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At the end of the 1800s, the direct effect of more leisure time was that

A
boredom enveloped the culture.
B
there was an increase in crime.
C
popular culture began to grow.
D
people took second jobs.
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By paying low wages, factory owners were able to

A
increase their profits in a competitive environment.
B
avoid overcrowding and accidents on the factory floor.
C
hire fewer workers to perform a variety of tasks.
D
promise higher pay as an incentive to work harder.
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According to Karl Marx, the economic ideas behind socialism would lead to a

A
communist revolution.
B
socialist revolution.
C
capitalist revolution.
D
utopian revolution.
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Why were factory conditions so bad at the start of the Industrial Revolution?

A
Factory owners wanted to maximize profits.
B
Laws were not in place to protect workers.
C
There was too much work and too few workers.
D
Workers were used to poor conditions.
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Who was instrumental in leading the movement for child labor reform?

A
Lewis Hine
B
William Wilberforce
C
Parliament
D
Congress
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The word for political or social change is

A
abolition.
B
strike.
C
reform.
D
suffrage.
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Karl Marx developed the economic theory of

A
socialism.
B
capitalism.
C
utopianism.
D
communism.
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This is a picture of workers in a factory.

Question illustration
A
to advertise that kids could get jobs
B
to expose the horrors of child labor
C
to show pride in children at work
D
to show that night workers were needed
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An effect of the steamboat’s popularity was that

A
fewer people traveled by rail.
B
steam locomotives became less popular.
C
people began to build canals in the United States and Europe.
D
more people began to travel between the United States and Europe.
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What factor would have most likely prevented the problems that cities faced during urbanization?

A
an effort to modernize rural farming
B
a slower transition to industrialization
C
more affordable housing for workers
D
mandatory health tests for workers
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New laws that were passed during the Industrial Revolution helped city residents by

A
creating more jobs for industrial workers.
B
giving children the option to attend school.
C
improving the standard of living in cities.
D
enabling people to move to the upper class.
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As the 1800s progressed, demands for labor reform increased mainly because

A
hiring practices were not standardized and were unfair.
B
wages were not based on workers’ experience.
C
working conditions were horrible.
D
firings were without cause.
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What was the main reason for poor living conditions in cities?

A
Cities didn’t care about the welfare of new workers.
B
New workers could not adapt to living in city buildings.
C
New workers did not clean up after themselves.
D
Cities were not prepared for so many new workers.
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The middle class that emerged during the Industrial Revolution consisted mainly of

A
working class people who got factory jobs.
B
a mix of government officials and skilled workers.
C
wealthy people who owned factories and businesses.
D
a mix of working class and upper-class workers.
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What were the two main reasons workers formed unions?

A
as a form of social protest and to protect themselves from poor work conditions
B
for a social group and to protect themselves from poor work conditions
C
for a social group and to strike if they didn’t get what they wanted
D
as a form of social protest and to strike if they didn’t get what they wanted
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An important development or discovery in science and medicine due to industrialization was

A
Salk’s development of a vaccine that could prevent polio.
B
Pasteur’s discovery that disease is spread by bacteria.
C
Curie’s development of the process of pasteurization.
D
Jenner’s discovery of a medium for growing and identifying bacteria.
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Henry FordCharles DickensAlexandre DumasJonas Salk

A
Henry Ford
B
Charles Dickens
C
Alexandre Dumas
D
Jonas Salk
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strikingcollective bargainingjoining a unionprotesting

A
striking
B
collective bargaining
C
joining a union
D
protesting

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