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Which explanation best accounts for the early growth of textile production in factories?
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What term describes the growth of towns and the development of new industrial cities as people moved from the countryside?
03
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Complete the statements about early industrial growth: Coal supplied , while improvements in production provided material for machines, buildings, and railways.
04
True or false
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Industrialization spread at the same rate and in the same way everywhere it reached during the nineteenth century.
- A
True
- B
False
05
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What relationship between rail expansion and the steel industry is described for the later nineteenth century?
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Railways reduced the need for steel because they were built primarily from textiles.
- B
Railways made industrial production less dependent on transportation networks.
- C
Growing rail networks increased demand for steel.
- D
Railways caused the decline of steel production by replacing it with coal.
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Which measures were used over time to address problems caused by rapid urban growth? Select all that apply.
- A
Building municipal water systems
- B
Removing public-health departments
- C
Constructing sewers
- D
Introducing housing regulations
- E
Stopping all migration from the countryside
07
True or false
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Over time, public infrastructure and regulation addressed some problems created by rapid urban growth, but improvements were uneven.
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True
- B
False
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What term describes work performed in exchange for wages, on which the growing industrial working class relied?
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The Factory Act of 1833 limited the children could work in covered factories and required for younger child workers.
10
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Which description best explains how the factory system changed the organization of production?
- A
It kept most production in separate homes and small workshops without coordinated schedules.
- B
It brought machinery and workers together under employer coordination, enabling large-scale production of standardized goods.
- C
It replaced wage labor with work performed only by investors.
- D
It limited production to goods that could not be transported to distant markets.
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Which statements describe global connections that supported or shaped industrial growth? Select all that apply.
- A
Manufacturers relied on raw materials and overseas markets.
- B
Industrialization ended the use of coercion in the production of cotton.
- C
Textile production was tied to cotton grown in the Americas, including by enslaved people in the United States before the Civil War.
- D
Industrial growth made access to raw materials and overseas markets unnecessary.
12
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Why did rapid growth in many industrial towns contribute to crowded housing and inadequate services?
- A
Urban growth reduced pressure on housing because fewer people moved to towns.
- B
Factories and railway centers generally attracted workers away from industrial towns.
- C
Housing and infrastructure expanded faster than town populations, creating a surplus of services.
- D
Rapid growth often outpaced the construction of housing and public infrastructure.
13
Open ended
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Explain how energy and transportation developments helped industrial producers obtain materials and sell goods over greater distances. Use at least two examples.
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Which description best captures the Industrial Revolution?
- A
A rapid shift from factory production back to household handcrafts
- B
A long shift from farming and handcraft production toward machines, factories, and wage labor
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A change from wage labor to an economy based mainly on subsistence farming
- D
A movement that replaced industrial production with overseas trade
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How did railways help industrial economies expand?
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They made factories independent of workers and machinery.
- B
They replaced the need for raw materials in manufacturing.
- C
They connected industrial towns with sources of goods and markets.
- D
They prevented manufactured products from being sold over long distances.
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Which explanation best shows how energy and materials supported the growth of factory production?
- A
Factories expanded mainly because hand tools became cheaper, making power sources unnecessary.
- B
Coal, iron, and sources of power supported the machinery and infrastructure of industrial production.
- C
Railways replaced the need for factories to use machinery.
- D
Textile machines reduced production, making new energy sources less important.
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Which conclusion about industrialization and global trade is supported by the connection between textile production and cotton grown in the Americas?
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Industrial growth could rely on global systems that included coerced labor and unequal trade.
- B
Industrial growth ended the use of overseas raw materials in textile production.
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Industrial production depended only on materials grown near European factories.
- D
The textile economy was separate from cotton production in the Americas.
18
True or false
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Industrialization’s benefits and costs were shared equally among all groups, and it did not intensify environmental change.
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True
- B
False
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In what year did Britain pass the Factory Act that limited the hours children could work in covered factories and established a factory inspectorate?
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What two-word term describes organizing production in workplaces where employers coordinate machinery, schedules, and workers?