The Growth Of Cities:Pre-Test

The shift toward mass production affected consumers by making goods less expensive. creating a greater variety of goods. creating fewer luxury goods. making goods that lasted longer.

During the Industrial Revolution, who demanded reform? factory owners working class people professional people government officials

The term slum means a noisy, busy city filled with many residents. a busy neighborhood with apartment buildings. an industrial neighborhood containing many factories. a crowded area with run-down housing and high poverty.

New laws that were passed during the Industrial Revolution helped city residents by creating more jobs for industrial workers. giving children the option to attend school. improving the standard of living in cities. enabling people to move to the upper class.

Based on the graph, a conclusion that can be drawn about the textile industry is that textile factories had more jobs that children could perform. textile factories had safe working conditions for children. textile factories offered good pay and shorter hours to children. textile factories hired older and more capable children.

Workers were attracted to industrial cities because they offered workers the chance to use their skills in new ways. they offered many cultural and educational opportunities. they offered workers the opportunity to earn higher wages. they offered better living conditions than rural farms.

By paying low wages, factory owners were able to increase their profits in a competitive environment. avoid overcrowding and accidents on the factory floor. hire fewer workers to perform a variety of tasks. promise higher pay as an incentive to work harder.

Why were factory conditions so bad at the start of the Industrial Revolution? Factory owners wanted to maximize profits. Laws were not in place to protect workers. There was too much work and too few workers. Workers were used to poor conditions.

Why did it take so long for working class people to fight for improved conditions? Workers were simply grateful to have a job and a place to live. Workers accepted that industrialization brought problems. Workers were too tired from their jobs to protest. Workers had no power to make their voices heard.

Early in the Industrial Revolution, factory owners employed many women. children. miners. artisans.

New laws that were passed during the Industrial Revolution helped city residents by

The graph shows child worker rates in Britain. According to the graph, the total percentage of children working mining and textile industries was highest in the year

Factory employees worked _____ days a week.

Workers were attracted to industrial cities because

The shift toward mass production affected consumers by

The middle class that emerged during the Industrial Revolution consisted mainly of

What was the main reason for poor living conditions in cities?

Why were factory conditions so bad at the start of the Industrial Revolution?

Early in the Industrial Revolution, factory owners employed many

Why did it take so long for working class people to fight for improved conditions?

What was the biggest effect that new technology had on farm workers?

The graph shows the population of Manchester, England. What development most likely explains the information in this chart?

By paying low wages, factory owners were able to

This excerpt by British physician John Griscom was written in 1842. By providing the laboring classes with better tenements, improved ventilation, and healthy and cleanly arrangements in respect to yards, sinks and sewerage, they will certainly suffer less from sickness and premature mortality, and a vast amount of pauperism, crime, and wretchedness be prevented . . . What is the most likely reason Griscom connected crime to poor living conditions?

The term slum means

Workers were attracted to industrial cities because

What was the main reason for poor living conditions in cities?

What was the biggest effect that new technology had on farm workers?

By paying low wages, factory owners were able to

The term slum means

The shift toward mass production affected consumers by

New laws that were passed during the Industrial Revolution helped city residents by

Early in the Industrial Revolution, factory owners employed many

This excerpt by British physician John Griscom was written in 1842. By providing the laboring classes with better tenements, improved ventilation, and healthy and cleanly arrangements in respect to yards, sinks and sewerage, they will certainly suffer less from sickness and premature mortality, and a vast amount of pauperism, crime, and wretchedness be prevented . . . What is the most likely reason Griscom connected crime to poor living conditions?

The middle class that emerged during the Industrial Revolution consisted mainly of

Urbanization is best described as the .