Question 1

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

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The Luddites were a group of English tex

Question 2

The importance of the Darby family and the Severn bridge lies in the fact that

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A) they symbolize the ability of large businesses dating from the Middle Ages to create marvels of modern technology. 
B) the bridge was the first to be made of cast iron since Roman times. 
C) they are indicative of the small family-owned businesses that made Industrial Revolution possible in England. 
D) they show how new economic realities connected with the Industrial Revolution destroyed small family companies. 
E) they demonstrate that not all technological innovations were economically viable. 
A) they symbolize the ability of large businesses dating from the Middle Ages to create marvels of modern technology. 
B) the bridge was the first to be made of cast iron since Roman times. 
C) they are indicative of the small family-owned businesses that made Industrial Revolution possible in England. 
D) they show how new economic realities connected with the Industrial Revolution destroyed small family companies. 
E) they demonstrate that not all technological innovations were economically viable.

Question 3

The machine identified in the text as fostering slavery was the

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A) spinning jenny. 
B) spinning mule. 
C) cotton gin. 
D) power loom. 
E) McCormick reaper. 
A) spinning jenny. 
B) spinning mule. 
C) cotton gin. 
D) power loom. 
E) McCormick reaper.

Question 4

Judging from the text, why did factory workers marry earlier and have more children than artisans or peasants?

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A) A wife and children could also work in factories and so were economic assets especially in old age. 
B) Migration into the cities broke down traditional peasant values such as thrift and sexual abstinence. 
C) Birth control was not available in the cities. 
D) They felt the need to relieve the loneliness and anomie of the cities. 
E) Factory owners encouraged the practice with incentives. 
A) A wife and children could also work in factories and so were economic assets especially in old age. 
B) Migration into the cities broke down traditional peasant values such as thrift and sexual abstinence. 
C) Birth control was not available in the cities. 
D) They felt the need to relieve the loneliness and anomie of the cities. 
E) Factory owners encouraged the practice with incentives.

Question 5

In general, urban servants were

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A) young unmarried women. 
B) young unmarried men. 
C) married couples in service together. 
D) older unmarried women. 
E) older unmarried men. 
A) young unmarried women. 
B) young unmarried men. 
C) married couples in service together. 
D) older unmarried women. 
E) older unmarried men.

Question 6

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Choose either the textile or the iron industry, and explain the nature of major developments influencing the Industrial Revolution in that field.

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The textile industry played a major role

Question 7

The new steam engines required affordable access to

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A) traditionally produced iron and coal. 
B) iron and major rivers. 
C) wood and traditionally produced iron. 
D) coal and improved, stronger iron. 
E) improved, stronger iron and major rivers. 
A) traditionally produced iron and coal. 
B) iron and major rivers. 
C) wood and traditionally produced iron. 
D) coal and improved, stronger iron. 
E) improved, stronger iron and major rivers.

Question 8

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What could newcomers to the working class experience as they came to the city? If life was so difficult in the cities, why did workers continue to go there?

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Newcomers to the working class who came

Question 9

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Much press is given to the dynamic power of private entrepreneurship in the development of industrial capitalism. However, governments also played a very large role in funding and facilitating industrialization, even in England. Provide some examples of this.

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One example of government involvement in

Question 10

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

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Blacklisted refers to the act of being d

Question 11

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

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The workhouse was a place where the poor

Question 12

Generally speaking, the relationship between the wealthy bourgeoisie and the European nobility in the later nineteenth century was characterized by

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A) great hostility. 
B) bourgeois rejection of noble values. 
C) extensive intermarriage and social contact. 
D) noble striving to imitate the bourgeoisie. 
E) limited contact. 
A) great hostility. 
B) bourgeois rejection of noble values. 
C) extensive intermarriage and social contact. 
D) noble striving to imitate the bourgeoisie. 
E) limited contact.

Question 13

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

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Urbanization refers to the process of in

Question 14

The text identifies which of the following as distinctive to Britain's industrialization?

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A) the degree to which private entrepreneurship was responsible for industrialization 
B) the ability of the government to mobilize the country's resources in an economically productive way 
C) the health and prosperity of Britain's population (with the exception of Ireland) 
D) the humane treatment of industrial workers 
E) all of the above 
A) the degree to which private entrepreneurship was responsible for industrialization 
B) the ability of the government to mobilize the country's resources in an economically productive way 
C) the health and prosperity of Britain's population (with the exception of Ireland) 
D) the humane treatment of industrial workers 
E) all of the above

Question 15

Working class culture in the nineteenth century was centered around the

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A) home. 
B) church. 
C) pub or similar gathering place. 
D) factory. 
E) outdoors. 
A) home. 
B) church. 
C) pub or similar gathering place. 
D) factory. 
E) outdoors.

Question 16

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

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Sabotage is the deliberate destruction o

Question 17

Between 1800 and 1914, the population of Europe changed from

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A) 75 million to 200 million. 
B) 100 million to 200 million. 
C) 100 million to 300 million. 
D) 190 million to 460 million. 
E) 200 million to 125 million. 
A) 75 million to 200 million. 
B) 100 million to 200 million. 
C) 100 million to 300 million. 
D) 190 million to 460 million. 
E) 200 million to 125 million.

Question 18

The dismantling of the old manorial system inherited from the Middle Ages resulted in

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A) increased agricultural productivity. 
B) increased rural poverty. 
C) new opportunities for manufacturing entrepreneurs. 
D) substantial migration to the cities. 
E) all of the above 
A) increased agricultural productivity. 
B) increased rural poverty. 
C) new opportunities for manufacturing entrepreneurs. 
D) substantial migration to the cities. 
E) all of the above

Question 19

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Discuss some of the main economic problems facing the new industrial working class. How did governments respond when workers protested?

Accepted Answer

The new industrial working class faced s

Question 20

At the end of the eighteenth century, industrialization in France was delayed by

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A) political revolution. 
B) attachment to traditional agricultural methods. 
C) acquisition of land by the peasantry. 
D) attachment to traditional, high quality craft production. 
E) all of the above 
A) political revolution. 
B) attachment to traditional agricultural methods. 
C) acquisition of land by the peasantry. 
D) attachment to traditional, high quality craft production. 
E) all of the above

Exam 20: The Industrial Revolution the Great Transformation

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

The importance of the Darby family and the Severn bridge lies in the fact that

The machine identified in the text as fostering slavery was the

Judging from the text, why did factory workers marry earlier and have more children than artisans or peasants?

In general, urban servants were

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Choose either the textile or the iron industry, and explain the nature of major developments influencing the Industrial Revolution in that field.

The new steam engines required affordable access to

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What could newcomers to the working class experience as they came to the city? If life was so difficult in the cities, why did workers continue to go there?

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

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

Generally speaking, the relationship between the wealthy bourgeoisie and the European nobility in the later nineteenth century was characterized by

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

The text identifies which of the following as distinctive to Britain's industrialization?

Working class culture in the nineteenth century was centered around the

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

Between 1800 and 1914, the population of Europe changed from

The dismantling of the old manorial system inherited from the Middle Ages resulted in

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Discuss some of the main economic problems facing the new industrial working class. How did governments respond when workers protested?

At the end of the eighteenth century, industrialization in France was delayed by

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