Question 1

Who established the "iron law of wages?"

Accepted Answer

A)  David Ricardo 
B)  Thomas Malthus 
C)  Richard Owen 
D)  Jeremy Bentham 
E)  Charles Fourier 
A)  David Ricardo 
B)  Thomas Malthus 
C)  Richard Owen 
D)  Jeremy Bentham 
E)  Charles Fourier

Question 2

As industrial cities developed

Accepted Answer

A)  social bonds from the countryside provided new arrivals with a safety net. 
B)  writers referred to them as inhumane. 
C)  English humanitarianism resulted in taxes often being designated to improve the standard of living of the poor. 
D)  there was distress, largely because cities had never before developed without planning. 
E)  the old division of society into clergy, nobility, and commoners remained. 
A)  social bonds from the countryside provided new arrivals with a safety net. 
B)  writers referred to them as inhumane. 
C)  English humanitarianism resulted in taxes often being designated to improve the standard of living of the poor. 
D)  there was distress, largely because cities had never before developed without planning. 
E)  the old division of society into clergy, nobility, and commoners remained.

Question 3

​The man responsible for the process of converting pig iron into steel removing the impurities was_______

Accepted Answer

A)  ​William Siemens 
B)  ​Samuel Crompton 
C)  ​Henry Bessemer 
D)  ​John Kay 
E)  ​James Watt 
A)  ​William Siemens 
B)  ​Samuel Crompton 
C)  ​Henry Bessemer 
D)  ​John Kay 
E)  ​James Watt

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Fourier refers to a mathematical concept

Question 5

Which of the following inventions made it more efficient to bring many workers together, rather than sending work out to individuals in their own homes?

Accepted Answer

A)  The cotton gin 
B)  The flying shuttle 
C)  The water frame spinning machine 
D)  The spinning mule 
E)  The steam engine 
A)  The cotton gin 
B)  The flying shuttle 
C)  The water frame spinning machine 
D)  The spinning mule 
E)  The steam engine

Question 6

​How did reformers attempt to respond to the changing industrial society? Consider the political, social, and philosophical reform movements.

Accepted Answer

Reformers responded to the changing indu

Question 7

How did the move to urban areas and factory work affect those workers who had moved from villages?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were exposed to better education. 
B)  Urban laws created healthier living conditions than living in the farm environment. 
C)  Laws protected workers from factory owner exploitation. 
D)  They lost the social connections attributed to small village life and environment. 
E)  Factory wages, although low, afforded them more material wealth. 
A)  They were exposed to better education. 
B)  Urban laws created healthier living conditions than living in the farm environment. 
C)  Laws protected workers from factory owner exploitation. 
D)  They lost the social connections attributed to small village life and environment. 
E)  Factory wages, although low, afforded them more material wealth.

Question 8

Generally speaking, the relationship between the wealthy bourgeoisie and the European nobility in the later nineteenth century was characterized by

Accepted Answer

A)  great hostility. 
B)  bourgeois rejection of noble values. 
C)  bourgeois politicians holding the lowest offices in much of Western Europe as compared to the aristocracy. 
D)  nobles striving to imitate the bourgeoisie. 
E)  the wealthy bourgeoisie tended to imitate the aristocracy. 
A)  great hostility. 
B)  bourgeois rejection of noble values. 
C)  bourgeois politicians holding the lowest offices in much of Western Europe as compared to the aristocracy. 
D)  nobles striving to imitate the bourgeoisie. 
E)  the wealthy bourgeoisie tended to imitate the aristocracy.

Question 9

The Combination Acts made​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​unions illegal.​ 
B)  ​child labor legal.​ 
C)  ​factory hours dependent on municipal laws.​ 
D)  ​education mandatory.​ 
E)  ​women's pay equal. 
A)  ​unions illegal.​ 
B)  ​child labor legal.​ 
C)  ​factory hours dependent on municipal laws.​ 
D)  ​education mandatory.​ 
E)  ​women's pay equal.

Question 10

​The Chartist reform movement was lead by

Accepted Answer

A)  ​The House of Commons. 
B)  ​King William IV. 
C)  ​Feargus O'Connor. 
D)  ​Thomas Malthus. 
E)  ​Robert Owen. 
A)  ​The House of Commons. 
B)  ​King William IV. 
C)  ​Feargus O'Connor. 
D)  ​Thomas Malthus. 
E)  ​Robert Owen.

