Question 1

The text identifies which of the following as distinctive to Britain's industrialization?

Accepted Answer

A)  the degree to which private entrepreneurship was responsible for industrialization 
B)  the ability of the government to mobilize the country's resources in an economically productive way 
C)  the health and prosperity of Britain's population (with the exception of Ireland) 
D)  the humane treatment of industrial workers 
E)  all of the above 
A)  the degree to which private entrepreneurship was responsible for industrialization 
B)  the ability of the government to mobilize the country's resources in an economically productive way 
C)  the health and prosperity of Britain's population (with the exception of Ireland) 
D)  the humane treatment of industrial workers 
E)  all of the above

Question 2

At the end of the eighteenth century,industrialization in France was delayed by

Accepted Answer

A)  political revolution. 
B)  attachment to traditional agricultural methods. 
C)  acquisition of land by the peasantry. 
D)  attachment to traditional, high quality craft production. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  political revolution. 
B)  attachment to traditional agricultural methods. 
C)  acquisition of land by the peasantry. 
D)  attachment to traditional, high quality craft production. 
E)  all of the above

Question 3

Working class culture in the nineteenth century was centered around the

Accepted Answer

A)  home. 
B)  church. 
C)  pub or similar gathering place. 
D)  factory. 
E)  outdoors. 
A)  home. 
B)  church. 
C)  pub or similar gathering place. 
D)  factory. 
E)  outdoors.

Question 4

The Dutch Republic lacked which of the following preconditions for industrialization?

Accepted Answer

A)  a good transportation system 
B)  developed capitalist practices 
C)  natural resources 
D)  technical know-how 
E)  highly developed agriculture 
A)  a good transportation system 
B)  developed capitalist practices 
C)  natural resources 
D)  technical know-how 
E)  highly developed agriculture

Question 5

Results of the population growth of the eighteenth century included

Accepted Answer

A)  famine, disease, and misery. 
B)  a reintroduction of serfdom in Western Europe. 
C)  the breakup of traditional farming. 
D)  a rejection of market-oriented farming practices. 
E)  significant advantages for workers in labor-scarce areas. 
A)  famine, disease, and misery. 
B)  a reintroduction of serfdom in Western Europe. 
C)  the breakup of traditional farming. 
D)  a rejection of market-oriented farming practices. 
E)  significant advantages for workers in labor-scarce areas.

Question 6

The New Poor Law of 1834

Accepted Answer

A)  aimed to distinguish between the "deserving" and "undeserving" poor by forcing paupers into government workhouses. 
B)  barred children under age ten from working in factories. 
C)  established a minimum wage for British industry. 
D)  provided for the forced deportation of the unemployed to Australia. 
E)  provided unemployment insurance. 
A)  aimed to distinguish between the "deserving" and "undeserving" poor by forcing paupers into government workhouses. 
B)  barred children under age ten from working in factories. 
C)  established a minimum wage for British industry. 
D)  provided for the forced deportation of the unemployed to Australia. 
E)  provided unemployment insurance.

Question 7

In nineteenth-century Britain,labor unions

Accepted Answer

A)  made no headway in protecting members from unemployment and dangerous working conditions. 
B)  organized all of the laboring classes. 
C)  possessed the same protections as were put in place for corporations. 
D)  were legalized but forbidden to strike. 
E)  successfully consolidated in a Grand National Consolidated Trades Union. 
A)  made no headway in protecting members from unemployment and dangerous working conditions. 
B)  organized all of the laboring classes. 
C)  possessed the same protections as were put in place for corporations. 
D)  were legalized but forbidden to strike. 
E)  successfully consolidated in a Grand National Consolidated Trades Union.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

The Green Revolution refers to a series

Question 9

Capitalist agriculture first developed in

Accepted Answer

A)  France and England. 
B)  the Netherlands and England. 
C)  Germany and France. 
D)  Denmark and the Netherlands. 
E)  the New World. 
A)  France and England. 
B)  the Netherlands and England. 
C)  Germany and France. 
D)  Denmark and the Netherlands. 
E)  the New World.

Question 10

To improve working class conditions in the nineteenth century

Accepted Answer

A)  governments passed legislation that gradually shortened the workday from sixteen to ten hours. 
B)  French and German governments established and ran state schools. 
C)  legislation limited the employment of children. 
D)  poor relief included prison-like workhouses. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  governments passed legislation that gradually shortened the workday from sixteen to ten hours. 
B)  French and German governments established and ran state schools. 
C)  legislation limited the employment of children. 
D)  poor relief included prison-like workhouses. 
E)  all of the above

Question 11

Urbanization followed all the following patterns EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  the greatest urbanization occurred in the twentieth not the nineteenth century. 
B)  the growth of haphazard, unhealthy industrial cities was particularly serious in Britain. 
C)  at the time, many found the phenomenon astonishing. 
D)  in the first half of the nineteenth century, most workers lived in the suburbs of industrial cities, close to the factories. 
E)  governments in continental Europe were more willing to regulate urbanization. 
A)  the greatest urbanization occurred in the twentieth not the nineteenth century. 
B)  the growth of haphazard, unhealthy industrial cities was particularly serious in Britain. 
C)  at the time, many found the phenomenon astonishing. 
D)  in the first half of the nineteenth century, most workers lived in the suburbs of industrial cities, close to the factories. 
E)  governments in continental Europe were more willing to regulate urbanization.

