Question 1

Economically advanced European countries preferred to preserve their advantages and exert control over non-European nations through:

Accepted Answer

A)  religious proselytizing of missionaries. 
B)  military force and occupation. 
C)  lending money. 
D)  erecting monopolies. 
E)  establishing colonial rule. 
A)  religious proselytizing of missionaries. 
B)  military force and occupation. 
C)  lending money. 
D)  erecting monopolies. 
E)  establishing colonial rule.

Question 2

What changes occurred in the second phase of the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

While "cheaper and better" was the goal

Question 3

Probably the most revolutionary aspect of the Industrial Revolution was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the introduction of labor-saving machinery. 
B)  the imposition of a new time discipline throughout daily life. 
C)  the reorganization of labor in factories. 
D)  the dramatic growth of industrial cities. 
E)  the exploitation of new forms of energy. 
A)  the introduction of labor-saving machinery. 
B)  the imposition of a new time discipline throughout daily life. 
C)  the reorganization of labor in factories. 
D)  the dramatic growth of industrial cities. 
E)  the exploitation of new forms of energy.

Question 4

The British government,concerned with working conditions in the early 1800s,held a series of hearings and upon learning of conditions that existed in British factories:

Accepted Answer

A)  immediately passed a set of labor laws that greatly improved the working conditions and wages of workers in 1830. 
B)  expressed sympathy but declared that because of British regulations protecting free market capitalism, nothing could be done. 
C)  suggested that workers organize themselves and appeal to the Church of England for relief. 
D)  realized the controversial nature of any move to regulate labor, but nevertheless passed several pieces of legislation to prohibit hiring children under the age of nine and to limit the hours worked by those under the age of eighteen. 
E)  passed the Reform Bill of 1832, which extended the franchise to all males and most women; the new Parliament elected outlawed child labor and set a minimum, livable wage. 
A)  immediately passed a set of labor laws that greatly improved the working conditions and wages of workers in 1830. 
B)  expressed sympathy but declared that because of British regulations protecting free market capitalism, nothing could be done. 
C)  suggested that workers organize themselves and appeal to the Church of England for relief. 
D)  realized the controversial nature of any move to regulate labor, but nevertheless passed several pieces of legislation to prohibit hiring children under the age of nine and to limit the hours worked by those under the age of eighteen. 
E)  passed the Reform Bill of 1832, which extended the franchise to all males and most women; the new Parliament elected outlawed child labor and set a minimum, livable wage.

Question 5

Most of the labor force in Russia was made up of _________,who remained bound to the land and did not profit from their labor until 1861.

Accepted Answer

A)  Serfs 
B)  Children 
C)  Peasants 
D)  Women 
E)  Men 
A)  Serfs 
B)  Children 
C)  Peasants 
D)  Women 
E)  Men

Question 6

Continental Europe lagged behind Great Britain in industrializing due primarily to:

Accepted Answer

A)  a lack of natural resources and capital to finance factories. 
B)  the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. 
C)  an inexplicable decline in the birthrate throughout Europe. 
D)  a lack of interest in moving from the countryside to cities. 
E)  a change in climate that prompted massive immigration from Europe. 
A)  a lack of natural resources and capital to finance factories. 
B)  the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. 
C)  an inexplicable decline in the birthrate throughout Europe. 
D)  a lack of interest in moving from the countryside to cities. 
E)  a change in climate that prompted massive immigration from Europe.

Question 7

What was the impact of the ideals behind "the Cult of Domesticity" on women in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

The rise of the middle class and the cen

Question 8

In nineteenth-century society,the "middle class" was unified by similar or common:

Accepted Answer

A)  income. 
B)  material possessions. 
C)  religion. 
D)  values. 
E)  family ties. 
A)  income. 
B)  material possessions. 
C)  religion. 
D)  values. 
E)  family ties.

Question 9

When the author Jules Michelet spoke of "love's eternal wound," he was referring to:

Accepted Answer

A)  menstruation. 
B)  libido. 
C)  romantic heartbreak. 
D)  psychological distress caused by motherhood. 
E)  divorce. 
A)  menstruation. 
B)  libido. 
C)  romantic heartbreak. 
D)  psychological distress caused by motherhood. 
E)  divorce.

Question 10

Of all the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution,perhaps the most revolutionary was in the new forms of energy that were discovered.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Only after a series of factory acts was the employment of children in mines and mills under the age of eighteen made illegal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The many environmental changes caused by the Industrial Revolution included all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  air pollution caused by industries. 
B)  water pollution caused by population increases in urban centers. 
C)  air pollution caused by home heating with wood. 
D)  water pollution caused by mining detritus. 
E)  diminishing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. 
A)  air pollution caused by industries. 
B)  water pollution caused by population increases in urban centers. 
C)  air pollution caused by home heating with wood. 
D)  water pollution caused by mining detritus. 
E)  diminishing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Question 13

The domination of the world by European industry was,in general,a result of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the use of military force and financial agreements. 
B)  the Protestant work ethic and the spirit of capitalism. 
C)  patented improvements in the iron industry. 
D)  the abolition of the European peasantry through enclosure. 
E)  the patents held by Europeans for the machinery needed to industrialize. 
A)  the use of military force and financial agreements. 
B)  the Protestant work ethic and the spirit of capitalism. 
C)  patented improvements in the iron industry. 
D)  the abolition of the European peasantry through enclosure. 
E)  the patents held by Europeans for the machinery needed to industrialize.

