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Document 6<br />
Selected Factors of Industrial Production in Great Britain<br />
A<br />
1100<br />
1000<br />
<br />
<br />
Raw Cotton Consumption<br />
(in millions of pounds)<br />
900<br />
800<br />
700<br />
600<br />
500<br />
400<br />
300<br />
200<br />
100<br />
1820 1825 1830 1835 1840 1845 1850 1855 1860<br />
Year<br />
<br />
<br />
B<br />
Output of Coal (in millions of tons)<br />
240<br />
220<br />
200<br />
180<br />
160<br />
140<br />
120<br />
100<br />
80<br />
C<br />
Miles of Railroad<br />
20000<br />
18000<br />
16000<br />
14000<br />
12000<br />
10000<br />
8000<br />
60<br />
1855 1860 1865 1870 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900<br />
Year<br />
6000<br />
1850 1855 1860 1865 1870 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900<br />
Year<br />
Source: Brian Mitchell, Abstract of British Historical Statistics, Cambridge University Press, 1962 (adapted)<br />
6 What do these graphs imply about the effect of steam-powered machinery on industrial<br />
production in Great Britain?<br />
Score of 1:<br />
States an effect of steam-powered machinery on industrial production in Great Britain that can be<br />
implied from the graphs<br />
Examples: encouraged the growth of more railroads; led to an increase in coal production;<br />
increased textile production; increased dem<strong>and</strong> for more cotton; industrial<br />
production increased<br />
Score of 0:<br />
Incorrect response<br />
Examples: there were miles of railroad; cotton was consumed; cotton <strong>and</strong> coal were similar;<br />
Great Britain had coal; increased cotton production in Great Britain<br />
Vague response that does not answer the question<br />
Examples: coal <strong>and</strong> railroads; raw cotton was grown<br />
No response<br />
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