Question 1

What was true of women workers in the early factories of the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) Women were given the same pay as men. 
B) Kinship patterns changed dramatically once women entered factories. 
C) Women never represented a large percentage of the workers in textile factories. 
D) Women saw large numbers and types of new jobs open up to them.. 
E) Women saw their social status improve. 
A) Women were given the same pay as men. 
B) Kinship patterns changed dramatically once women entered factories. 
C) Women never represented a large percentage of the workers in textile factories. 
D) Women saw large numbers and types of new jobs open up to them.. 
E) Women saw their social status improve.

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.
-interchangeable parts

Accepted Answer

Interchangeable parts refer to component

Question 3

The United States did not have a significant railroad network until after 1890.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What was the name of the iron smelting process developed by Englishman Henry Cort?

Accepted Answer

A) Puddling 
B) Cottling 
C) Open hearth 
D) Skimming 
E) Corking 
A) Puddling 
B) Cottling 
C) Open hearth 
D) Skimming 
E) Corking

Question 5

By 1830, women and children made up ____ of the cotton industry's labor force.

Accepted Answer

A) 80 percent 
B) two-thirds 
C) one-quarter 
D) 10 percent 
E) almost 100 percent 
A) 80 percent 
B) two-thirds 
C) one-quarter 
D) 10 percent 
E) almost 100 percent

Question 6

What factor accounts for the European population explosion of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Increased birthrates across Europe 
B) Decreased death rates 
C) Lack of emigration 
D) Increased immigration 
E) Increase of infectious diseases 
A) Increased birthrates across Europe 
B) Decreased death rates 
C) Lack of emigration 
D) Increased immigration 
E) Increase of infectious diseases

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-cottage industry

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms.
-cottage industry...

Question 8

For which invention, vital to the Industrial Revolution, is James Watt known?

Accepted Answer

A) The spinning jenny 
B) The mule-powered Newcomen engine 
C) A rotary steam engine that could drive factory machines 
D) The first steam-powered locomotive 
E) The power loom 
A) The spinning jenny 
B) The mule-powered Newcomen engine 
C) A rotary steam engine that could drive factory machines 
D) The first steam-powered locomotive 
E) The power loom

Question 9

Who established the first textile factory using water-powered spinning machines in Rhode Island in 1790?

Accepted Answer

A) Samuel Slater 
B) Richard Arkwright 
C) Eli Whitney 
D) Samuel Newcomen 
E) John Brown 
A) Samuel Slater 
B) Richard Arkwright 
C) Eli Whitney 
D) Samuel Newcomen 
E) John Brown

Question 10

Under the American system, the use of ____ helped reduce costs and increase production.

Accepted Answer

A) child labor 
B) interchangeable parts 
C) synthetic materials 
D) slave labor 
E) wage and price controls 
A) child labor 
B) interchangeable parts 
C) synthetic materials 
D) slave labor 
E) wage and price controls

Question 11

What did Britain attempt to do in order to maintain its industrial monopoly?

Accepted Answer

A) Export fewer goods to continental countries. 
B) Prohibit industrial artisans from going abroad. 
C) Limit financial investment overseas. 
D) Increase tariffs to keep out foreign manufactured goods. 
E) Permanently dismantle its empire. 
A) Export fewer goods to continental countries. 
B) Prohibit industrial artisans from going abroad. 
C) Limit financial investment overseas. 
D) Increase tariffs to keep out foreign manufactured goods. 
E) Permanently dismantle its empire.

Question 12

Please define the following key terms.
-Samuel Smiles and Self-Help

Accepted Answer

Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) was a Scottish

Question 13

Steam engines helped make steal manufacturing the first industry to utilize modern factories.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-the Crystal Palace

Accepted Answer

The Crystal Palace was a grand glass and

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-Coal Mines Act of 1842

Accepted Answer

The Coal Mines Act of 1842 was an import

Question 16

Which European nation lagged furthest behind in industrialization in 1870?

Accepted Answer

A) Germany 
B) Belgium 
C) The Netherlands 
D) France 
E) Russia 
A) Germany 
B) Belgium 
C) The Netherlands 
D) France 
E) Russia

Question 17

From where did most of the labor for America's growing number of factories come in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Great Britain 
B) The urban northeast 
C) Slaves from the south 
D) Rural New England 
E) Children from Germany 
A) Great Britain 
B) The urban northeast 
C) Slaves from the south 
D) Rural New England 
E) Children from Germany

Question 18

Who was Edwin Chadwick?

Accepted Answer

A) A leader in expressing the dislike of the middle class for the working poor 
B) Author of the Treatise on the Iron Law of Wages 
C) Advocate of modern sanitary reforms that resulted in Britain's first Public Health Act 
D) Representative of the new entrepreneurial, industrial class 
E) Opponent any and all government involvement in economic and social issues 
A) A leader in expressing the dislike of the middle class for the working poor 
B) Author of the Treatise on the Iron Law of Wages 
C) Advocate of modern sanitary reforms that resulted in Britain's first Public Health Act 
D) Representative of the new entrepreneurial, industrial class 
E) Opponent any and all government involvement in economic and social issues

Question 19

What is correct about the European population in 1850?

Accepted Answer

A) It could not be closely approximated as government statistics were not yet kept. 
B) It was close to figures from 1800. 
C) It was over 58 million. 
D) It was over 173 million. 
E) It was over 265 million. 
A) It could not be closely approximated as government statistics were not yet kept. 
B) It was close to figures from 1800. 
C) It was over 58 million. 
D) It was over 173 million. 
E) It was over 265 million.

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-Industrial Revolution

Accepted Answer

The Industrial Revolution was a period o

Exam 20: The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

What was true of women workers in the early factories of the Industrial Revolution?

Please define the following key terms. -interchangeable parts

The United States did not have a significant railroad network until after 1890.

What was the name of the iron smelting process developed by Englishman Henry Cort?

By 1830, women and children made up ____ of the cotton industry's labor force.

What factor accounts for the European population explosion of the nineteenth century?

Please define the following key terms. -cottage industry

For which invention, vital to the Industrial Revolution, is James Watt known?

Who established the first textile factory using water-powered spinning machines in Rhode Island in 1790?

Under the American system, the use of ____ helped reduce costs and increase production.

What did Britain attempt to do in order to maintain its industrial monopoly?

Please define the following key terms. -Samuel Smiles and Self-Help

Steam engines helped make steal manufacturing the first industry to utilize modern factories.

Please define the following key terms. -the Crystal Palace

Please define the following key terms. -Coal Mines Act of 1842

Which European nation lagged furthest behind in industrialization in 1870?

From where did most of the labor for America's growing number of factories come in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Who was Edwin Chadwick?

What is correct about the European population in 1850?

Please define the following key terms. -Industrial Revolution

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