Question 1

Which of the following was a significant factor that contributed to the development of the European infrastructure for trade transport?

Accepted Answer

A)  a pan-European postal system 
B)  the German Zollverein 
C)  water purification systems 
D)  development of Macadam road building 
E)  construction of the Suez canal 
A)  a pan-European postal system 
B)  the German Zollverein 
C)  water purification systems 
D)  development of Macadam road building 
E)  construction of the Suez canal

Question 2

Workers received the legal right to organize in unions in which country?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

Among the working classes,the occupation that was predominantly female was

Accepted Answer

A)  weaving. 
B)  glass blowing. 
C)  spinning. 
D)  making china. 
E)  metalworking. 
A)  weaving. 
B)  glass blowing. 
C)  spinning. 
D)  making china. 
E)  metalworking.

Question 4

The values promoted as part of middle-class respectability included all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  hard work. 
B)  financial independence 
C)  a household that emulated the wealthy with servants and home furnishings. 
D)  strict maintenance of heritage and social exclusivity. 
E)  moral and ethical guidelines of behavior. 
A)  hard work. 
B)  financial independence 
C)  a household that emulated the wealthy with servants and home furnishings. 
D)  strict maintenance of heritage and social exclusivity. 
E)  moral and ethical guidelines of behavior.

Question 5

Specific goals outlined in The Communist Manifesto included all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  a progressive income tax. 
B)  free education. 
C)  state control of credit and transportation. 
D)  complete abolition of all private ownership. 
E)  an end to the distinction between urban and rural by spreading culture and education beyond cities. 
A)  a progressive income tax. 
B)  free education. 
C)  state control of credit and transportation. 
D)  complete abolition of all private ownership. 
E)  an end to the distinction between urban and rural by spreading culture and education beyond cities.

Question 6

Why did Karl Marx believe that now was the time for a revolution,as opposed to any time previously?

Accepted Answer

Using the argument from Hegelian dialect

Question 7

The author of the formula to success in life,titled Self-Help,was

Accepted Answer

A)  Friedrich Engels. 
B)  Adam Smith. 
C)  Josiah Wedgewood. 
D)  Robert Owens. 
E)  Samuel Smiles. 
A)  Friedrich Engels. 
B)  Adam Smith. 
C)  Josiah Wedgewood. 
D)  Robert Owens. 
E)  Samuel Smiles.

Question 8

Marx believed that the best means to understand the world was through

Accepted Answer

A)  economics. 
B)  class structures. 
C)  philosophy. 
D)  nationality. 
E)  cultural orientation. 
A)  economics. 
B)  class structures. 
C)  philosophy. 
D)  nationality. 
E)  cultural orientation.

Question 9

How did the emergence of class consciousness in the nineteenth century transform European society?

Accepted Answer

The answer revolves around the individua

Question 10

What was created by the French inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard?

Accepted Answer

A)  A type of loom that could weave patterned fabric. 
B)  A system of interchangeable parts. 
C)  A division of labor known as the factory system. 
D)  A mechanism for harvesting cotton. 
E)  Harnessing hydraulic power instead of coal-based steam. 
A)  A type of loom that could weave patterned fabric. 
B)  A system of interchangeable parts. 
C)  A division of labor known as the factory system. 
D)  A mechanism for harvesting cotton. 
E)  Harnessing hydraulic power instead of coal-based steam.

Question 11

All of these factors mitigated against continental industrialization except

Accepted Answer

A)  a lack of scientific technology. 
B)  less available internal transportation 
C)  strength of European guilds. 
D)  less available natural resources for mechanization. 
E)  lack of a cash economy to support a capitalist market. 
A)  a lack of scientific technology. 
B)  less available internal transportation 
C)  strength of European guilds. 
D)  less available natural resources for mechanization. 
E)  lack of a cash economy to support a capitalist market.

Question 12

Where was the birthplace of industrialization in Britain?

Accepted Answer

A)  London. 
B)  Manchester. 
C)  New Lanark. 
D)  Yorkshire. 
E)  Salisbury. 
A)  London. 
B)  Manchester. 
C)  New Lanark. 
D)  Yorkshire. 
E)  Salisbury.

