Mid Term 2 Exam Questions(Chapters 20-25) Flashcards
The Industrial Revolution had its beginnings in
Great Britain
Britain’s emergence as the first industrial power was aided by all of the following except
a. a rapid population growth and a surplus pool of labor.
b. the agricultural revolution of the eighteenth century.
c. a ready supply of domestic and colonial markets.
d. Parliament’s heavy and controlling involvement in private enterprise.
e. a developed financial system.
Parliament’s heavy and controlling involvement in private enterprise.
The Industrial Revolution in Britain was largely inspired by
entrepreneurs who sought and accepted the new profitable manufacturing methods.
The infrastructure advantages in Britain promoting rapid industrialization included all of the following except
internal customs posts.
The spinning jenny was invented by
Richard Hargreaves.
The first step toward the Industrial Revolution in Britain occurred within its
cotton textile industry.
Britain’s cotton industry in the late eighteenth century
was responsible for the creation of the first modern factories.
Which one of the following allowed steam engines to be located away from rivers?
They ran on coal.
Which of the following inventions proved vital to the industrialization of British cotton manufacturing?
a. Arkwright’s spinning frame.
b. Hargreaves’ spinning jenny.
c. Cartwright’s power loom.
d. a and b
e. all of the above
e.all of the above
James Watt was vital to the Industrial Revolution for his invention of
a rotary engine that could spin and weave cotton.
Textile workers in which of the following countries, formerly dependent on such work, could no longer compete with British cotton produced with the aid of steam engines?
India.
The success of the steam engine in the Industrial Revolution made Britain dependent upon
coal.
The Englishman Henry Cort was responsible for the process in iron smelting known as
puddling.
In 1804, Richard Trevithick pioneered
the first steam-powered locomotive on an industrial rail line.
The development of the railroads in the Industrial Revolution was important in
increasing British supremacy in civil and mechanical engineering.
