Question 1

What does the "putting-out" system of the nineteenth century refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  Indigent mothers putting newborns "out" to be taken in by orphanages and hospitals 
B)  The process by which coal was burned to put out heat for steam engines 
C)  The payment of factory workers according to the amount of goods they produced in a day 
D)  Workers producing goods at home with raw materials supplied by outside contractors 
A)  Indigent mothers putting newborns "out" to be taken in by orphanages and hospitals 
B)  The process by which coal was burned to put out heat for steam engines 
C)  The payment of factory workers according to the amount of goods they produced in a day 
D)  Workers producing goods at home with raw materials supplied by outside contractors

Question 2

According to this map, which of the following countries dominated in the mining of coal around 1850?
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Accepted Answer

A)  Prussia 
B)  Russia 
C)  Spain 
D)  Great Britain 
A)  Prussia 
B)  Russia 
C)  Spain 
D)  Great Britain

Question 3

What were the "hungry forties," and how did they contribute to political change?

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Question 4

Where was the most significant nationalist movement in western Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ireland 
B)  Belgium 
C)  France 
D)  Scotland 
A)  Ireland 
B)  Belgium 
C)  France 
D)  Scotland

Question 5

What was the main difference between colonialism and imperialism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Peoples subject to imperialism developed an articulate and organized opposition, while colonized peoples seldom coordinated opposition movements. 
B)  Unlike colonialism, imperialism was a more aggressive and more directly exploitative form of political domination. 
C)  Colonialism typically involved settlers dependent on slave labor, whereas imperialism involved more indirect forms of economic exploitation and political domination. 
D)  Unlike colonialism, which was motivated by European greed, imperialism focused on exerting cultural rather than economic hegemony. 
A)  Peoples subject to imperialism developed an articulate and organized opposition, while colonized peoples seldom coordinated opposition movements. 
B)  Unlike colonialism, imperialism was a more aggressive and more directly exploitative form of political domination. 
C)  Colonialism typically involved settlers dependent on slave labor, whereas imperialism involved more indirect forms of economic exploitation and political domination. 
D)  Unlike colonialism, which was motivated by European greed, imperialism focused on exerting cultural rather than economic hegemony.

Question 6

Beginning in the 1840s, what factory-produced good became increasingly important to industrial economies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Iron 
B)  Steel 
C)  Wool 
D)  Glassware 
A)  Iron 
B)  Steel 
C)  Wool 
D)  Glassware

Question 7

What were the "June Days," and what do they reveal about divisions among those involved?

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Question 8

The Economist was established in 1843 to promote the free-trade goals of what organization?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Alliance Française 
B)  The Anti-Corn Law League 
C)  The British and Imperial Merchants Association 
D)  The Workers' Alliance for Fair Prices 
A)  The Alliance Française 
B)  The Anti-Corn Law League 
C)  The British and Imperial Merchants Association 
D)  The Workers' Alliance for Fair Prices

Question 9

According to this map, which region experienced cholera only during its second wave, from 1840 through 1855?
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Accepted Answer

A)  North America 
B)  Asia 
C)  South America 
D)  Africa 
A)  North America 
B)  Asia 
C)  South America 
D)  Africa

Question 10

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) wrote with passion and insight about working-class men and women because he

Accepted Answer

A)  had worked to gather data on working-class living conditions for a series of reports to the British Parliament. 
B)  came from a working-class background, both parents having been employed in textile manufacturing. 
C)  had to work in a shoe-polish factory as a child after his father was imprisoned for debt. 
D)  was the son of a factory owner and had seen working conditions firsthand. 
A)  had worked to gather data on working-class living conditions for a series of reports to the British Parliament. 
B)  came from a working-class background, both parents having been employed in textile manufacturing. 
C)  had to work in a shoe-polish factory as a child after his father was imprisoned for debt. 
D)  was the son of a factory owner and had seen working conditions firsthand.

Question 11

Why did the 1846 Polish insurrection, in which Polish exiles tried to stir the province of Galicia to rise up against Austria, end in failure?

Accepted Answer

A)  The local peasants attacked their noble Polish masters rather than the Austrian rulers. 
B)  Workers demanded a socialist constitution before they would attack Austria. 
C)  The Catholic church refused to endorse the rebellion. 
D)  Polish landowners believed that the Austrians would offer them fairer treatment and more protection than the revolutionaries. 
A)  The local peasants attacked their noble Polish masters rather than the Austrian rulers. 
B)  Workers demanded a socialist constitution before they would attack Austria. 
C)  The Catholic church refused to endorse the rebellion. 
D)  Polish landowners believed that the Austrians would offer them fairer treatment and more protection than the revolutionaries.

Question 12

Who was Adam Mickiewicz, and how did he shape Polish nationalism in the early nineteenth century?

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Question 13

The Welsh-born manufacturer Robert Owen was known for founding what political movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  British socialism 
B)  Chartism 
C)  Saint-Simonianism 
D)  Liberalism 
A)  British socialism 
B)  Chartism 
C)  Saint-Simonianism 
D)  Liberalism

Question 14

What was "revolutionary" about the Industrial Revolution? In what ways did it alter the lives of Europeans and transform the social and political landscape of Europe? In your answer, be sure to consider factors like the shift in labor patterns, the impact of urbanization, and political responses to industrialization.

