Question 1

What term did Karl Marx use to describe the growing belief among working people that they belonged to a particular social class?

Accepted Answer

A)  Class-consciousness 
B)  Self awareness 
C)  Proletariatization 
D)  Self-actualization 
A)  Class-consciousness 
B)  Self awareness 
C)  Proletariatization 
D)  Self-actualization

Question 2

What was the impact of industrialization on the women of Britain? Were these changes positive or negative? How have historians interpreted these changes?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Prior to t

Question 3

How did James Watt fundamentally improve the Newcomen steam engine?

Accepted Answer

A)  He used coal instead of wood for fuel. 
B)  He added a condenser to the engine. 
C)  He introduced gears to change the power ratio. 
D)  He made an airtight seal on the cylinders. 
A)  He used coal instead of wood for fuel. 
B)  He added a condenser to the engine. 
C)  He introduced gears to change the power ratio. 
D)  He made an airtight seal on the cylinders.

Question 4

What role did war play in how the European continent industrialized?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
War on the

Question 5

Which of the following was the primary source of heat for all European homes and industries until the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wood 
B)  Coal 
C)  Water 
D)  Peat 
A)  Wood 
B)  Coal 
C)  Water 
D)  Peat

Question 6

In which British industry did the first modern factories begin to appear?

Accepted Answer

A)  The furniture-making industry 
B)  The steel industry 
C)  The textile industry 
D)  The china and pottery industry 
A)  The furniture-making industry 
B)  The steel industry 
C)  The textile industry 
D)  The china and pottery industry

Question 7

Choose and describe two inventions that made a significant contribution to the Industrial Revolution. How did the inventions contribute to the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:

Question 8

The world's first important steam-powered train, the Rocket, provided service between what two English cities?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bath and Exeter 
B)  London and Sheffield 
C)  Leeds and Newcastle 
D)  Liverpool and Manchester 
A)  Bath and Exeter 
B)  London and Sheffield 
C)  Leeds and Newcastle 
D)  Liverpool and Manchester

Question 9

Where did Fritz Harkort set up production of steam engines?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Netherlands 
B)  The United States 
C)  Germany 
D)  France 
A)  The Netherlands 
B)  The United States 
C)  Germany 
D)  France

Question 10

What geographic features encouraged England's industrialization?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
England ha

Question 11

Use the following to answer questions :
-spinning jenny

Accepted Answer

A) A term first coined in the 1830s to describe the burst of major inventions and economic expansion that took place in certain industries, such as cotton textiles and iron, between 1780 and 1850. 
B) A simple, inexpensive, hand-powered spinning machine created by James Hargreaves about 1765. 
C) A spinning machine created by Richard Arkwright that had a capacity of several hundred spindles and used waterpower; it therefore required a larger and more specialized mill-a factory. 
D) A breakthrough invention by Thomas Savery in 1698 and Thomas Newcomen in 1705 that burned coal to produce steam, which was then used to operate a pump. 
E) The name given to George Stephenson's effective locomotive that was first tested in 1829 on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and reached a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour.
F)The location of the Great Exhibition in 1851 in London, an architectural masterpiece made entirely of glass and iron.
G)Theory proposed by English economist David Ricardo suggesting that the pressure of population growth prevents wages from rising above the subsistence level.
H)A government's way of supporting and aiding its own economy by laying high taxes on imported goods from other countries, as when the French responded to the flood of cheaper British goods in their country by imposing high tariffs on some imported products.
I)English law that led to a sharp decline in the employment of children by limiting the hours that children over age nine could work and banning employment of children younger than nine.
J)A gender division of labor with the wife at home as mother and homemaker and the husband as wage earner.
K)English law prohibiting underground work for all women and girls as well as for boys under ten.
L)Group of handicraft workers who attacked factories in northern England in 1811 and after, smashing the new machines that they believed were putting them out of work.
M)An individual's sense of class differentiation, a term introduced by Karl Marx.
N)English laws passed in 1799 that outlawed unions and strikes, favoring capitalist business owners over skilled artisans. Bitterly resented and widely disregarded by many craft guilds, the acts were repealed by Parliament in 1824. 
A) A term first coined in the 1830s to describe the burst of major inventions and economic expansion that took place in certain industries, such as cotton textiles and iron, between 1780 and 1850. 
B) A simple, inexpensive, hand-powered spinning machine created by James Hargreaves about 1765. 
C) A spinning machine created by Richard Arkwright that had a capacity of several hundred spindles and used waterpower; it therefore required a larger and more specialized mill-a factory. 
D) A breakthrough invention by Thomas Savery in 1698 and Thomas Newcomen in 1705 that burned coal to produce steam, which was then used to operate a pump. 
E) The name given to George Stephenson's effective locomotive that was first tested in 1829 on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and reached a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour.
F)The location of the Great Exhibition in 1851 in London, an architectural masterpiece made entirely of glass and iron.
G)Theory proposed by English economist David Ricardo suggesting that the pressure of population growth prevents wages from rising above the subsistence level.
H)A government's way of supporting and aiding its own economy by laying high taxes on imported goods from other countries, as when the French responded to the flood of cheaper British goods in their country by imposing high tariffs on some imported products.
I)English law that led to a sharp decline in the employment of children by limiting the hours that children over age nine could work and banning employment of children younger than nine.
J)A gender division of labor with the wife at home as mother and homemaker and the husband as wage earner.
K)English law prohibiting underground work for all women and girls as well as for boys under ten.
L)Group of handicraft workers who attacked factories in northern England in 1811 and after, smashing the new machines that they believed were putting them out of work.
M)An individual's sense of class differentiation, a term introduced by Karl Marx.
N)English laws passed in 1799 that outlawed unions and strikes, favoring capitalist business owners over skilled artisans. Bitterly resented and widely disregarded by many craft guilds, the acts were repealed by Parliament in 1824.

