Question 1

Which of the following constituted the largest group of city workers until the 1850s?

Accepted Answer

A) artisans 
B) day laborers 
C) factory workers 
D) servants 
E) the unemployed 
A) artisans 
B) day laborers 
C) factory workers 
D) servants 
E) the unemployed A

Question 2

The Dutch Republic lacked which of the following preconditions for industrialization?

Accepted Answer

A) a good transportation system 
B) developed capitalist practices 
C) natural resources 
D) technical know-how 
E) highly developed agriculture 
A) a good transportation system 
B) developed capitalist practices 
C) natural resources 
D) technical know-how 
E) highly developed agriculture C

Question 3

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Why was the agricultural revolution a necessary precursor to industrialization? How did the agricultural revolution change traditional social structures and labor patterns?

Accepted Answer

The agricultural revolution was a necessary precursor to industrialization for several reasons. Firstly, the agricultural revolution led to an increase in food production, which in turn led to a population increase. This population increase created a surplus of labor, which was essential for the industrialization process. Additionally, the surplus of food allowed for a larger workforce to be sustained, which was necessary for the growth of industrial cities and factories.

Furthermore, the agricultural revolution also led to advancements in technology and farming techniques, which increased productivity and allowed for more efficient use of land. This increase in productivity freed up labor from the agricultural sector, which could then be utilized in the emerging industrial sector. The surplus of labor from the agricultural revolution provided the workforce needed for the factories and industries that were essential for industrialization.

The agricultural revolution also changed traditional social structures and labor patterns in several ways. Firstly, the shift from small-scale, subsistence farming to larger, more commercialized farming operations led to the consolidation of land and the displacement of small farmers. This led to a concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few landowners, which in turn led to the creation of a working class of laborers who were dependent on these landowners for employment.

Additionally, the agricultural revolution led to the enclosure movement, where common lands were enclosed and privatized, leading to the displacement of rural communities and the loss of traditional ways of life. This forced many people to move to urban areas in search of work, which contributed to the growth of industrial cities and the formation of a new urban working class.

In conclusion, the agricultural revolution was a necessary precursor to industrialization because it provided the surplus of labor and food needed for the growth of the industrial sector. It also changed traditional social structures and labor patterns by concentrating wealth and power in the hands of a few landowners and creating a new urban working class. Overall, the agricultural revolution laid the groundwork for the industrial revolution and the profound social and economic changes that came with it.

Question 4

Urbanization followed all the following patterns EXCEPT

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A) the greatest urbanization occurred in the twentieth not the nineteenth century. 
B) the growth of haphazard, unhealthy industrial cities was particularly serious in Britain. 
C) at the time, many found the phenomenon astonishing. 
D) in the first half of the nineteenth century, most workers lived in the suburbs of industrial cities, close to the factories. 
E) governments in continental Europe were more willing to regulate urbanization. 
A) the greatest urbanization occurred in the twentieth not the nineteenth century. 
B) the growth of haphazard, unhealthy industrial cities was particularly serious in Britain. 
C) at the time, many found the phenomenon astonishing. 
D) in the first half of the nineteenth century, most workers lived in the suburbs of industrial cities, close to the factories. 
E) governments in continental Europe were more willing to regulate urbanization.

Question 5

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).   
 Locate and label the following areas urbanized during the 1800s: the English Midlands, the Scottish Lowlands, the northern plain of France, Belgium, the Rhineland, and northern Italy.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 6

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 pig pron

Accepted Answer

Who: The term "pig pron" refers to a typ

Question 7

With the development of mass transportation in the later nineteenth century in large European cities

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A) workers tended to remain in the city center, while the wealthy moved into the outskirts. 
B) new working class neighborhoods began to ring many cities. 
C) city centers became strictly business districts as residents left for the suburbs. 
D) the possibilities for worker insurrection were improved. 
E) the quality of urban life actually deteriorated. 
A) workers tended to remain in the city center, while the wealthy moved into the outskirts. 
B) new working class neighborhoods began to ring many cities. 
C) city centers became strictly business districts as residents left for the suburbs. 
D) the possibilities for worker insurrection were improved. 
E) the quality of urban life actually deteriorated.

Question 8

The agricultural revolution in Europe contributed to the Industrial Revolution by

Accepted Answer

A) expanding the population. 
B) contributing to the creation of a mobile labor force. 
C) providing more consumers and greater demand for non-agricultural products. 
D) nurturing a healthier population. 
E) all of the above 
A) expanding the population. 
B) contributing to the creation of a mobile labor force. 
C) providing more consumers and greater demand for non-agricultural products. 
D) nurturing a healthier population. 
E) all of the above

Question 9

The effects of the Industrial Revolution included all the following EXCEPT

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A) a decline in aristocratic power and values. 
B) minimal impact on the natural environment. 
C) a rise in nationalism and secularism. 
D) the ascent of bourgeois values and democracy. 
E) the projection of Western power into the wider world. 
A) a decline in aristocratic power and values. 
B) minimal impact on the natural environment. 
C) a rise in nationalism and secularism. 
D) the ascent of bourgeois values and democracy. 
E) the projection of Western power into the wider world.

