A Worker's Life - Quiz Quiz

Question 1

In the 1800s, mass production led to

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A: a decrease in the demand for skilled workers.

Question 2

As a result of the system of mass production, the majority of factory owners

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B: replaced skilled workers with unskilled workers.

Question 3

The new system of production during the Second Industrial Revolution meant that unskilled workers did

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A: repetitive tasks for many hours.

Question 4

During the Gilded Age, people who worked in factories

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B: had to work long hours.

Question 5

During the Gilded Age, the shift to a system of mass production that paid workers low wages affected

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A: men, women, and children.

Question 6

Why did manufacturers hire children to work in their factories?

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D: Factory owners could pay children less money than they paid adults.

Question 7

During the Gilded Age, working women had

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A: limited work opportunities and were paid less than men.

Question 8

During the Second Industrial Revolution, which system of production dominated in factories?

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A: a system in which products were made rapidly by machines

Question 9

The system of large amounts of products produced rapidly by machines is called

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C: mass production.

Question 10

During the Gilded Age, a factory worker who was injured while working generally received

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C: neither pay nor health benefits.

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