Question 14

What factors were behind the population growth of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Several factors were important to the dr

Question 15

What was the impact of industrialization on the countryside?

Accepted Answer

Even as the West grew more prosperous,co

Question 16

In what ways did the Continent attempt to reproduce by design what Britain had produced by chance in the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Europe faced very different conditions i

Question 17

The sexuality of working-class women was:

Accepted Answer

A)  conditioned by poverty and the absence of privacy. 
B)  nearly identical to that of middle-class women. 
C)  of no concern whatsoever to middle-class reformers. 
D)  much stronger in the cities than in the countryside. 
E)  much stronger in the countryside than in the cities. 
A)  conditioned by poverty and the absence of privacy. 
B)  nearly identical to that of middle-class women. 
C)  of no concern whatsoever to middle-class reformers. 
D)  much stronger in the cities than in the countryside. 
E)  much stronger in the countryside than in the cities.

Question 18

The rapid expansion of the textile industry in Great Britain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries:

Accepted Answer

A)  was sustained by persistently high prices for clothing. 
B)  led to the withdrawal of children from the workforce. 
C)  was based overwhelmingly on domestic demand. 
D)  depended upon a large merchant marine and powerful navy. 
E)  was the result of the application of steam power to textile production. 
A)  was sustained by persistently high prices for clothing. 
B)  led to the withdrawal of children from the workforce. 
C)  was based overwhelmingly on domestic demand. 
D)  depended upon a large merchant marine and powerful navy. 
E)  was the result of the application of steam power to textile production.

Question 19

A central difference in the development of industrialization in Great Britain and the United States on the one hand and continental Europe on the other was the involvement of:

Accepted Answer

A)  private companies in Europe and the exclusive involvement of government in Great Britain. 
B)  the Roman Catholic Church to the exclusion of government and private companies in Europe. 
C)  government through subsidies, incentives, and direct development in Europe. 
D)  foreign investors only in Great Britain and a mix of foreign and national investors in Europe. 
E)  the peasantry who moved to the urban centers and provided the needed labor on the Continent. 
A)  private companies in Europe and the exclusive involvement of government in Great Britain. 
B)  the Roman Catholic Church to the exclusion of government and private companies in Europe. 
C)  government through subsidies, incentives, and direct development in Europe. 
D)  foreign investors only in Great Britain and a mix of foreign and national investors in Europe. 
E)  the peasantry who moved to the urban centers and provided the needed labor on the Continent.

Question 20

Queen Victoria of England ascended to the throne in 1837 and became one of the country's most successful monarchs,in no small measure because she:

Accepted Answer

A)  met with her subjects regularly in very informal settings to find out what she could do to help them. 
B)  embodied the traits important to the middle class, whose habits of mind we now call Victorian. 
C)  waged a successful series of wars with virtually every nation in Europe to wipe out the last vestiges of Marxist thought. 
D)  bowed to public pressure and reestablished Roman Catholicism as the state religion of Great Britain. 
E)  returned to the principle of absolutism that had been abandoned by the British monarchy two centuries earlier. 
A)  met with her subjects regularly in very informal settings to find out what she could do to help them. 
B)  embodied the traits important to the middle class, whose habits of mind we now call Victorian. 
C)  waged a successful series of wars with virtually every nation in Europe to wipe out the last vestiges of Marxist thought. 
D)  bowed to public pressure and reestablished Roman Catholicism as the state religion of Great Britain. 
E)  returned to the principle of absolutism that had been abandoned by the British monarchy two centuries earlier.

Exam 19: The Industrial Revolution and Nineteenth-Century Society

Economically advanced European countries preferred to preserve their advantages and exert control over non-European nations through:

What changes occurred in the second phase of the Industrial Revolution?

Probably the most revolutionary aspect of the Industrial Revolution was:

The British government,concerned with working conditions in the early 1800s,held a series of hearings and upon learning of conditions that existed in British factories:

Most of the labor force in Russia was made up of _________,who remained bound to the land and did not profit from their labor until 1861.

Continental Europe lagged behind Great Britain in industrializing due primarily to:

What was the impact of the ideals behind "the Cult of Domesticity" on women in the nineteenth century?

In nineteenth-century society,the "middle class" was unified by similar or common:

When the author Jules Michelet spoke of "love's eternal wound," he was referring to:

Of all the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution,perhaps the most revolutionary was in the new forms of energy that were discovered.

Only after a series of factory acts was the employment of children in mines and mills under the age of eighteen made illegal.

The many environmental changes caused by the Industrial Revolution included all of the following EXCEPT:

The domination of the world by European industry was,in general,a result of:

What factors were behind the population growth of the nineteenth century?

What was the impact of industrialization on the countryside?

In what ways did the Continent attempt to reproduce by design what Britain had produced by chance in the Industrial Revolution?

The sexuality of working-class women was:

The rapid expansion of the textile industry in Great Britain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries:

A central difference in the development of industrialization in Great Britain and the United States on the one hand and continental Europe on the other was the involvement of:

Queen Victoria of England ascended to the throne in 1837 and became one of the country's most successful monarchs,in no small measure because she:

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