UNIT 8 INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
TEST REVIEW
Directions:
I. Identify the term for the following definition:
1. refusal to work
2. process of negotiating for better wages and working conditions
3. production of large quantities of identical products
4. the new management class during the industrial era
5. the working class during the industrial era
6. organized group of laborers who advocate better wages and working conditions for employees
7. non-interference by the government in economic affairs
II. Answer the following questions:
1. Who invented the wireless radio?
2. Who invented the modern steam engine?
3. Who developed the process of vulcanized rubber?
4. Who developed the cheaper steel process?
5. Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
6. Who is the father of modern communism?
7. Where was the location of the first successful sustained flight?
8. What was the first industry to use mechanization?
9. Who was the most expensive to employ?
10. What impact did mass production have on price?
11. What theory did Adam Smith use to regulate business?
12. What was the average length of the workday prior to the reform movement? After?
13. Why were women and children desired as employees in the factories?
14. What was the major source of power in the early 1800’s?
15. What happened to the small farmers as a result of the enclosure movement?
16. Why was there an increase in union membership during the industrial age?
17. Why did imperialism follow after industrialization?
18. What is utilitarianism?
19. Was there a strong family unit during industrialization?
20. What was the title of Karl Marx’s book?
21. Describe the class system created in pure communism. Modern communism
22. What impact did the cotton gin have on slave labor?
23. How did the agricultural revolution lead to the industrial revolution?
24. What are the five necessary factors of production for a successful revolution?
25. Make a diagram to summarize the basic beliefs of capitalism, socialism and communism.