Question 13

By the 1830s British reformers argued that solving the problems of industrialization could only be done by

Accepted Answer

A)  factory owners. 
B)  utilitarians. 
C)  the government. 
D)  the Church of England. 
E)  educating the poor. 
A)  factory owners. 
B)  utilitarians. 
C)  the government. 
D)  the Church of England. 
E)  educating the poor.

Question 14

The condition for peasants in Europe was worst in

Accepted Answer

A)  England. 
B)  France. 
C)  Russia. 
D)  Spain 
E)  Italy. 
A)  England. 
B)  France. 
C)  Russia. 
D)  Spain 
E)  Italy.

Question 15

Who was the most famous working class radical who argued for limitation of child labor and greater division of profit?

Accepted Answer

A)  Karl Marx. 
B)  Giuseppi Garabaldi. 
C)  Samuel Smiles. 
D)  William Cobbett 
E)  Josiah Wedgewood. 
A)  Karl Marx. 
B)  Giuseppi Garabaldi. 
C)  Samuel Smiles. 
D)  William Cobbett 
E)  Josiah Wedgewood.

Question 16

Marx argued that history could be understood through

Accepted Answer

A)  elitist interpretation. 
B)  power structures. 
C)  class struggle. 
D)  political enfranchisement 
E)  oppression of original ideas. 
A)  elitist interpretation. 
B)  power structures. 
C)  class struggle. 
D)  political enfranchisement 
E)  oppression of original ideas.

Question 17

Marx's use of the Hegelian dialectical was unique because

Accepted Answer

A)  he argued that revolution was the new historical inevitability. 
B)  he engaged the dialectic and applied it to the concepts of materialism. 
C)  the clash of thesis and antithesis would synthesize a new world system of capitalism. 
D)  Hegel had argued that history was unchanging, whereas Marx applied it to revolution. 
E)  of none of these. 
A)  he argued that revolution was the new historical inevitability. 
B)  he engaged the dialectic and applied it to the concepts of materialism. 
C)  the clash of thesis and antithesis would synthesize a new world system of capitalism. 
D)  Hegel had argued that history was unchanging, whereas Marx applied it to revolution. 
E)  of none of these.

Question 18

Social mobility within the middle classes was most often found through

Accepted Answer

A)  education. 
B)  work experience. 
C)  risk taking in business. 
D)  religious cohorts. 
E)  self-help organizations. 
A)  education. 
B)  work experience. 
C)  risk taking in business. 
D)  religious cohorts. 
E)  self-help organizations.

Question 19

One of the most significant components of industrialization was development of the transportation infrastructure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

To avoid the kind of working-class discontent seen in England,European nations took preventive action in all of the following ways except

Accepted Answer

A)  imposition of child labor laws. 
B)  actively building and promoting railroads. 
C)  providing unemployment insurance for workers. 
D)  government-regulated working conditions. 
E)  protective tariffs to discourage importation of goods. 
A)  imposition of child labor laws. 
B)  actively building and promoting railroads. 
C)  providing unemployment insurance for workers. 
D)  government-regulated working conditions. 
E)  protective tariffs to discourage importation of goods.

Exam 21: Industrialization and Society,1800-1850

Which of the following was a significant factor that contributed to the development of the European infrastructure for trade transport?

Workers received the legal right to organize in unions in which country?

Among the working classes,the occupation that was predominantly female was

The values promoted as part of middle-class respectability included all of the following except

Specific goals outlined in The Communist Manifesto included all of the following except

Why did Karl Marx believe that now was the time for a revolution,as opposed to any time previously?

The author of the formula to success in life,titled Self-Help,was

Marx believed that the best means to understand the world was through

How did the emergence of class consciousness in the nineteenth century transform European society?

What was created by the French inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard?

All of these factors mitigated against continental industrialization except

Where was the birthplace of industrialization in Britain?

By the 1830s British reformers argued that solving the problems of industrialization could only be done by

The condition for peasants in Europe was worst in

Who was the most famous working class radical who argued for limitation of child labor and greater division of profit?

Marx argued that history could be understood through

Marx's use of the Hegelian dialectical was unique because

Social mobility within the middle classes was most often found through

One of the most significant components of industrialization was development of the transportation infrastructure.

To avoid the kind of working-class discontent seen in England,European nations took preventive action in all of the following ways except

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