Question 10

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What were the major features of the Industrial Revolution? In what ways did it create a new age in the history of the West?

Accepted Answer

The Industrial Revolution was a period o

Question 11

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 factories

Accepted Answer

Factories

Who?
Factories are large indu

Question 12

What was the innovation that significantly improved the quality of iron in the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Bessemer's converter 
B) the French practice of using a double compartment furnace with one compartment for the coke or coal, the other for the iron 
C) the Siemens-Martin open hearth process 
D) the application of steam engines to pump water from mines 
E) the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron 
A) Bessemer's converter 
B) the French practice of using a double compartment furnace with one compartment for the coke or coal, the other for the iron 
C) the Siemens-Martin open hearth process 
D) the application of steam engines to pump water from mines 
E) the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron

Question 13

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 middle classes

Accepted Answer

The middle class refers to a social and

Question 14

As the impact of the Industrial Revolution grew

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A) the middle class of Western Europe gained political power by the early eighteenth century. 
B) landed power in Western Europe was quickly displaced. 
C) by the end of the nineteenth century, bourgeois politicians shared power with the aristocracy in Western Europe. 
D) in Eastern Europe, the aristocracy was very quickly displaced by the emerging bourgeoisie. 
E) the industrial working class became the social pacesetter by the end of the nineteenth century. 
A) the middle class of Western Europe gained political power by the early eighteenth century. 
B) landed power in Western Europe was quickly displaced. 
C) by the end of the nineteenth century, bourgeois politicians shared power with the aristocracy in Western Europe. 
D) in Eastern Europe, the aristocracy was very quickly displaced by the emerging bourgeoisie. 
E) the industrial working class became the social pacesetter by the end of the nineteenth century.

Question 15

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 "holy Monday"

Accepted Answer

Holy Monday, also known as Great Monday,

Question 16

Which of the following is a key reason England was able to industrialize first?

Accepted Answer

A) England was the wealthiest country in Europe. 
B) England's people were more willing to change the traditional ways of agriculture and craft production. 
C) England's scientific and intellectual life was considerably more advanced than that of its neighbors. 
D) England's government was the most responsive in Europe to the need for transportation and communication. 
E) England's population was far more industrious than that of other European states. 
A) England was the wealthiest country in Europe. 
B) England's people were more willing to change the traditional ways of agriculture and craft production. 
C) England's scientific and intellectual life was considerably more advanced than that of its neighbors. 
D) England's government was the most responsive in Europe to the need for transportation and communication. 
E) England's population was far more industrious than that of other European states.

Question 17

Conditions for miners

Accepted Answer

A) improved rapidly through a variety of technological advances. 
B) were not the subject of government regulation. 
C) resulted in significant health problems. 
D) posed few physical dangers to workers, unlike factory conditions. 
E) all of the above 
A) improved rapidly through a variety of technological advances. 
B) were not the subject of government regulation. 
C) resulted in significant health problems. 
D) posed few physical dangers to workers, unlike factory conditions. 
E) all of the above

Question 18

Which of the following statements is NOT accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) The Industrial Revolution began in Britain. 
B) The first country to which the Industrial Revolution spread was the United States. 
C) The Industrial Revolution spread to France after the French Revolution. 
D) Industrialization began in Germany in the 1840s and became phenomenal in the 1870s. 
E) Russia began to industrialize in the 1890s. 
A) The Industrial Revolution began in Britain. 
B) The first country to which the Industrial Revolution spread was the United States. 
C) The Industrial Revolution spread to France after the French Revolution. 
D) Industrialization began in Germany in the 1840s and became phenomenal in the 1870s. 
E) Russia began to industrialize in the 1890s.

Question 19

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 agricultural revolution

Accepted Answer

The agricultural revolution was a period

Question 20

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. After the 1830s or so, the Industrial Revolution required huge infusions of capital. Why was this so, and how was this capital mobilized?

Accepted Answer

The Industrial Revolution, which began i

Exam 20: The Industrial Revolution the Great Transformation

Which of the following constituted the largest group of city workers until the 1850s?

The Dutch Republic lacked which of the following preconditions for industrialization?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Why was the agricultural revolution a necessary precursor to industrialization? How did the agricultural revolution change traditional social structures and labor patterns?

Urbanization followed all the following patterns EXCEPT

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the following areas urbanized during the 1800s: the English Midlands, the Scottish Lowlands, the northern plain of France, Belgium, the Rhineland, and northern Italy.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? pig pron

With the development of mass transportation in the later nineteenth century in large European cities

The agricultural revolution in Europe contributed to the Industrial Revolution by

The effects of the Industrial Revolution included all the following EXCEPT

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What were the major features of the Industrial Revolution? In what ways did it create a new age in the history of the West?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? factories

What was the innovation that significantly improved the quality of iron in the eighteenth century?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? middle classes

As the impact of the Industrial Revolution grew

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? "holy Monday"

Which of the following is a key reason England was able to industrialize first?

Conditions for miners

Which of the following statements is NOT accurate?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? agricultural revolution

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. After the 1830s or so, the Industrial Revolution required huge infusions of capital. Why was this so, and how was this capital mobilized?

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