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Industrial Revolution
text: What percentage of American workers were younger than 16 years old in 1900?, correct: 18%, incorrect: 10%,5%,23%, fun fact: Factory owners often favored children because they would work for less pay and were less likely to go on strike for better pay.,text: Which subversive economic philosophy emerged in Europe due to the Industrial Revolution?, correct: Marxism, incorrect: Mercantilism,Barter system,Feudalism, fun fact: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels believed that the widespread production brought about by the Industrial Revolution dehumanized its workers.,text: Which Industrial Revolution-era invention possibly contributed to the rise of slavery in America?, correct: Cotton gin, incorrect: The spinning loom,The Watt steam engine,The telephone, fun fact: Eli Whitney's cotton gin was able to clean 50 pounds of lint every day, which allowed many Southern cotton farmers to afford more enslaved people to work their fields.,text: What invention was the first weaving innovation to advance the Industrial Revolution?, correct: The flying shuttle, incorrect: The spinning jenny,The water frame,The power loom, fun fact: All of these inventions contributed to the industrialization of weaving, but the flying shuttle came the earliest, in 1733.,text: What water transportation structures were created in 19th-century Britain?, correct: Canals, incorrect: Bridges,Dams,Basins, fun fact: By the middle of the 1800s, Britain enjoyed over 4,000 miles worth of canals.,text: What product did the first modern factory produce?, correct: Spun cotton, incorrect: Iron,Paper,Milled grain, fun fact: The cotton-spinning mill's owner, Richard Arkwright, employed 200 workers in the village of Cromford.,text: What Scotsman improved the steam engine to become a critical factor in the Industrial Revolution?, correct: James Watt, incorrect: Adam Smith,David Hume,Robert Burns, fun fact: Watt did not invent the steam engine, but he changed how used steam was handled by the machine, thereby improving on Thomas Newcomen's original invention.,text: What replaced wood as the primary fuel source in the UK at the start of the Industrial Revolution?, correct: Coal, incorrect: Petroleum,Peat,Natural gas, fun fact: Coal was plentiful in the UK and could produce as much as three times the energy as the same amount of wood.,text: In which country did the Industrial Revolution start?, correct: The United Kingdom, incorrect: The United States of America,Russia,Spain, fun fact: Britain's worldwide influence and advanced economy led to the spread of the Industrial Revolution to most of the developed world.
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Industrial Revolution
What percentage of American workers were younger than 16 years old in 1900?
18%
5%
23%
10%
