Question 1

define the following term:
-coal and coke

Accepted Answer

Coal and coke are both fossil fuels that

Question 2

define the following term:
-the London Working Men's Association

Accepted Answer

The London Working Men's Association was

Question 3

Which one of the following men 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 4

The water frame spinning machine was invented by

Accepted Answer

A) James Hargreaves. 
B) James Watts. 
C) Benjamin Franklin. 
D) Richard Arkwright. 
E) Matthew Boulton. 
A) James Hargreaves. 
B) James Watts. 
C) Benjamin Franklin. 
D) Richard Arkwright. 
E) Matthew Boulton.

Question 5

Working-class British children in the nineteenth century were generally treated well by their employers and paid sufficient wages to ensure their social advancement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Members of the new industrial entrepreneurial class in the early nineteenth century

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A) particularly excluded aristocrats. 
B) were responsible for the predominance of giant corporate firms by 1850. 
C) were usually resourceful individuals with diverse social backgrounds. 
D) were more often from the lower classes than the bourgeoisie. 
E) were always from the bourgeoisie. 
A) particularly excluded aristocrats. 
B) were responsible for the predominance of giant corporate firms by 1850. 
C) were usually resourceful individuals with diverse social backgrounds. 
D) were more often from the lower classes than the bourgeoisie. 
E) were always from the bourgeoisie.

Question 7

define the following term:
-Richard Trevithick

Accepted Answer

Richard Trevithick was a British invento

Question 8

In the early nineteenth century, much of India fell under the control of

Accepted Answer

A) the Dutch East India Company. 
B) the French Foreign Legion. 
C) the Qing dynasty of China. 
D) the British East India Company. 
E) the United States military. 
A) the Dutch East India Company. 
B) the French Foreign Legion. 
C) the Qing dynasty of China. 
D) the British East India Company. 
E) the United States military.

Question 9

define the following term:
-cholera

Accepted Answer

Cholera is a bacterial infection that ca

Question 10

define the following term:
-Ireland and the potato

Accepted Answer

Ireland's association with the potato is

Question 11

define the following term:
-Edwin Chadwick

Accepted Answer

Edwin Chadwick was a social reformer and

Question 12

Which of the following inventions proved vital to the industrialization of British cotton manufacturing?

Accepted Answer

A) Arkwright's spinning frame. 
B) Hargreaves' spinning jenny. 
C) Cartwright's power loom. 
D) Compton's mule. 
E) all of the above. 
A) Arkwright's spinning frame. 
B) Hargreaves' spinning jenny. 
C) Cartwright's power loom. 
D) Compton's mule. 
E) all of the above.

Question 13

define the following term:
-child labor

Accepted Answer

Child labor is a serious issue that cont

Question 14

define the following term:
-Industrial Revolution

Accepted Answer

The Industrial Revolution was a period o

Question 15

define the following term:
-the Crystal Palace

Accepted Answer

The Crystal Palace was a grand glass and

Question 16

define the following term:
-agricultural revolution

Accepted Answer

The agricultural revolution was a period

Question 17

Many of the exhibits shown in Britain's Great Exhibition were housed in the Houses of Parliament, to show the connection between industrial might and political power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Did governments do more to promote the interests of workers or of employers during the Industrial Revolution, and why?

Accepted Answer

During the Industrial Revolution, govern

Question 19

James Watt was vital to the Industrial Revolution for his invention of

Accepted Answer

A) the spinning jenny. 
B) the mule-powered Newcomen engine. 
C) a rotary engine that could spin and weave cotton. 
D) the first steam-powered locomotive. 
E) the power loom. 
A) the spinning jenny. 
B) the mule-powered Newcomen engine. 
C) a rotary engine that could spin and weave cotton. 
D) the first steam-powered locomotive. 
E) the power loom.

Question 20

The new set of values established by factory owners during the Industrial Revolution

Accepted Answer

A) was rejected by evangelical religions as being "unchristian." 
B) was basically a continuation from the cottage industry system. 
C) was never adopted by the working class. 
D) relegated the worker to a life of harsh discipline and the rigors of competitive wage labor. 
E) was inspired by the examples of Belgium and France. 
A) was rejected by evangelical religions as being "unchristian." 
B) was basically a continuation from the cottage industry system. 
C) was never adopted by the working class. 
D) relegated the worker to a life of harsh discipline and the rigors of competitive wage labor. 
E) was inspired by the examples of Belgium and France.

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

define the following term: -coal and coke

define the following term: -the London Working Men's Association

Which one of the following men established the first textile factory using water-powered spinning machines in Rhode Island in 1790?

The water frame spinning machine was invented by

Working-class British children in the nineteenth century were generally treated well by their employers and paid sufficient wages to ensure their social advancement.

Members of the new industrial entrepreneurial class in the early nineteenth century

define the following term: -Richard Trevithick

In the early nineteenth century, much of India fell under the control of

define the following term: -cholera

define the following term: -Ireland and the potato

define the following term: -Edwin Chadwick

Which of the following inventions proved vital to the industrialization of British cotton manufacturing?

define the following term: -child labor

define the following term: -Industrial Revolution

define the following term: -the Crystal Palace

define the following term: -agricultural revolution

Many of the exhibits shown in Britain's Great Exhibition were housed in the Houses of Parliament, to show the connection between industrial might and political power.

Did governments do more to promote the interests of workers or of employers during the Industrial Revolution, and why?

James Watt was vital to the Industrial Revolution for his invention of

The new set of values established by factory owners during the Industrial Revolution

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