Railroads
Coal Mining
Textile Manufacturing
- 4. Multiple Choice
Entrepreneur is a type of:
Scientist
Inventor
Business Person
Personal Secretary
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following did NOT increase as an early result of the Industrial Revolution?
Urbanization
The size of the middle class
The length of the average work day
The life expectancy of the average worker
- 6. Multiple Choice
In the 19th century, collective bargaining was carried out between:
Government and unions
Employers and employees
Communists and capitalists
Political and financial leaders
- 7. Multiple Choice
What was the Industrial Revolution?
Increased purchase of land by wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields.
Increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th-century
A widespread use of teenagers as factory laborers who worked 14 hour days, 6 days a week.
Increased populations of urban areas during the 1800s.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What were the three factors of production required to drive the Industrial Revolution?
Land, Labor, Capital
Government, Military, Colonies
Raw Materials, Natural Resources, Man-made Goods
Road, Railway, and Water Transport
- 9. Multiple Choice
What was the benefit of being a stockholder in a corporation?
Complete ownership of branch corporations
Free goods produced by the corporation
Not personally responsible for its debts
All of the above
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following most allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers?
Railroads
Steel Beams
Electricity
The Telephone
- 11. Multiple Choice
Business owned by stockholders
Enclosure
Union
Industrial Revolution
Corporation
- 12. Multiple Choice
Joined workers together
Labor Unions
Industrial Revolution
Entrepreneurs
Corporations
- 13. Multiple Choice
Fenced-in or hedged- in fields
Crop Rotation
Enclosures
Spinning Jenny
Corporations
- 14. Multiple Choice
Brought the factory design to the United States
Francis Cabot Lowell
William Cockerill
Samuel Slater
John D. Rockefeller
- 15. Multiple Choice
All of the following are examples of what kind of change brought on by the Industrial Revolution?: Standard of living increases; Overcrowded cities; Unsanitary living conditions; uneducated workers (illiterate).
Social Changes
Economic Changes
Political Changes
- 16. Multiple Choice
All of the following are examples of what kind of change brought on by the Industrial Revolution?: Increase in goods produced and sold; Unions improved working conditions and pay; new job opportunities in factories; a middle class emerges.
Social
Political
Economic
- 17. Multiple Choice
All of the following are examples of what kind of change brought on by the Industrial Revolution?: Secret ballot for voting; increased suffrage for marginalized groups; increased education following reforms; direct election of officials following reforms.
Social
Political
Economic
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