Question

What was the industrial revolution?(1 point)
Responses

A) when the US invaded Russia
A) when the US invaded Russia

B) when new machines fundamentally changed society
B) when new machines fundamentally changed society

C) when new machines fundamentally changed only US society
C) when new machines fundamentally changed only US society

D) when cloth began to made faster, but no other products ever had an increase in production
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What powered the Industrial Revolution?(1 point)
Responses

A) only waterpower
A) only waterpower

B) only steam engines
B) only steam engines

C) waterpower, steam engines (coal), livestock, and people
C) waterpower, steam engines (coal), livestock, and people

D) thermodynamic energy
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How did the American laissez-faire market economy help industry grow?(1 point)
Responses

A) it gave Americans and companies the freedom to buy, sell, and invest in a lot of things
A) it gave Americans and companies the freedom to buy, sell, and invest in a lot of things

B) it prevented Americans and companies the freedom to buy, sell, and invest in a lot of things
B) it prevented Americans and companies the freedom to buy, sell, and invest in a lot of things

C) the US federal government had exclusive rights to buy, sell, and invest in things
C) the US federal government had exclusive rights to buy, sell, and invest in things

D) it caused only economic crashes
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What did the industrial revolution do for the lives of Americans?(1 point)
Responses

A) it created only struggles
A) it created only struggles

B) it created only benefits
B) it created only benefits

C) it made it so that most Americans fled to western territories
C) it made it so that most Americans fled to western territories

D) it created both struggles and benefits
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Americans responded to the changes brought by the industrial revolution in all the following ways except…(1 point)
Responses

A) skilled artisans formed trade unions
A) skilled artisans formed trade unions

B) women-led groups fought for a ten-hour workday
B) women-led groups fought for a ten-hour workday

C) most Americans rejected things made in factories and returned to farming
C) most Americans rejected things made in factories and returned to farming

D) workers went on strike for better working conditions and pay
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All Americans welcomed newly arriving Irish and German immigrants in the 1840s and '50s.(1 point)
Responses

A) true
A) true

B) false
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B) when new machines fundamentally changed society
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C) waterpower, steam engines (coal), livestock, and people
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A) it gave Americans and companies the freedom to buy, sell, and invest in a lot of things
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D) it created both struggles and benefits
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C) most Americans rejected things made in factories and returned to farming
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B) false