Question 1

The possession of which of the following was the principal source of social and political power during industrialization?

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A) mines 
B) textile factories 
C) landed property 
D) intellectual property 
E) ships 
A) mines 
B) textile factories 
C) landed property 
D) intellectual property 
E) ships

Question 2

In nineteenth-century Britain, labor unions

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A) made no headway in protecting members from unemployment and dangerous working conditions. 
B) organized all of the laboring classes. 
C) possessed the same protections as were put in place for corporations. 
D) were legalized but forbidden to strike. 
E) successfully consolidated in a Grand National Consolidated Trades Union. 
A) made no headway in protecting members from unemployment and dangerous working conditions. 
B) organized all of the laboring classes. 
C) possessed the same protections as were put in place for corporations. 
D) were legalized but forbidden to strike. 
E) successfully consolidated in a Grand National Consolidated Trades Union.

Question 3

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did the Industrial Revolution change European society and contribute to the modernization of the West?

Accepted Answer

The Industrial Revolution had a profound

Question 4

According to the text, the middle classes included all of the following EXCEPT

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A) factory and mine owners. 
B) bankers and managers. 
C) merchants and shopkeepers. 
D) lawyers and doctors. 
E) factory workers. 
A) factory and mine owners. 
B) bankers and managers. 
C) merchants and shopkeepers. 
D) lawyers and doctors. 
E) factory workers.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Mutual aid societies are organizations f

Question 6

The New Poor Law of 1834

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A) aimed to distinguish between the "deserving" and "undeserving" poor by forcing paupers into government workhouses. 
B) barred children under age ten from working in factories. 
C) established a minimum wage for British industry. 
D) provided for the forced deportation of the unemployed to Australia. 
E) provided unemployment insurance. 
A) aimed to distinguish between the "deserving" and "undeserving" poor by forcing paupers into government workhouses. 
B) barred children under age ten from working in factories. 
C) established a minimum wage for British industry. 
D) provided for the forced deportation of the unemployed to Australia. 
E) provided unemployment insurance.

Question 7

The state in Britain contributed to the Industrial Revolution by

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A) passing laws allowing for enclosure of common lands. 
B) fostering enterprise that expanded trade routes. 
C) revising the electoral system to allow middle-class subjects to vote and thus shape policy. 
D) protecting private and intellectual property under the law. 
E) all of the above ​ 
A) passing laws allowing for enclosure of common lands. 
B) fostering enterprise that expanded trade routes. 
C) revising the electoral system to allow middle-class subjects to vote and thus shape policy. 
D) protecting private and intellectual property under the law. 
E) all of the above ​

Question 8

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).   
 Locate and label the four areas in Europe to which the Industrial Revolution spread by the 1860s.

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

Question 9

The debate over working class life during early industrialization includes the observation that

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A) rising wages did not guarantee a rising quality of life. 
B) industrialization destroyed crafts and displaced craftsmen. 
C) the new economic system permitted the starvation of a million Irish in the 1840s. 
D) industrialization led to extensive migration from country to city and emigration abroad. 
E) all of the above 
A) rising wages did not guarantee a rising quality of life. 
B) industrialization destroyed crafts and displaced craftsmen. 
C) the new economic system permitted the starvation of a million Irish in the 1840s. 
D) industrialization led to extensive migration from country to city and emigration abroad. 
E) all of the above

Question 10

Which of the following statements is NOT accurate ?

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A) The French and the British engaged in major road construction in the eighteenth century. 
B) A boom in canal construction occurred in Britain and the United States between 1760 and 1820. 
C) Steam-powered railroads began to replace horse-powered railroad in the 1820s. 
D) The telegraph industry was first developed in the 1840s. 
E) Most European railroad construction and administration in the nineteenth century remained in private hands. 
A) The French and the British engaged in major road construction in the eighteenth century. 
B) A boom in canal construction occurred in Britain and the United States between 1760 and 1820. 
C) Steam-powered railroads began to replace horse-powered railroad in the 1820s. 
D) The telegraph industry was first developed in the 1840s. 
E) Most European railroad construction and administration in the nineteenth century remained in private hands.

Question 11

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 joint-stock company

Accepted Answer

A joint-stock company is a business enti

Question 12

Which of the following was the most important mid-nineteenth-century innovation that significantly increased funds ready for investment?

Accepted Answer

A) joint-stock companies 
B) limited liability corporations 
C) international banks 
D) public-private companies 
E) insurance companies 
A) joint-stock companies 
B) limited liability corporations 
C) international banks 
D) public-private companies 
E) insurance companies

Question 13

The Darby family profiled in the text were

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A) cotton textile factory owners. 
B) canal builders. 
C) agricultural capitalists. 
D) railroad investors. 
E) iron manufacturers. 
A) cotton textile factory owners. 
B) canal builders. 
C) agricultural capitalists. 
D) railroad investors. 
E) iron manufacturers.

Question 14

The Luddites who resisted industrial change engaged in acts of violence in

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A) France. 
B) Germany. 
C) the Netherlands. 
D) England. 
E) Eastern Europe. 
A) France. 
B) Germany. 
C) the Netherlands. 
D) England. 
E) Eastern Europe.

Question 15

Banks

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A) were a safe enterprise that guaranteed profitable returns. 
B) provided insurance for deposits. 
C) amassed considerable resources that allowed them to reject caution in their approach to investing. 
D) proved vulnerable to nineteenth-century financial crises. 
E) often concentrated their investments in a single industry to maximize profits. 
A) were a safe enterprise that guaranteed profitable returns. 
B) provided insurance for deposits. 
C) amassed considerable resources that allowed them to reject caution in their approach to investing. 
D) proved vulnerable to nineteenth-century financial crises. 
E) often concentrated their investments in a single industry to maximize profits.

Question 16

The new world created by industrialization led to

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A) the increasing importance of the individual. 
B) the growing value of the nation over the locality. 
C) an idealization by some of the past as a golden age. 
D) an enthusiasm by some for progress. 
E) all of the above 
A) the increasing importance of the individual. 
B) the growing value of the nation over the locality. 
C) an idealization by some of the past as a golden age. 
D) an enthusiasm by some for progress. 
E) all of the above

Question 17

Capitalist agriculture first developed in

Accepted Answer

A) France and England. 
B) the Netherlands and England. 
C) Germany and France. 
D) Denmark and the Netherlands. 
E) the New World. 
A) France and England. 
B) the Netherlands and England. 
C) Germany and France. 
D) Denmark and the Netherlands. 
E) the New World.

Exam 20: The Industrial Revolution the Great Transformation

The possession of which of the following was the principal source of social and political power during industrialization?

In nineteenth-century Britain, labor unions

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did the Industrial Revolution change European society and contribute to the modernization of the West?

According to the text, the middle classes included all of the following EXCEPT

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

The New Poor Law of 1834

The state in Britain contributed to the Industrial Revolution by

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the four areas in Europe to which the Industrial Revolution spread by the 1860s.

The debate over working class life during early industrialization includes the observation that

Which of the following statements is NOT accurate ?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? joint-stock company

Which of the following was the most important mid-nineteenth-century innovation that significantly increased funds ready for investment?

The Darby family profiled in the text were

The Luddites who resisted industrial change engaged in acts of violence in

Banks

The new world created by industrialization led to

Capitalist agriculture first developed in

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