Question 1

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

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Holy Mondays are religious observances t

Question 2

All of the following are true of nineteenth-century miners except

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A)  they labored under the hazards of cave-ins. 
B)  sometimes miners faced explosions and deadly gas fumes. 
C)  life under the mines was dark, cold, wet, and tenuous. 
D)  miners toiled their lives away in "the pits." 
E)  mine owners improved working conditions. 
A)  they labored under the hazards of cave-ins. 
B)  sometimes miners faced explosions and deadly gas fumes. 
C)  life under the mines was dark, cold, wet, and tenuous. 
D)  miners toiled their lives away in "the pits." 
E)  mine owners improved working conditions.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Edmund Cartwright was an English invento

Question 4

Which of the following inventions introduced flexibility in the location of factories?

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A)  railroads 
B)  Hydro-electric power plants 
C)  water frame spinning 
D)  The steam engine 
E)  Wind energy 
A)  railroads 
B)  Hydro-electric power plants 
C)  water frame spinning 
D)  The steam engine 
E)  Wind energy

Question 5

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Explain why Britain pioneered the Industrial Revolution.

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Who? The Industrial Revolution was pione

Question 6

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-The Factory Act (1847)

Accepted Answer

The Factory Act (1847) was a piece of le

Question 7

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Choose either the textile or the iron industry, and explain the nature of major developments influencing the Industrial Revolution in that field.

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Textile Industry:
Who? The textile indus

Question 8

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-What are the significant societal effects that occurred due to the Industrial Revolution?

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The Industrial Revolution was a period o

Question 9

All of the following are true of Britain in the nineteenth century except

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A)  it was a constitutional monarchy with many limits on the powers of the king and state. 
B)  it was a truly democratic state. 
C)  landed aristocrats dominated both the House of Lords and the House of Commons. 
D)  the middle class and working class slowly gained the right to vote. 
E)  many towns continued to be governed by corrupt groups. 
A)  it was a constitutional monarchy with many limits on the powers of the king and state. 
B)  it was a truly democratic state. 
C)  landed aristocrats dominated both the House of Lords and the House of Commons. 
D)  the middle class and working class slowly gained the right to vote. 
E)  many towns continued to be governed by corrupt groups.

Question 10

Increasingly, for workers Sunday became associated with

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A)  every other day because they worked 7 days a week. 
B)  religious reformers that swarmed into the slums. 
C)  drinking, games, and gossip. 
D)  church as it remained a religious day. 
E)  money because it was payday. 
A)  every other day because they worked 7 days a week. 
B)  religious reformers that swarmed into the slums. 
C)  drinking, games, and gossip. 
D)  church as it remained a religious day. 
E)  money because it was payday.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Urbanization refers to the process of in

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Who?
Chartists were members of a working

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Manchester is a city and metropolitan bo

Question 14

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-People's Charter

Accepted Answer

The People's Charter was a political doc

Question 15

Problems faced by English unionists included each of the following except

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A)  strikes were rarely successful and were often suppressed by force. 
B)  workers could not embark on strike action to back their demand until after 1875. 
C)  unions made some headway in protecting their members from unemployment and dangerous working conditions. 
D)  many workers believed that the only hope for their class lay in unified action through trade unions. 
E)  their organization was illegal until 1862. 
A)  strikes were rarely successful and were often suppressed by force. 
B)  workers could not embark on strike action to back their demand until after 1875. 
C)  unions made some headway in protecting their members from unemployment and dangerous working conditions. 
D)  many workers believed that the only hope for their class lay in unified action through trade unions. 
E)  their organization was illegal until 1862.

Question 16

​By the end of the 19th Century, industrialization

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A)  ​had reduced the culture gulf between rich and poor. 
B)  ​triumphed over the ideals of the French Revolution. 
C)  ​prevented social mobility. 
D)  ​widened the gap between the west and the rest of the world. 
E)  ​declined in importance. 
A)  ​had reduced the culture gulf between rich and poor. 
B)  ​triumphed over the ideals of the French Revolution. 
C)  ​prevented social mobility. 
D)  ​widened the gap between the west and the rest of the world. 
E)  ​declined in importance.

Question 17

As commerce and industry developed, which of the following does NOT correctly describe the middle class?

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A)  Bourgeois politicians shared more power with the landed aristocracy. 
B)  Rich bourgeois made it a point not to emulate aristocratic manners and pleasures. 
C)  Industrial wealth gave the middle class greater influence in all aspects of society. 
D)  Like the aristocratic and proletariat classes, the bourgeois class had many internal levels 
E)  The virtues of work, thrift, and ambitions were landmark characteristics of the middle class bourgeois. 
A)  Bourgeois politicians shared more power with the landed aristocracy. 
B)  Rich bourgeois made it a point not to emulate aristocratic manners and pleasures. 
C)  Industrial wealth gave the middle class greater influence in all aspects of society. 
D)  Like the aristocratic and proletariat classes, the bourgeois class had many internal levels 
E)  The virtues of work, thrift, and ambitions were landmark characteristics of the middle class bourgeois.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

Samuel Crompton was an English inventor

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

James Hargreaves was an English inventor

Exam 12: The Industrial Revolution: the Transformation of Society

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

All of the following are true of nineteenth-century miners except

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

Which of the following inventions introduced flexibility in the location of factories?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Explain why Britain pioneered the Industrial Revolution.

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -The Factory Act (1847)

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Choose either the textile or the iron industry, and explain the nature of major developments influencing the Industrial Revolution in that field.

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -What are the significant societal effects that occurred due to the Industrial Revolution?

All of the following are true of Britain in the nineteenth century except

Increasingly, for workers Sunday became associated with

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

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

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

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -People's Charter

Problems faced by English unionists included each of the following except

​By the end of the 19th Century, industrialization

As commerce and industry developed, which of the following does NOT correctly describe the middle class?

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

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

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