Question 1

The Factory Act of 1847 stipulated that

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A)  a worker who is injured on the job has to be compensated. 
B)  boys under eighteen and women could not work for more than ten hours in a day in factories. 
C)  adult males cannot work for more than ten hours a day. 
D)  mining companies could not engage women as workers. 
E)  women could not work in factories. 
A)  a worker who is injured on the job has to be compensated. 
B)  boys under eighteen and women could not work for more than ten hours in a day in factories. 
C)  adult males cannot work for more than ten hours a day. 
D)  mining companies could not engage women as workers. 
E)  women could not work in factories.

Question 2

The Chartist reform movement in England fought for all of the following except

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A)  universal manhood suffrage. 
B)  bi-annual meetings for members of parliament. 
C)  the secret ballot. 
D)  abolition of property qualifications for members of parliament. 
E)  annual meetings of parliament. 
A)  universal manhood suffrage. 
B)  bi-annual meetings for members of parliament. 
C)  the secret ballot. 
D)  abolition of property qualifications for members of parliament. 
E)  annual meetings of parliament.

Question 3

Which of the following CORRECTLY describes the evolution of industrialism in Europe?

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A)  Britain possessed important and developed natural resources to begin the process to industrialism. 
B)  Invasion of Austria into France destroyed emerging industrialism. 
C)  Germany lacked the revenue to develop industrialism. 
D)  Italy concentrated its economy on foreign trade. 
E)  Americans provided Europe with sufficient manufactured goods, therefore discouraging industrial growth. 
A)  Britain possessed important and developed natural resources to begin the process to industrialism. 
B)  Invasion of Austria into France destroyed emerging industrialism. 
C)  Germany lacked the revenue to develop industrialism. 
D)  Italy concentrated its economy on foreign trade. 
E)  Americans provided Europe with sufficient manufactured goods, therefore discouraging industrial growth.

Question 4

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-The Education Act of 1870

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The Education Act of 1870 was a key piec

Question 5

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-David Ricardo

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David Ricardo was a British economist wh

Question 6

Each of the following refers to aspects of the Industrial Revolution except

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A)  creation of successful labor unions. 
B)  new forms of power, particularly steam, replaced animal strength and human muscle. 
C)  better ways of obtaining and using raw materials. 
D)  a new way of organizing production and workers. 
E)  technology moved from triumph to triumph with a momentum unprecedented in human history. 
A)  creation of successful labor unions. 
B)  new forms of power, particularly steam, replaced animal strength and human muscle. 
C)  better ways of obtaining and using raw materials. 
D)  a new way of organizing production and workers. 
E)  technology moved from triumph to triumph with a momentum unprecedented in human history.

Question 7

One of the first sources of social reform was the​

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A)  People's Charter. 
B)  support of the church. 
C)  Municipal Corporations Act. 
D)  enclosure acts 
E)  The Combinations Acts. 
A)  People's Charter. 
B)  support of the church. 
C)  Municipal Corporations Act. 
D)  enclosure acts 
E)  The Combinations Acts.

Question 8

All of the following are true of the working class in the nineteenth century except that

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A)  they usually arrived in the city from agricultural areas. 
B)  they moved to the city without their families. 
C)  they worked for long hours, sometimes fifteen a day. 
D)  working and living conditions were terrible. 
E)  their labor barely contributed to industrialization. 
A)  they usually arrived in the city from agricultural areas. 
B)  they moved to the city without their families. 
C)  they worked for long hours, sometimes fifteen a day. 
D)  working and living conditions were terrible. 
E)  their labor barely contributed to industrialization.

Question 9

With the development of the open-hearth process

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A)  the use of coal was practical. 
B)  iron became cheap. 
C)  iron was produced instead of steel. 
D)  the use of coal was practical and iron was produced instead of steel. 
E)  steel became cheap. 
A)  the use of coal was practical. 
B)  iron became cheap. 
C)  iron was produced instead of steel. 
D)  the use of coal was practical and iron was produced instead of steel. 
E)  steel became cheap.

Question 10

Temperance may be best associated with

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A)  an attack on gin drinking. 
B)  criticism of wife abuse. 
C)  psychological study of the criminal mind. 
D)  the call for moderation in political attacks on opponents. 
E)  an attack on cigarette smoking. 
A)  an attack on gin drinking. 
B)  criticism of wife abuse. 
C)  psychological study of the criminal mind. 
D)  the call for moderation in political attacks on opponents. 
E)  an attack on cigarette smoking.

