Industrial Revolution Test study cards – Flashcards

________ printing press ________ steam engine ________ improved road building ________ flying shuttle ________ spinning jenny

Monasteries set an example for factories in strict discipline and precise work duties.

The Crusades decreased Europe's interest in travel and trade.

Industrialized methods and inventions were used first in England in the _______ industry.

Two raw materials needed by early industry were cotton and coal.

People who individually bought ownership in a corporation were called:

The disadvantages of factory life were endured largely by ________.

Factories were first powered by ______ then changed to _______ power.

The Crusades were led by Catholic Turks to free the Holy Land from Muslim control.

The production of goods by trained workers was necessary for trade to increase.

Before the Industrial Revolution, craftsmen commonly worked at home.

Many skilled workers and artisans left their trades and went to work in the factories.

Steam locomotives provided a faster and safer means of transporting goods.

The basic requirements needed by a nation for industrial growth are:

Early factors influencing the Industrial Revolution included:

Changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution included:

The early days of the Industrial Revolution:

The following industrial advantages enabled England to lead the way in Europe's Industrial Revolution:

What advantages did the steam engine bring to industry?

_______ Clermont _______ Rocket _______ wars to capture the Holy Land _______ cotton gin _______ change from hand to machine

The system of standardized parts made possible the replacing of broken or worn parts instead of replacing the whole product.

Stockholders chose directors and enforced company policies.

Factories were first powered by water and later by steam.

Ford's assembly-line production greatly reduced cost per unit.

Major goals of corporations were to eliminate competition and to increase profits.

_______ transatlantic cable _______ telephone _______ the Clermont ________ sewing machine ________ standardized parts ________ Tom Thumb _______ assembly-line production

The world-wide change from manual labor to machines was called _________ Revolution.

The merging of several businesses into one is called an _________.

The European nation taking the lead in industry was:

The main investors in the early industry of the United States were New England _________.

The United States' first national road was called the _________ Road.

At the time of the Civil War, the Northern economy was _______, but the Southern economy was largely ________.

The exclusive control of a product by a business is called a _______ of that product.

Early European factors that led to the birth of industry were:

Early American industry was given a boost by:

Measures controlling the practices of corporations included:

Corporations found success in using:

What factors and attitudes made the United States ripe for industrial growth?

Name two sources of power available to industry by the early 1900s.

_________ improved road construction ________ steam engine ________ reaping machine ________ airplane ________ oil well ________ light bulb

______ mass movement to the city ______ collective or government ownership of production and distrubution ______ opposed government intervention in private business _______ freedom of private business to compete and to operate for a profit ______ private ownership and distrubution of goods competitively in a free market _______ negotiations between labor and management

The Communist Manifesto is considered an important work on socialism.

Marx and Engels wrote of the deplorable factory conditions in England.

Communists agree with the free enterprise system.

Communists believe in the seizure of government by peaceful means.

Labor unions gave a voice against employer abuse to factory workers.

The law of supply and demand is foundational to a _______ economy.

Factors improving the lives of factory workers included:

Social changes resulting from the Industrial Revolution included:

What were the factors that gave rise to Communism?

_______ change from manual labor to machine _______ the piece by piece assembling of a product _______ interchangeable parts _______ merger of several businesses into one _______ exclusive control of a product _______ investors in corporations who share in the profits _____ controlled corporations practices

Factory workers had their grievances heard through a process called:

Taxes placed on imported goods to raise their prices are called:

Factories were first powered by _____ then changed to _____ power.

The disadvantages of factory life were endured by ______.