U50: The Industrial Age: Practice quiz

Which describes the connection between a mechanical loom and a cotton gin? The gin was invented first to increase textile production, and then the loom produced more cotton. The loom and the gin were invented at the same time to improve textile production. The loom and the gin were invented at the same time to improve cotton production. The loom was invented first to increase textile production, and then the gin produced more cotton.

loom was invented first to increase textile production, and then the gin produced more cotton.

What was the most important role textiles played in the Industrial Revolution? Mass-produced textiles meant that workers had more and better clothing. Industrialization of the textile industry led to more demand for cotton. Development of textile factories made domestic textile production obsolete. Machines invented to mass-produce textiles led to other inventions.

Industrialization of the textile industry led to more demand for cotton.

What role did crop rotation play in the Agricultural Revolution? It enabled farmers to plant many new types of crops. It allowed farmers to share crops with one another. It introduced new machines to plant and harvest crops. It helped restore nutrients to the soil so crops grew better.

It helped restore nutrients to the soil so crops grew better.

Which of these statements describe life after the Agricultural Revolution? Check all that apply. Most farmland was controlled by the wealthy. People moved to cities to find work. Farms produced fewer crops. More people lived and worked in rural areas. Landowners put enclosures around land.

Most farmland was controlled by the wealthy. People moved to cities to find work. Landowners put enclosures around land.

During the Agricultural Revolution, what was the main advantage of tenant farming rather than moving to the city for work? Tenant farmers could use a skill they already had rather than starting over. The future lay in farming instead of in the types of jobs people could find in cities. Landowners gave tenant farmers large plots of land for their personal use. Tenant farmers managed other workers but did not have to do manual labor.

Tenant farmers could use a skill they already had rather than starting over.

What most likely changed when cottage industries began to disappear? There was a greater market for cloth and home furnishings. People could not create goods as efficiently. There were fewer unusual textiles and other unique items. People abandoned cottages all over England.

There were fewer unusual textiles and other unique items

The excerpt is from The History of Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, by Edward Baines. A great number of streams . . . furnish water-power adequate to turn many hundred mills: they afford the element of water, indispensable for scouring, bleaching, printing, dyeing, and other processes of manufacture: and when collected in their larger channels, or employed to feed canals, they supply a superior inland navigation, so important for the transit of raw materials and merchandise. According to the excerpt, in what ways did water help England's industrial boom? Water supplied power and a means of transportation. Water helped people build hundreds of mills. Water helped people trade goods with nations overseas. Water enabled people to create raw materials.

Water supplied power and a means of transportation.

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An effect of the steamboat's popularity was that fewer people traveled by rail. steam locomotives became less popular. people began to build canals in the United States and Europe. more people began to travel between the United States and Europe.

people began to build canals in the United States and Europe.

Before the Agricultural Revolution, many people lived in rural areas because they could grow food on small areas of land. nearby farms produced plenty of food. they could grow crops quickly and efficiently. wealthy landowners gave them jobs on farms.

they could grow food on small areas of land.