Question 11

The early efforts of workers to unionize resulted in

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A)  public support. 
B)  acceptance by factories rather than face strikes 
C)  workers turned to militant union actions. 
D)  laws protecting mine workers. 
E)  the downfall of laissez faire mentality. 
A)  public support. 
B)  acceptance by factories rather than face strikes 
C)  workers turned to militant union actions. 
D)  laws protecting mine workers. 
E)  the downfall of laissez faire mentality.

Question 12

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-The Public Health Act (1848)

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The Public Health Act (1848) was a key p

Question 13

Thomas Malthus blamed the rising poverty on​

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A)  ​the factory owners. 
B)  ​the House of Commons. 
C)  ​immorality. 
D)  ​population. 
E)  ​pollution. 
A)  ​the factory owners. 
B)  ​the House of Commons. 
C)  ​immorality. 
D)  ​population. 
E)  ​pollution.

Question 14

Britain was able to avoid revolution because it

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A)  took a militaristic stand against worker violence. 
B)  made violence appear to be an attack on nationalism. 
C)  it made unions legal. 
D)  created worker committees. 
E)  became a symbol of reform rather than revolution. 
A)  took a militaristic stand against worker violence. 
B)  made violence appear to be an attack on nationalism. 
C)  it made unions legal. 
D)  created worker committees. 
E)  became a symbol of reform rather than revolution.

Question 15

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-spinning jenny

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The spinning jenny was a key invention i

Question 16

An early utopian reformer who preached the opportunity to create a new society was

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A)  Saint-Simon. 
B)  Karl Marx. 
C)  Frederick Engels. 
D)  Lenin. 
E)  Robert Owen. 
A)  Saint-Simon. 
B)  Karl Marx. 
C)  Frederick Engels. 
D)  Lenin. 
E)  Robert Owen.

Question 17

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-What were the changes in social structure initiated by the Industrial Revolution? How did this affect the power structure of European states in the nineteenth century?

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Key Terms:
1. Industrial Revolution: The

Question 18

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Discuss how the classes of this era changed and affected society?

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Key Term: Industrial Revolution

Who? Th

Question 19

Where did the earliest inventions in the cotton industry appear?

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A)  Belgium 
B)  Holland 
C)  France 
D)  Britain 
E)  Italy 
A)  Belgium 
B)  Holland 
C)  France 
D)  Britain 
E)  Italy

Question 20

Fearing potentially a revolutionary situation, ____ attempted to defuse discontent in cities and among workers by encouraging the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832

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A)  the House of Commons. 
B)  King William IV 
C)  the House of Lords. 
D)  Feargus O'Conner 
E)  Thomas Malthus 
A)  the House of Commons. 
B)  King William IV 
C)  the House of Lords. 
D)  Feargus O'Conner 
E)  Thomas Malthus

Exam 12: The Industrial Revolution: the Transformation of Society

The Factory Act of 1847 stipulated that

The Chartist reform movement in England fought for all of the following except

Which of the following CORRECTLY describes the evolution of industrialism in Europe?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -The Education Act of 1870

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -David Ricardo

Each of the following refers to aspects of the Industrial Revolution except

One of the first sources of social reform was the​

All of the following are true of the working class in the nineteenth century except that

With the development of the open-hearth process

Temperance may be best associated with

The early efforts of workers to unionize resulted in

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -The Public Health Act (1848)

Thomas Malthus blamed the rising poverty on​

Britain was able to avoid revolution because it

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -spinning jenny

An early utopian reformer who preached the opportunity to create a new society was

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -What were the changes in social structure initiated by the Industrial Revolution? How did this affect the power structure of European states in the nineteenth century?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Discuss how the classes of this era changed and affected society?

Where did the earliest inventions in the cotton industry appear?

Fearing potentially a revolutionary situation, ____ attempted to defuse discontent in cities and among workers by encouraging the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832

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The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greeks: From Myth to Reason

Rome: From City-State to World Empire

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Rise of Europe: Fusion of Classical, Christian, and Germanic Traditions

The Flowering and Dissolution of Medieval Civilization

Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation

Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution

Intellectual Transformation: the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

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Surge of Liberalism and Nationalism: Revolution, Counterrevolution, and Unification

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