Question 1

By 1850, the country with the most miles of railroad tracks was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  England 
B)  France 
C)  Russia 
D)  Germany 
E)  Italy 
A)  England 
B)  France 
C)  Russia 
D)  Germany 
E)  Italy

Question 2

Why did Karl Marx believe that now was the ideal time for a revolution?

Accepted Answer

Using the argument from Hegelian dialect

Question 3

Which of the following authors was a man?

Accepted Answer

A)  Charlotte Brontë 
B)  Emily Brontë 
C)  George Eliot 
D)  George Sand 
E)  None of these. 
A)  Charlotte Brontë 
B)  Emily Brontë 
C)  George Eliot 
D)  George Sand 
E)  None of these.

Question 4

Factory workers often preferred to hire women because they ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  could pay lower wages 
B)  believed women were less prone to alcoholism 
C)  believed that women were less vulnerable to the recruitment efforts of labor unions 
D)  believed that women were less apt to be insubordinate 
E)  believed all of these were true about female workers 
A)  could pay lower wages 
B)  believed women were less prone to alcoholism 
C)  believed that women were less vulnerable to the recruitment efforts of labor unions 
D)  believed that women were less apt to be insubordinate 
E)  believed all of these were true about female workers

Question 5

The most significant effect of industrialization throughout Europe was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  capitalism 
B)  impoverishment of the working class 
C)  improved communication 
D)  urbanization 
E)  the creation of the middle classes 
A)  capitalism 
B)  impoverishment of the working class 
C)  improved communication 
D)  urbanization 
E)  the creation of the middle classes

Question 6

Marx's use of the Hegelian dialectical was unique because ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  he argued that revolution was the new historical inevitability 
B)  he engaged the dialectic and applied it to the concepts of materialism 
C)  the clash of thesis and antithesis would synthesize a new world system of capitalism 
D)  Hegel had argued that history was unchanging, whereas Marx applied it to revolution 
E)  of none of these 
A)  he argued that revolution was the new historical inevitability 
B)  he engaged the dialectic and applied it to the concepts of materialism 
C)  the clash of thesis and antithesis would synthesize a new world system of capitalism 
D)  Hegel had argued that history was unchanging, whereas Marx applied it to revolution 
E)  of none of these

Question 7

Karl Marx studied philosophy under G.W.F. Hegel.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Marx argued that history could be understood through ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  elitist interpretation 
B)  power structures 
C)  class struggle 
D)  political enfranchisement 
E)  oppression of original ideas 
A)  elitist interpretation 
B)  power structures 
C)  class struggle 
D)  political enfranchisement 
E)  oppression of original ideas

Question 9

Industrialization and urban growth negatively affected which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tenements 
B)  Pollution 
C)  Expense of food 
D)  Spread of disease like tuberculosis 
E)  All of these. 
A)  Tenements 
B)  Pollution 
C)  Expense of food 
D)  Spread of disease like tuberculosis 
E)  All of these.

Question 10

How did the middle classes differentiate themselves and create a self-identity?

Accepted Answer

The middle classes differentiated themse

Question 11

In what ways did the emergence of class consciousness in the nineteenth century transform European society?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The answer revolves a

Question 12

Discuss the role of transportation in the Industrial Age

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Students should be ab

Question 13

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-interchangeable parts

Accepted Answer

Precision manufacture of ident

Question 14

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Karl Marx

Accepted Answer

German-born radical scholar an

Question 15

Middle class young women were raised to see marriage as their main purpose in life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Social mobility within the middle classes was most often found through ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  education 
B)  work experience 
C)  risk taking in business 
D)  religious cohorts 
E)  self-help organizations 
A)  education 
B)  work experience 
C)  risk taking in business 
D)  religious cohorts 
E)  self-help organizations

Question 17

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-urbanization

Accepted Answer

Process by which cities grow a

Question 18

Which of the following was not a factor that made French industrialization different than other European countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Agricultural efficiency 
B)  Good natural resources 
C)  Inventive thinkers and scientists 
D)  Government encouragement of a robust industrial economy 
E)  France had all of these. 
A)  Agricultural efficiency 
B)  Good natural resources 
C)  Inventive thinkers and scientists 
D)  Government encouragement of a robust industrial economy 
E)  France had all of these.

Question 19

What was a result of the publication of the Communist Manifesto ?

Accepted Answer

A)  It directly contributed to the growth of trade unionism. 
B)  It made governments realize that they had to respond to worker demands or risk revolution. 
C)  Karl Marx became wealthy. 
D)  Manchester was subject to an environmental overhaul to clean up working conditions. 
E)  The passage of child labor laws in Britain and Prussia. 
A)  It directly contributed to the growth of trade unionism. 
B)  It made governments realize that they had to respond to worker demands or risk revolution. 
C)  Karl Marx became wealthy. 
D)  Manchester was subject to an environmental overhaul to clean up working conditions. 
E)  The passage of child labor laws in Britain and Prussia.

Question 20

The middle classes found their identification in ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  occupation and education 
B)  location of housing within the city 
C)  religious affiliation 
D)  accumulation of goods 
E)  participation in skilled occupations 
A)  occupation and education 
B)  location of housing within the city 
C)  religious affiliation 
D)  accumulation of goods 
E)  participation in skilled occupations

Exam 21: Industrialization and Society

By 1850, the country with the most miles of railroad tracks was ______________.

Why did Karl Marx believe that now was the ideal time for a revolution?

Which of the following authors was a man?

Factory workers often preferred to hire women because they ______________.

The most significant effect of industrialization throughout Europe was ______________.

Marx's use of the Hegelian dialectical was unique because ______________.

Karl Marx studied philosophy under G.W.F. Hegel.

Marx argued that history could be understood through ______________.

Industrialization and urban growth negatively affected which of the following?

How did the middle classes differentiate themselves and create a self-identity?

In what ways did the emergence of class consciousness in the nineteenth century transform European society?

Discuss the role of transportation in the Industrial Age

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -interchangeable parts

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Karl Marx

Middle class young women were raised to see marriage as their main purpose in life.

Social mobility within the middle classes was most often found through ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -urbanization

Which of the following was not a factor that made French industrialization different than other European countries?

What was a result of the publication of the Communist Manifesto ?

The middle classes found their identification in ______________.

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