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- 1. Multiple Choice
During the Industrial Revolution, the expansion of free enterprise economic principles resulted in —
an increase in government regulation of factories
the workers sharing in the profits of the factory
an accumulation of wealth by factory owners
the passage of additional protective tariffs
- 2. Multiple ChoiceHow did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?Made goods and services more expensive & harder to shipMade goods and services cheaper & easier to shipGave people safer transportationOpened new land for exploring and settlements
- 3. Multiple ChoiceRailroads moved ___-_________ to factories.finished prodcutsraw materials
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe cotton gin was invented by _____, which helped separate seeds from cotton fiber.Eli WhitneyHenry FordRobert FultonEdmund Cartwright
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhere did the industrial revolution start?RussiaJapanBritainAmerica
- 6. Multiple ChoiceUntil the 1800s, how did most families get the items they needed for daily life?They made tools, clothing, materials, and food by hand.They bought them from factories.They bought them on the Internet.They bought them from stores.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following individuals would likely have experienced the greatest economic benefit from the Industrial Revolution?
an aristocratic landowner
a machine operator
a domestic servant
a factory owner
- 8. Multiple Choice
Thinkers who disliked the lack of government intervention characteristic of laissez-faire economic policies during the Industrial Revolution proposed which new economic alternative?
mercantilism
socialism
fascism
capitalism
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following groups had a difficult time competing with mass production and the factory system during the Industrial Revolution?
merchants
landowners
artisans
industrialists
- 10. Multiple Choice
Through the effects of the free enterprise system, which of the following professions eventually replaced merchants as the most important economic group in nineteenth century Europe?
soldiers
farmers
artisans
industrialists
- 11. Multiple Choice
What economic theory developed in response to the British system of free enterprise that emerged during Industrial Revolution?
manorialism
mercantilism
consumerism
communism
- 12. Multiple Choice
The Industrial Revolution created a demand for raw materials. This demand led to the —
social revolutions of Europe and America
agricultural revolution in England and Scotland
famines in India and Ireland
colonization of Africa and Asia
- 13. Multiple Choice
The spread of the Industrial Revolution from Great Britain to Europe and America was important because _________________ .
it decreased the population in non-industrialized nations for years
it prevented urbanization in those nations as they searched for minerals
it allowed the East to maintain their independence for many years
it established the wealthiest economies in the West for many years
- 14. Multiple Choice
One way that European society was changed as a result of the Industrial Revolution included —
the rejection of the teachings of the Catholic Church
the decline of the population due to factory accidents
the spread of famine caused by families abandoning farms
the emergence of a middle class and a working class
- 15. Multiple Choice
New economic theories came about during the Industrial Revolution in response to —
the demands of wealthy industrialists for laws to regulate economies
the economic disparities between the wealthy and the working class
the lack of economic power women had in industrialized societies
the successful efforts of abolitionists to bring an end to the slavery trade
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