Question 12

With the development of mass transportation in the later nineteenth century in large European cities

Accepted Answer

A)  workers tended to remain in the city center, while the wealthy moved into the outskirts. 
B)  new working class neighborhoods began to ring many cities. 
C)  city centers became strictly business districts as residents left for the suburbs. 
D)  the possibilities for worker insurrection were improved. 
E)  the quality of urban life actually deteriorated. 
A)  workers tended to remain in the city center, while the wealthy moved into the outskirts. 
B)  new working class neighborhoods began to ring many cities. 
C)  city centers became strictly business districts as residents left for the suburbs. 
D)  the possibilities for worker insurrection were improved. 
E)  the quality of urban life actually deteriorated.

Question 13

What was the innovation that significantly improved the quality of iron in the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bessemer's converter 
B)  the French practice of using a double compartment furnace with one compartment for the coke or coal, the other for the iron 
C)  the Siemens-Martin open hearth process 
D)  the application of steam engines to pump water from mines 
E)  the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron 
A)  Bessemer's converter 
B)  the French practice of using a double compartment furnace with one compartment for the coke or coal, the other for the iron 
C)  the Siemens-Martin open hearth process 
D)  the application of steam engines to pump water from mines 
E)  the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron

Question 14

The English parliamentary reports on the cities

Accepted Answer

A)  painted a better picture than that which existed. 
B)  only began in the late nineteenth century. 
C)  often read like novels describing the grinding poverty, filth, and stench. 
D)  were dominated by the leaders of business. 
E)  had little impact. 
A)  painted a better picture than that which existed. 
B)  only began in the late nineteenth century. 
C)  often read like novels describing the grinding poverty, filth, and stench. 
D)  were dominated by the leaders of business. 
E)  had little impact.

Question 15

Which of the following constituted the largest group of city workers until the 1850s?

Accepted Answer

A)  artisans 
B)  day laborers 
C)  factory workers 
D)  servants 
E)  the unemployed 
A)  artisans 
B)  day laborers 
C)  factory workers 
D)  servants 
E)  the unemployed

Question 16

James Phillips Kay described the working classes of Manchester as all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  densely massed in houses. 
B)  exhausted from prolonged labor. 
C)  faced with routine drudgery. 
D)  intellectually active. 
E)  absent of religious feeling. 
A)  densely massed in houses. 
B)  exhausted from prolonged labor. 
C)  faced with routine drudgery. 
D)  intellectually active. 
E)  absent of religious feeling.

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A joint-stock company is a business enti

The text identifies which of the following as distinctive to Britain's industrialization?

At the end of the eighteenth century,industrialization in France was delayed by

Working class culture in the nineteenth century was centered around the

The Dutch Republic lacked which of the following preconditions for industrialization?

Results of the population growth of the eighteenth century included

The New Poor Law of 1834

In nineteenth-century Britain,labor unions

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

Capitalist agriculture first developed in

To improve working class conditions in the nineteenth century

Urbanization followed all the following patterns EXCEPT

With the development of mass transportation in the later nineteenth century in large European cities

What was the innovation that significantly improved the quality of iron in the eighteenth century?

The English parliamentary reports on the cities

Which of the following constituted the largest group of city workers until the 1850s?

James Phillips Kay described the working classes of Manchester as all of the following EXCEPT

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

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

The French Revolution: the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution, 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism: From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West: Responses to Modernization

Imperialism: Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War Ii: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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Exam 5: The Industrial Revolution: the Great Transformation

The text identifies which of the following as distinctive to Britain's industrialization?

At the end of the eighteenth century,industrialization in France was delayed by

Working class culture in the nineteenth century was centered around the

The Dutch Republic lacked which of the following preconditions for industrialization?

Results of the population growth of the eighteenth century included

The New Poor Law of 1834

In nineteenth-century Britain,labor unions

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

Capitalist agriculture first developed in

To improve working class conditions in the nineteenth century

Urbanization followed all the following patterns EXCEPT

With the development of mass transportation in the later nineteenth century in large European cities

What was the innovation that significantly improved the quality of iron in the eighteenth century?

The English parliamentary reports on the cities

Which of the following constituted the largest group of city workers until the 1850s?

James Phillips Kay described the working classes of Manchester as all of the following EXCEPT

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

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

The French Revolution: the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution, 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism: From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West: Responses to Modernization

Imperialism: Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War Ii: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

Filters