Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which development
caused the other three?
(NY State
Test) a. | increased productivity of
industrial workers | b. | introduction of the factory system | c. | increased urbanization | d. | unsafe working conditions | | |
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As a result of the Industrial Revolution, more and more
people gained the right to vote between 1820 and 9020 as illustrated in the chart
below.
Based on who was allowed to vote in Great Britain, in which year would a bill
increasing workers’ wages be most likely to pass?
(Kansas Assessment)
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Which of these was
a problem caused by the Industrial Revolution?
a. | reduced spending on military goods | b. | exploitation of children in factory jobs | c. | increase in isolationist policies | d. | sharing of profits with workers | | |
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As a society
becomes more urbanized and industrialized, it tends to _______.
a. | depend more on the extended family structure | b. | develop a more rigid class system | c. | modify traditional beliefs and customs | d. | resist cultural diffusion | | |
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All the following
characterized 19th-century industrialization except _______.
a. | long working hours | c. | elimination of private property | b. | rapid population growth | d. | child labor | | | | |
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“It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke
and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like the
painted face of a savage. It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which
interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves for ever and ever, and never got uncoiled. It
had a black canal in it, and a river that ran purple with ill-smelling dye.”
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Base your
answers to this questions on the passage above.
The author of this passage is
describing conditions caused by the _______.
a. | Industrial Revolution | c. | French Revolution | b. | Scientific Revolution | d. | Commercial Revolution | | | | |
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Base your answer
to this question on the table below.
Which event caused this
population shift in Great Britain?
(NY
Regents) a. | the bubonic
plague | c. | emigration to the Americas | b. | the Industrial Revolution | d. | rebellions in Ireland | | | | |
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Why did Great
Britain have a comparative advantage in textile production during the Industrial
Revolution?
a. | Great Britain had access to
large labor markets and raw materials from its colonies. | b. | Great Britain had many wealthy investors and a large population of
forced labor. | c. | Great Britain had good
harbors and a king who was interested in building a military machine. | d. | Great Britain had a large land mass and abundant energy
sources. | | |
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Industrialization
during the late 1800s contributed to the development of organized labor because it
_______.
(Texas TAKS Test) a. | created low-wage, low-skill jobs that made employees easy to
replace | b. | contributed to the growth of
college business programs | c. | allowed individuals to accumulate huge
fortunes | d. | reduced the demand for hourly
wage earners | | |
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A long-term result
of the Industrial Revolution in Europe was _______.
a. | an increase in the number of small farms | b. | a decline in international trade | c. | a strengthening of the economic power of the
nobility | d. | a general rise in the
standard of living | | |
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