Question 11

As the impact of the Industrial Revolution grew, one may say that

Accepted Answer

A)  the middle class of Western Europe gained political power by the early eighteenth century. 
B)  landed power in Western Europe was quickly displaced. 
C)  by the end of the nineteenth century, the bourgeois politicians shared power with the aristocracy in Western Europe. 
D)  in Eastern Europe, the archaic aristocracy was very quickly displaced by the emerging bourgeoisie. 
E)  peasants shared power with the aristocracy. 
A)  the middle class of Western Europe gained political power by the early eighteenth century. 
B)  landed power in Western Europe was quickly displaced. 
C)  by the end of the nineteenth century, the bourgeois politicians shared power with the aristocracy in Western Europe. 
D)  in Eastern Europe, the archaic aristocracy was very quickly displaced by the emerging bourgeoisie. 
E)  peasants shared power with the aristocracy.

Question 12

Which of the following statements is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  Belgium was one of the last states to industrialize. 
B)  German industrialization began early. 
C)  Britain, in the eighteenth century, jumped ahead in the production of cotton. 
D)  Germans realized quite soon that they were blessed with tremendous natural resources. 
E)  France was the leading industrial nation in the eighteenth century. 
A)  Belgium was one of the last states to industrialize. 
B)  German industrialization began early. 
C)  Britain, in the eighteenth century, jumped ahead in the production of cotton. 
D)  Germans realized quite soon that they were blessed with tremendous natural resources. 
E)  France was the leading industrial nation in the eighteenth century.

Question 13

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-What could newcomers to the working class experience as they came to the city? If life was so difficult in the cities, why did workers continue to go there?

Accepted Answer

Who? Newcomers to the working class, oft

Question 14

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Feargus O'Connor

Accepted Answer

Feargus O'Connor was an Irish Chartist l

Question 15

​All the following were early Socialists except

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Karl Marx 
B)  ​Henry Comte de Saint-Simon 
C)  ​Charles Fourier 
D)  ​Robert Owen 
E)  ​Thomas Malthus 
A)  ​Karl Marx 
B)  ​Henry Comte de Saint-Simon 
C)  ​Charles Fourier 
D)  ​Robert Owen 
E)  ​Thomas Malthus

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

Artisans are skilled craftspeople who cr

Question 17

Important to the British industrialism was the ability to finance ventures which came from which sources of capital?

Accepted Answer

A)  Military victories brought in the spoils of defeated nations. 
B)  High taxes increased the ability of the government to subsidize economic ventures. 
C)  A growing domestic market fed industries and businessmen with capital. 
D)  Rich landowners were forced to sell part of their land to industrial developers. 
E)  A treasury which had a large surplus. 
A)  Military victories brought in the spoils of defeated nations. 
B)  High taxes increased the ability of the government to subsidize economic ventures. 
C)  A growing domestic market fed industries and businessmen with capital. 
D)  Rich landowners were forced to sell part of their land to industrial developers. 
E)  A treasury which had a large surplus.

Question 18

Mill towns grew up where machines could be powered by

Accepted Answer

A)  solar energy. 
B)  wind energy. 
C)  thermal energy. 
D)  oil. 
E)  water. 
A)  solar energy. 
B)  wind energy. 
C)  thermal energy. 
D)  oil. 
E)  water.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

John Kay is a Scottish economist and aut

Question 20

Which of the following was the most rapidly growing social group by the mid-nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Servants 
B)  Artisans 
C)  Factory workers 
D)  Rural laborers 
E)  The middle class 
A)  Servants 
B)  Artisans 
C)  Factory workers 
D)  Rural laborers 
E)  The middle class

Exam 12: The Industrial Revolution: the Transformation of Society

Who established the "iron law of wages?"

As industrial cities developed

​The man responsible for the process of converting pig iron into steel removing the impurities was_______

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

Which of the following inventions made it more efficient to bring many workers together, rather than sending work out to individuals in their own homes?

​How did reformers attempt to respond to the changing industrial society? Consider the political, social, and philosophical reform movements.

How did the move to urban areas and factory work affect those workers who had moved from villages?

Generally speaking, the relationship between the wealthy bourgeoisie and the European nobility in the later nineteenth century was characterized by

The Combination Acts made​

​The Chartist reform movement was lead by

As the impact of the Industrial Revolution grew, one may say that

Which of the following statements is correct?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -What could newcomers to the working class experience as they came to the city? If life was so difficult in the cities, why did workers continue to go there?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Feargus O'Connor

​All the following were early Socialists except

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

Important to the British industrialism was the ability to finance ventures which came from which sources of capital?

Mill towns grew up where machines could be powered by

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

Which of the following was the most rapidly growing social group by the mid-nineteenth century?

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

The Flowering and Dissolution of Medieval Civilization

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The man responsible for the process of converting pig iron into steel removing the impurities was_______

How did reformers attempt to respond to the changing industrial society? Consider the political, social, and philosophical reform movements.

The Combination Acts made

The Chartist reform movement was lead by

All the following were early Socialists except