Question 12

This map shows the importance of which factor during the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain?

Accepted Answer

A)  The railroad 
B)  Proximity to Europe via the English Channel 
C)  Rural areas in which to build factories 
D)  Access to seaports in Scotland 
A)  The railroad 
B)  Proximity to Europe via the English Channel 
C)  Rural areas in which to build factories 
D)  Access to seaports in Scotland

Question 13

How did Britain attempt to maintain its industrial advantage over continental Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  By making it illegal for skilled industrial workers and technicians to leave Britain 
B)  By enacting restrictions that prohibited continental Europeans from visiting 
C)  By refusing to hire industrial workers who had family on the European continent 
D)  By prohibiting industrial workers from moving from one industry to another 
A)  By making it illegal for skilled industrial workers and technicians to leave Britain 
B)  By enacting restrictions that prohibited continental Europeans from visiting 
C)  By refusing to hire industrial workers who had family on the European continent 
D)  By prohibiting industrial workers from moving from one industry to another

Question 14

Use the following to answer questions :
-iron law of wages

Accepted Answer

A) A term first coined in the 1830s to describe the burst of major inventions and economic expansion that took place in certain industries, such as cotton textiles and iron, between 1780 and 1850. 
B) A simple, inexpensive, hand-powered spinning machine created by James Hargreaves about 1765. 
C) A spinning machine created by Richard Arkwright that had a capacity of several hundred spindles and used waterpower; it therefore required a larger and more specialized mill-a factory. 
D) A breakthrough invention by Thomas Savery in 1698 and Thomas Newcomen in 1705 that burned coal to produce steam, which was then used to operate a pump. 
E) The name given to George Stephenson's effective locomotive that was first tested in 1829 on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and reached a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour.
F)The location of the Great Exhibition in 1851 in London, an architectural masterpiece made entirely of glass and iron.
G)Theory proposed by English economist David Ricardo suggesting that the pressure of population growth prevents wages from rising above the subsistence level.
H)A government's way of supporting and aiding its own economy by laying high taxes on imported goods from other countries, as when the French responded to the flood of cheaper British goods in their country by imposing high tariffs on some imported products.
I)English law that led to a sharp decline in the employment of children by limiting the hours that children over age nine could work and banning employment of children younger than nine.
J)A gender division of labor with the wife at home as mother and homemaker and the husband as wage earner.
K)English law prohibiting underground work for all women and girls as well as for boys under ten.
L)Group of handicraft workers who attacked factories in northern England in 1811 and after, smashing the new machines that they believed were putting them out of work.
M)An individual's sense of class differentiation, a term introduced by Karl Marx.
N)English laws passed in 1799 that outlawed unions and strikes, favoring capitalist business owners over skilled artisans. Bitterly resented and widely disregarded by many craft guilds, the acts were repealed by Parliament in 1824. 
A) A term first coined in the 1830s to describe the burst of major inventions and economic expansion that took place in certain industries, such as cotton textiles and iron, between 1780 and 1850. 
B) A simple, inexpensive, hand-powered spinning machine created by James Hargreaves about 1765. 
C) A spinning machine created by Richard Arkwright that had a capacity of several hundred spindles and used waterpower; it therefore required a larger and more specialized mill-a factory. 
D) A breakthrough invention by Thomas Savery in 1698 and Thomas Newcomen in 1705 that burned coal to produce steam, which was then used to operate a pump. 
E) The name given to George Stephenson's effective locomotive that was first tested in 1829 on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and reached a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour.
F)The location of the Great Exhibition in 1851 in London, an architectural masterpiece made entirely of glass and iron.
G)Theory proposed by English economist David Ricardo suggesting that the pressure of population growth prevents wages from rising above the subsistence level.
H)A government's way of supporting and aiding its own economy by laying high taxes on imported goods from other countries, as when the French responded to the flood of cheaper British goods in their country by imposing high tariffs on some imported products.
I)English law that led to a sharp decline in the employment of children by limiting the hours that children over age nine could work and banning employment of children younger than nine.
J)A gender division of labor with the wife at home as mother and homemaker and the husband as wage earner.
K)English law prohibiting underground work for all women and girls as well as for boys under ten.
L)Group of handicraft workers who attacked factories in northern England in 1811 and after, smashing the new machines that they believed were putting them out of work.
M)An individual's sense of class differentiation, a term introduced by Karl Marx.
N)English laws passed in 1799 that outlawed unions and strikes, favoring capitalist business owners over skilled artisans. Bitterly resented and widely disregarded by many craft guilds, the acts were repealed by Parliament in 1824.

