Question 1

Lack of technical knowledge hampered industrialization on the continent until the early twentieth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Early efforts to reduce the evils of the industrial factory focused on women and children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Please define the following key terms.
-preindustrial workers

Accepted Answer

Preindustrial workers were individuals w

Question 4

Please define the following key terms.
-Ten Hours Act of 1847

Accepted Answer

The Ten Hours Act of 1847 was a signific

Question 5

Who lived in the suburbs of nineteenth-century industrial cities?

Accepted Answer

A) The unemployed 
B) Craftsmen 
C) Factory workers 
D) The middle classes 
E) Day laborers 
A) The unemployed 
B) Craftsmen 
C) Factory workers 
D) The middle classes 
E) Day laborers

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-factory regulations

Accepted Answer

Factory regulations refer to the set of

Question 7

How did the rise of the industrial factory system deeply affect the lives and status of workers?

Accepted Answer

A) They were often paid in kind. 
B) They became wage laborers. 
C) They were less vulnerable to more rapid cycles of economic boom and bust. 
D) They got both good wages and many fringe benefits unknown before. 
E) They became serfs, legally tied to factories. 
A) They were often paid in kind. 
B) They became wage laborers. 
C) They were less vulnerable to more rapid cycles of economic boom and bust. 
D) They got both good wages and many fringe benefits unknown before. 
E) They became serfs, legally tied to factories.

Question 8

What allowed steam engines to be located away from rivers?

Accepted Answer

A) They were small and hence portable. 
B) They could access water via irrigation channels. 
C) They ran on coal. 
D) They ran on oil. 
E) They ran on electricity. 
A) They were small and hence portable. 
B) They could access water via irrigation channels. 
C) They ran on coal. 
D) They ran on oil. 
E) They ran on electricity.

Question 9

What factors contributed to the industrialization of the United States in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Several factors contributed to the indus

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-Great Exhibition of 1851

Accepted Answer

The Great Exhibition of 1851 was a world

Question 11

What were the goals of the Chartists? How successful were they in achieving these goals?

Accepted Answer

The Chartists were a working-class movem

Question 12

Please define the following key terms.
-the workhouse

Accepted Answer

The workhouse was a place established in

Question 13

What best describes industrial development on the continent before 1850?

Accepted Answer

A) Industry used serfs to provide cheap labor in factories. 
B) Industries paid workers extremely high wages, as Henry Ford would later do. 
C) Older forms of manufacturing were combined with new forms. 
D) Governments did not intervene in private enterprise. 
E) States tried to conquer neighboring countries to provide captive markets. 
A) Industry used serfs to provide cheap labor in factories. 
B) Industries paid workers extremely high wages, as Henry Ford would later do. 
C) Older forms of manufacturing were combined with new forms. 
D) Governments did not intervene in private enterprise. 
E) States tried to conquer neighboring countries to provide captive markets.

Question 14

Henry Cort played a key role in the development of the American system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-Public Health Act

Accepted Answer

The Public Health Act is a piece of legi

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-coal

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms.
-coal...

Question 17

In the early eighteenth century, new methods of smelting ____ were devised using coke that was made by slowly burning coal.

Accepted Answer

A) bronze 
B) silver 
C) tin 
D) copper 
E) iron 
A) bronze 
B) silver 
C) tin 
D) copper 
E) iron

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-hand-loom weavers

Accepted Answer

Hand-loom weavers are skilled artisans w

Question 19

What role did the middle classes play in the process of industrialization? How did the rise of industrialization influence the nature of social classes?

Accepted Answer

The middle classes played a significant

Question 20

What did as the objective of the Chartists in England?

Accepted Answer

A) To break machines and burn factories 
B) To make Parliament more democratic 
C) To overthrow capitalism through revolution 
D) To chart the expenditures of government money 
E) To strengthen labor unions 
A) To break machines and burn factories 
B) To make Parliament more democratic 
C) To overthrow capitalism through revolution 
D) To chart the expenditures of government money 
E) To strengthen labor unions

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

Lack of technical knowledge hampered industrialization on the continent until the early twentieth century.

Early efforts to reduce the evils of the industrial factory focused on women and children.

Please define the following key terms. -preindustrial workers

Please define the following key terms. -Ten Hours Act of 1847

Who lived in the suburbs of nineteenth-century industrial cities?

Please define the following key terms. -factory regulations

How did the rise of the industrial factory system deeply affect the lives and status of workers?

What allowed steam engines to be located away from rivers?

What factors contributed to the industrialization of the United States in the nineteenth century?

Please define the following key terms. -Great Exhibition of 1851

What were the goals of the Chartists? How successful were they in achieving these goals?

Please define the following key terms. -the workhouse

What best describes industrial development on the continent before 1850?

Henry Cort played a key role in the development of the American system.

Please define the following key terms. -Public Health Act

Please define the following key terms. -coal

In the early eighteenth century, new methods of smelting ____ were devised using coke that was made by slowly burning coal.

Please define the following key terms. -hand-loom weavers

What role did the middle classes play in the process of industrialization? How did the rise of industrialization influence the nature of social classes?

What did as the objective of the Chartists in England?

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