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World History Ch 9 Industrial Revolution Set 2
Test Description: World History Ch 9 Industrial Revolution set 2
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1) What impact did technological advances have on industry?
A
Production of goods was increased.
B
Quality of products was decreased.
C
All of the above are true.
D
Number of factory workers decreased.
2) What is the laissez-faire policy?
A
a policy where labor created a committee to set working standards without interference from industry owners
B
a policy that taught owners of industry how to set working conditions based on government standards
C
a policy that allowed labor to set working conditions based on votes on issues relevant to their industry
D
a policy that let owners of industry set working conditions without government interference
3) What is the name for the voluntary associations of workers seeking labor reforms?
A
unions
B
utilitarians
C
collective bargaining
D
strikes
4) What was a benefit of the railroad in Britain?
A
It displaced England's agricultural and fishing industries.
B
It offered cheap transportation for materials and goods.
C
It eliminated hundreds of thousands of jobs.
D
It encouraged people to emigrate to other countries.
5) What was the benefit of being a stockholder in a corporation?
A
all of these
B
complete ownership of branch corporations
C
free goods produced by the corporation
D
not personally responsible for its debts
6) What was the impact of the steam engine on the production of British goods?
A
All of these are true.
B
It allowed small ferries to monopolize the transport of raw materials through English canals.
C
It launched the railway age that brought the transportation of people and materials to a new level.
D
It enabled the mining industry to work more efficiently without the need for workers.
7) What was the Industrial Revolution?
A
increased purchases of land by wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields
B
a widespread use of teenagers as factory laborers who worked 14 hour days, 6 days a week
C
increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th-century
D
increased populations of urban areas during the 1800s
8) What was the main cause of the process of urbanization that occurred in 19th-century Britain and elsewhere in western Europe?
A
poor crop yields
B
industrialization
C
more efficient transportation systems
D
improved living conditions in cities
9) What were the long-term effects of Marx and Engels' The Communist Manifesto?
A
Marx and Engels' predictions proved correct as economic forces alone ruled society.
B
In the 1900s, Marxism inspired revolutionaries such as Russia's Lenin.
C
Working classes worldwide demanded a dictatorship of the proletariat.
D
During 1848 and 1849 revolts shook Europe but were suppressed.
10) What were the three factors of production required to drive the industrial revolution?
A
road, railway, and water transport
B
raw materials, natural resources, man-made goods
C
government, military, colonies
D
land, labor, capital
11) When the trade union movement began in Britain, the strike was an illegal action taken against
A
non-union workers by union workers.
B
union workers by factory owners.
C
child laborers by factory owners.
D
factory owners by union workers.
12) Which of the following did NOT improve as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
A
educational opportunities
B
affordability of consumer goods
C
living conditions for the average worker
D
preservation of the environment
13) Which of the following did NOT improve as an early result of the Industrial Revolution?
A
factory working conditions
B
the quality of clothing
C
the average person's diet
D
transportation
14) Which of the following did NOT increase as an early result of the Industrial Revolution?
A
the length of the average work day
B
the size of the middle class
C
the life expectancy of the average worker
D
urbanization
15) Which of the following factors MOST contributed to the shorter life span of those living in cities as opposed to those in the country?
A
excessive garbage
B
illness caused by unhealthy living conditions
C
long working hours
D
inadequate housing
16) Which of the following is an example of a reform movement?
A
women's rights
B
abolition of slavery
C
all of these.
D
public education
17) Which of the following statements are true of socialism and communism?
A
Socialism and communism are two completely different and unrelated ideologies.
B
Socialism and communism are two words for the same ideology.
C
Communism is a form of complete socialism in which the people own all production and property.
D
Communism gives control of a country to its people and socialism gives control of industry to the people.
18) Which of the following was a key idea in the free-market system?
A
refuse to interfere in either domestic or international economic matters
B
establish minimum wages and maximum working hours
C
give government complete control of the means of production
D
protect the nation's industries from foreign competition
19) Which of the following was a result of the agricultural revolution?
A
Enclosures became landmarks of wealthy landowners.
B
All of the above are true.
C
Landowners experimented with new agricultural methods.
D
Many small farmers became tenant farmers or moved to cities.
20) Which of the following was NOT a government reform in the 1800s?
A
In England, it became illegal to hire children under the age of nine.
B
The Mines Act prevented women and children from working underground.
C
The Supreme Court created social security to support retired workers.
D
The Supreme Court of the United States objected to a federal child labor law.
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