Industrial Revolution Causes

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What agricultural innovations contributed to the rising population during the Industrial Revolution?

  • Introduction of potatoes and corn (correct)
  • Adoption of soybean farming
  • Expansion of wheat cultivation
  • Utilization of rice paddies

How did the Enclosure Acts impact farmers during the Industrial Revolution?

  • Offered financial incentives for agricultural innovation
  • Provided farmers with more land for cultivation
  • Forced many farmers into becoming landless laborers (correct)
  • Encouraged communal farming practices

What played a key role in making the factory system possible during the Industrial Revolution?

  • Invention of textile production techniques (correct)
  • Decrease in demand for manufactured goods
  • Expansion of traditional home-based production
  • Dependence on manual labor

What natural resources were easily accessible and crucial for industrialization during the Industrial Revolution?

<p>Coal, iron, and timber (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did industrialization spread across Western Europe during the Industrial Revolution?

<p>By workers moving to cities and factories in search of employment (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was a significant outcome of the growth of the middle class during industrialization?

<p>Increased clashes with the upper class (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did industrialization impact family dynamics in different social classes?

<p>Working families spent less time together (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What effect did the emergence of unions have on industrial workers?

<p>Improved working and living conditions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was a key factor contributing to the widening gap between the rich and poor during industrialization?

<p>Lack of government regulatory intervention (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which movement emerged as a response to the exploitation of lower-class women and children in factories?

<p>Women's suffrage movement (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was a consequence of businesses beginning to sell stock to raise capital during industrialization?

<p>Growth and spread of capitalist/free enterprise ideas (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did textile manufacturing contribute to the industrialization process?

<p>By creating the factory system (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What characterized the clash between new money middle-class factory owners/traders and old money upper-class landlords?

<p>'New money' assuming traditional upper-class roles (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did steam technology contribute to industrialization?

<p>By enabling faster transportation of goods. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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