Question 1

The rapid spread of the steam engine made England dependent on which natural resource?

Accepted Answer

A)  Water 
B)  Timber 
C)  Coal 
D)  Electricity 
E)  Copper 
A)  Water 
B)  Timber 
C)  Coal 
D)  Electricity 
E)  Copper C

Question 2

Reform Judaism was seen most strongly in which area?

Accepted Answer

A)  England 
B)  Germany 
C)  Poland 
D)  Russia 
E)  Austria 
A)  England 
B)  Germany 
C)  Poland 
D)  Russia 
E)  Austria B

Question 3

What role did women play in middle class society?

Accepted Answer

Women in middle classes were expected to "earn money,not spend it." The primary duty of a woman was to be married and run her household under the auspices of "separate spheres," that delineated her area of service from her husband's.In the petit bourgeoisie,women were found in suitable occupations such as a teacher,seamstress,governess,or being the maid to a genteel lady.Occupations were,however,a dangerous semi-step above being poor and losing social status.A married middle class woman in a household had no legal rights per se,but she was under the feme covert status,covered under their fathers or husbands.Charitable activities,such as those in temperance movements,were seen as acceptable outlets for women,but middle class women's options were otherwise limited.For example,both Brontë sisters wrote under male pseudonyms,George Eliot and George Sand,in order to have their works taken seriously.

Question 4

Artisans who were most drastically affected by being put out of work in industrialization were

Accepted Answer

A)  shoemakers. 
B)  weavers. 
C)  glassblowers. 
D)  clock makers. 
E)  tailors. 
A)  shoemakers. 
B)  weavers. 
C)  glassblowers. 
D)  clock makers. 
E)  tailors.

Question 5

What was the primary factor in German industrialization?

Accepted Answer

A)  trade unions. 
B)  merchant networks. 
C)  a customs union. 
D)  a manufacturing consortium. 
E)  none of these. 
A)  trade unions. 
B)  merchant networks. 
C)  a customs union. 
D)  a manufacturing consortium. 
E)  none of these.

Question 6

The point at which industry becomes self-perpetuating is called

Accepted Answer

A)  the industrial revolution. 
B)  the market revolution 
C)  supply and demand. 
D)  industrial take-off 
E)  free market economy. 
A)  the industrial revolution. 
B)  the market revolution 
C)  supply and demand. 
D)  industrial take-off 
E)  free market economy.

Question 7

Communism differed from socialism in requiring

Accepted Answer

A)  an educated working class. 
B)  trade unions as a political organ of representation for the working class. 
C)  violence in overthrowing the existing system. 
D)  universal baseline standards of living that allowed for private property. 
E)  living in organized groups of 1,620 people. 
A)  an educated working class. 
B)  trade unions as a political organ of representation for the working class. 
C)  violence in overthrowing the existing system. 
D)  universal baseline standards of living that allowed for private property. 
E)  living in organized groups of 1,620 people.

Question 8

Charles Fourier applied his ideas of egalitarianism within all classes of men,but not women,as he felt they were not sufficiently developed in the capitalist market to be a significant force of change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What religion found adherents in the working-class in Britain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Methodism 
B)  Evangelicalism 
C)  Baptists 
D)  Oxford movement 
E)  Revivalism 
A)  Methodism 
B)  Evangelicalism 
C)  Baptists 
D)  Oxford movement 
E)  Revivalism

Question 10

How was urbanization a characteristic outcome of industrialization rather than a contributing factor?

Accepted Answer

While urbanization and industrialization

Question 11

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.

Question 12

What changes in western Europe had the longest lasting effect in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Industrialization had the most profound

Question 13

Although the middle classes promoted charitable works to improve the lot of the poor,they felt that poverty was caused by

Accepted Answer

A)  exploitation of the working class. 
B)  lack of hard work by the urban workers. 
C)  alcoholism and sexual promiscuity. 
D)  inadequate government programs to provide tools for social mobility. 
E)  denial of access to the means of production. 
A)  exploitation of the working class. 
B)  lack of hard work by the urban workers. 
C)  alcoholism and sexual promiscuity. 
D)  inadequate government programs to provide tools for social mobility. 
E)  denial of access to the means of production.

Question 14

Charles Fourier argued for the existence of harmonious communities organized in

Accepted Answer

A)  communes. 
B)  phalanges. 
C)  platoons. 
D)  unions. 
E)  consumer cooperatives. 
A)  communes. 
B)  phalanges. 
C)  platoons. 
D)  unions. 
E)  consumer cooperatives.

Question 15

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 16

Henri de Saint-Simon was considered part of which group of social reformers?

Accepted Answer

A)  communists. 
B)  radicals. 
C)  liberals. 
D)  utopian socialists. 
E)  Christian humanists. 
A)  communists. 
B)  radicals. 
C)  liberals. 
D)  utopian socialists. 
E)  Christian humanists.

Question 17

During the industrial age,the concept of separate spheres meant what for women's area of expertise?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women were a partner in the family business. 
B)  Women were a source of a second income in working families. 
C)  Women took on unpaid labor within the household. 
D)  Women should maintain a domestic environment for her husband that was separate from his work environment. 
E)  Women attended gender delineated universities. 
A)  Women were a partner in the family business. 
B)  Women were a source of a second income in working families. 
C)  Women took on unpaid labor within the household. 
D)  Women should maintain a domestic environment for her husband that was separate from his work environment. 
E)  Women attended gender delineated universities.

Question 18

François Guizot believed that the poor had brought their condition upon themselves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Conditions for peasants were worst in Europe in Ireland after the potato famine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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.

Exam 21: Industrialization and Society,1800-1850

The rapid spread of the steam engine made England dependent on which natural resource?

Reform Judaism was seen most strongly in which area?

What role did women play in middle class society?

Artisans who were most drastically affected by being put out of work in industrialization were

What was the primary factor in German industrialization?

The point at which industry becomes self-perpetuating is called

Communism differed from socialism in requiring

Charles Fourier applied his ideas of egalitarianism within all classes of men,but not women,as he felt they were not sufficiently developed in the capitalist market to be a significant force of change.

What religion found adherents in the working-class in Britain?

How was urbanization a characteristic outcome of industrialization rather than a contributing factor?

The middle classes found their identification in

What changes in western Europe had the longest lasting effect in the nineteenth century?

Although the middle classes promoted charitable works to improve the lot of the poor,they felt that poverty was caused by

Charles Fourier argued for the existence of harmonious communities organized in

Industrialization and urban growth negatively affected which of the following?

Henri de Saint-Simon was considered part of which group of social reformers?

During the industrial age,the concept of separate spheres meant what for women's area of expertise?

François Guizot believed that the poor had brought their condition upon themselves.

Conditions for peasants were worst in Europe in Ireland after the potato famine.

Factory workers often preferred to hire women because they

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