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

The rapid urbanization that developed as a result of industrialization caused European cities to

Accepted Answer

A)  invest in major infrastructure projects such as building new sewage and water solutions and constructing massive housing blocks for industrial workers. 
B)  begin expanding city parks and wilderness spaces to combat the industrial pollution and noise of the industrial city. 
C)  become overcrowded and filthy, as the population expanded much more rapidly than the housing stock, and sanitation developed slowly. 
D)  create official segregated spaces that kept the classes separate from one another, heightening the class distinctions that were beginning to develop. 
A)  invest in major infrastructure projects such as building new sewage and water solutions and constructing massive housing blocks for industrial workers. 
B)  begin expanding city parks and wilderness spaces to combat the industrial pollution and noise of the industrial city. 
C)  become overcrowded and filthy, as the population expanded much more rapidly than the housing stock, and sanitation developed slowly. 
D)  create official segregated spaces that kept the classes separate from one another, heightening the class distinctions that were beginning to develop.

Question 16

Italian nationalists expelled the pope and declared Rome a republic until the pope was reinstalled by

Accepted Answer

A)  the new Austrian emperor Francis Joseph. 
B)  the new French republican president Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte. 
C)  King Charles Albert of Piedmont-Sardinia, a more conservative nationalist. 
D)  Giuseppe Garibaldi, a consul of the new government. 
A)  the new Austrian emperor Francis Joseph. 
B)  the new French republican president Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte. 
C)  King Charles Albert of Piedmont-Sardinia, a more conservative nationalist. 
D)  Giuseppe Garibaldi, a consul of the new government.

Question 17

Which of the following diseases had the most devastating impact on cities in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Yellow fever 
B)  Typhus 
C)  Cholera 
D)  Smallpox 
A)  Yellow fever 
B)  Typhus 
C)  Cholera 
D)  Smallpox

Question 18

In terms of their impact, what set Marx and Engels apart from other socialist and communist intellectuals?

Accepted Answer

A)  They tried to suppress trade unions because they thought unions would slow the advance of socialism. 
B)  The Communist Manifesto became the foundation document for communist revolutions around the world. 
C)  They were willing to work with liberals and other reformers in England and Germany. 
D)  They put religion, and particularly early Christianity, at the heart of their ideology. 
A)  They tried to suppress trade unions because they thought unions would slow the advance of socialism. 
B)  The Communist Manifesto became the foundation document for communist revolutions around the world. 
C)  They were willing to work with liberals and other reformers in England and Germany. 
D)  They put religion, and particularly early Christianity, at the heart of their ideology.

Question 19

The advent of what new artistic medium in 1839 created enormous potential for portraying the social realities of the industrial age?

Accepted Answer

A)  Panoramas 
B)  Serialized novels 
C)  Burlesque theater 
D)  Photography 
A)  Panoramas 
B)  Serialized novels 
C)  Burlesque theater 
D)  Photography

Question 20

Key inventions in which industry drove the development of the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Coal mining 
B)  Shipbuilding 
C)  Textile manufacturing 
D)  Glassware 
A)  Coal mining 
B)  Shipbuilding 
C)  Textile manufacturing 
D)  Glassware

Exam 21: Industrialization and Social Ferment, 1830-1850

What does the "putting-out" system of the nineteenth century refer to?

According to this map, which of the following countries dominated in the mining of coal around 1850? ​ ​ ​

What were the "hungry forties," and how did they contribute to political change?

Where was the most significant nationalist movement in western Europe?

What was the main difference between colonialism and imperialism?

Beginning in the 1840s, what factory-produced good became increasingly important to industrial economies?

What were the "June Days," and what do they reveal about divisions among those involved?

The Economist was established in 1843 to promote the free-trade goals of what organization?

According to this map, which region experienced cholera only during its second wave, from 1840 through 1855? ​ ​ ​

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) wrote with passion and insight about working-class men and women because he

Why did the 1846 Polish insurrection, in which Polish exiles tried to stir the province of Galicia to rise up against Austria, end in failure?

Who was Adam Mickiewicz, and how did he shape Polish nationalism in the early nineteenth century?

The Welsh-born manufacturer Robert Owen was known for founding what political movement?

The rapid urbanization that developed as a result of industrialization caused European cities to

Italian nationalists expelled the pope and declared Rome a republic until the pope was reinstalled by

Which of the following diseases had the most devastating impact on cities in the first half of the nineteenth century?

In terms of their impact, what set Marx and Engels apart from other socialist and communist intellectuals?

The advent of what new artistic medium in 1839 created enormous potential for portraying the social realities of the industrial age?

Key inventions in which industry drove the development of the Industrial Revolution?

Early Western Civilization, 400,000-1000 B.C.E

Near East Empires and the Reemergence of Civilization in Greece, 1000-500 B.C.E

The Greek Golden Age, C 500-C 400 B.C.E

From the Classical to the Hellenistic World, 400-30 B.C.E

The Rise of Rome and Its Republic, 753-44 B.C.E

The Creation of the Roman Empire, 44 B.C.E-284 C.E

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The Heirs of Rome: Islam, Byzantium, and Europe, 600-750

From Centralization to Fragmentation, 750-1050

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The Flowering of the Middle Ages, 1150-1215

The Medieval Synthesis and Its Cracks, 1215-1340

Crisis and Renaissance, 1340-1492

Global Encounters and the Shock of the Reformation, 1492-1560

Wars of Religion and the Clash of Worldviews, 1560-1648

Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Search for Order, 1640-1700

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Napoleon and the Revolutionary Legacy, 1800-1830

Politics and Culture of the Nation-State, 1850-1870

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Modernity and the Road to War, 1890-1914

World War I and Its Aftermath, 1914-1929

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