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Unit III Review Sheet – The Industrial Revolution

  1. What are characteristics of the Neolithic Revolution?
  1. What are some results of the Neolithic Revolution?
  1. How did the Agricultural (Agrarian) Revolution support to the Industrial Revolution?
  1. Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Great Britain? Explain how the geography contributed to Industrialization.
  1. How did the invention of new machines (ex: the spinning jenny) impact industry?
  1. Why was there mass starvation in Ireland in the 1840’s?
  1. How were the problems of the Industrial Revolution corrected?
  1. What were the short term effects of the Industrial Revolution?
  1. What were the long term effects of the Industrial Revolution?
  1. Which social class benefited the most from Industrialization? Why?
  1. What were conditions like in factories and cities?
  1. How did the government in England eventually address the problems in factories and cities that resulted from Industrialization?
  1. Summarize the accounts of Engels, Dickens, and Tocqueville
  1. What were the main beliefs of:
  2. Thomas Malthus
  1. Adam Smith
  1. Karl Marx
  1. Which social class was exploited under laissez-faire? How were they exploited?
  1. Which social class benefited the most from the ideas of Karl Marx? The least?
  1. Why did a Communist Revolution not take place in an industrialized society like Marx predicted?
  1. Between 1845 and 1860, which factor caused a large decline in Ireland’s population?
  2. Famine
  3. Civil War
  4. Plague
  5. War against Spain
  1. Before a nation can begin to industrialize, that nation must first develop
  2. A democratic government
  3. A rigid class structure
  4. A strong religious foundation
  5. An adequate food supply
  1. Which development caused the other three?
  2. Introduction of the factory system
  3. Increased urbanization
  4. Increased productivity of industrial workers
  5. Unsafe working conditions
  1. The invention of spinning and weaving machinery increased the number of works in the textile industry in Europe because
  2. The early textile machines could not produce goods as efficiently as hand labor
  3. Laws prohibited women and children from working with machinery
  4. The demand for goods increased as goods became cheaper to produce
  5. The unions required that more workers be hired to maintain the machines
  1. The beginnings of both the Neolithic Revolution and the Industrial Revolution depended on
  2. Cultural isolation
  3. Increased social mobility
  4. technological advances
  5. political reforms
  1. Which statement best describes a major reason why the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain?
  2. Sufficient coal and iron reserves and a good transportation system were available
  3. Industries were owned by the national government
  4. A strong union movement was able to secure good working conditions and high wages for factory workers
  5. Cities could easily accommodate the migration of people from rural to urban areas.
  1. Laissez-faire economists of the 19th century argued that
  2. The government should regulate the economy and foreign trade
  3. Individuals should be allowed to pursue their self-interest in a free market
  4. Governments should develop a state-run banking system to prevent instability
  5. Anarchy would result if universal male suffrage was granted
  1. Laissez-faire capitalism as attributed to Adam Smith called for
  2. Heavy taxation of manufactures
  3. Strict government control of the economy
  4. Minimal government involvement in the economy
  5. Government investments in major industries
  1. In Europe, which group benefited the most from the industrialization of the 19th century?
  2. Rural farmers
  3. Middle class
  4. Factory workers
  5. Clergy
  1. A major result of the Industrial Revolution was the
  2. Concentration of workers in urban areas
  3. Increased desire of the wealthy class to share its power
  4. Formation of powerful craft guilds
  5. Control of agricultural production by governments
  1. During the 1800’s, reform legislation passed in Great Britain led to
  2. Formation of zaibatsu, greater equality for men, and establishment of a banking system
  3. Legalizing trade unions, setting minimum wages, and limiting child labor
  4. Government-owned factories, establishment of five-year plans, and limiting child labor
  5. Bans on overseas trade, mandatory military service, and universal suffrage for women
  1. Which statement best illustrates a basic principle held by Karl Marx?
  2. Class differences inevitably lead to social conflict
  3. Ownership of private property should be encouraged
  4. The needs of citizens are best met by an extended family unit
  5. Government should leave the economy alone