Question 15

Which of the following was a key development that encouraged continental European banks to invest in industrialization?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were allowed to make all active partners liable for the firm's debts. 
B)  They began to establish limited-liability investments. 
C)  They replaced many of the old managers with young, aggressive investment bankers. 
D)  They began to recruit bank deposits from the landed aristocracy. 
A)  They were allowed to make all active partners liable for the firm's debts. 
B)  They began to establish limited-liability investments. 
C)  They replaced many of the old managers with young, aggressive investment bankers. 
D)  They began to recruit bank deposits from the landed aristocracy.

Question 16

The Industrial Revolution not only transformed British industry and society, but it also called forth a multifaceted reform effort to cope with the societal problems created by industrialization. What were the goals and motivations of both the parliamentary reform movement and the labor movement in nineteenth-century Britain? What were the successes and failures?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Industrial

Question 17

How did early factory work affect family life?

Accepted Answer

A)  Traditional family structures were irrevocably broken. 
B)  Families were often separated as parents abandoned children to pursue factory work. 
C)  Factory work upset traditional gender roles as women increasingly worked outside the home. 
D)  Workers often came to the mills and mines and were employed as whole family units. 
A)  Traditional family structures were irrevocably broken. 
B)  Families were often separated as parents abandoned children to pursue factory work. 
C)  Factory work upset traditional gender roles as women increasingly worked outside the home. 
D)  Workers often came to the mills and mines and were employed as whole family units.

Question 18

Describe working conditions in English factories between 1790 and 1835. Did they change?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
In the ear

Question 19

What was the first country on the European continent to emulate the new industry of Britain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prussia 
B)  France 
C)  Belgium 
D)  Spain 
A)  Prussia 
B)  France 
C)  Belgium 
D)  Spain

Exam 23: The Revolution in Energy and Industry, 1760-1850

What term did Karl Marx use to describe the growing belief among working people that they belonged to a particular social class?

What was the impact of industrialization on the women of Britain? Were these changes positive or negative? How have historians interpreted these changes?

How did James Watt fundamentally improve the Newcomen steam engine?

What role did war play in how the European continent industrialized?

Which of the following was the primary source of heat for all European homes and industries until the eighteenth century?

In which British industry did the first modern factories begin to appear?

Choose and describe two inventions that made a significant contribution to the Industrial Revolution. How did the inventions contribute to the Industrial Revolution?

The world's first important steam-powered train, the Rocket, provided service between what two English cities?

Where did Fritz Harkort set up production of steam engines?

What geographic features encouraged England's industrialization?

Use the following to answer questions : -spinning jenny

This map shows the importance of which factor during the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain?

How did Britain attempt to maintain its industrial advantage over continental Europe?

Use the following to answer questions : -iron law of wages

Which of the following was a key development that encouraged continental European banks to invest in industrialization?

How did early factory work affect family life?

Describe working conditions in English factories between 1790 and 1835. Did they change?

What was the first country on the European continent to emulate the new industry of Britain?

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