Question 1

The book's excerpt from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi describes

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A) life on a cotton plantation in the American South. 
B) the first American railroads. 
C) the American Civil War's impact on those living along the Mississippi. 
D) the impact of steamboats on a town located on the Mississippi. 
E) political struggles in small town America during the nineteenth century. 
A) life on a cotton plantation in the American South. 
B) the first American railroads. 
C) the American Civil War's impact on those living along the Mississippi. 
D) the impact of steamboats on a town located on the Mississippi. 
E) political struggles in small town America during the nineteenth century. D

Question 2

The newly industrialized European nations actively encouraged industrialization in their colonies, such as the British did in India, believing that more production would reduce the cost of goods, thus satisfying domestic consumers.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

The first Continental nations to completely establish a comprehensive railroad system were

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A) France and Italy. 
B) Belgium and Germany. 
C) Prussia and Poland. 
D) Russia and Austria. 
E) the Scandinavian countries. 
A) France and Italy. 
B) Belgium and Germany. 
C) Prussia and Poland. 
D) Russia and Austria. 
E) the Scandinavian countries. B

Question 4

The new social class of industrial workers in the early Industrial Revolution

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A) did not include women. 
B) worked under dangerous conditions for long hours. 
C) excluded children from factory work. 
D) unionized and achieved a good amount of political power. 
E) demanded a socialist economic system. 
A) did not include women. 
B) worked under dangerous conditions for long hours. 
C) excluded children from factory work. 
D) unionized and achieved a good amount of political power. 
E) demanded a socialist economic system.

Question 5

The eighteenth-century agricultural revolution in Britain reduced the cost of food, thus giving the British extra income to purchase items produced by the Industrial Revolution.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The European population explosion of the nineteenth century

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A) was primarily the result of increased birthrates across Europe. 
B) was largely attributable to the disappearance of famine from western Europe. 
C) was due to the lack of emigration. 
D) was due to increased immigration. 
E) occurred despite the proliferation of major epidemic diseases. 
A) was primarily the result of increased birthrates across Europe. 
B) was largely attributable to the disappearance of famine from western Europe. 
C) was due to the lack of emigration. 
D) was due to increased immigration. 
E) occurred despite the proliferation of major epidemic diseases.

Question 7

Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Great Britain?

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The answer of Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in...

Question 8

Efforts at industrial reform in the 1830s and 1840s in Great Britain achieved all of the following EXCEPT the

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A) establishment of a national system of trade unions by 1847. 
B) reduction of working hours for children to no more than 12 hours a day. 
C) outlawing of women and children in coal mines. 
D) requirement of daily education for working children. 
E) appointment of government factory inspectors. 
A) establishment of a national system of trade unions by 1847. 
B) reduction of working hours for children to no more than 12 hours a day. 
C) outlawing of women and children in coal mines. 
D) requirement of daily education for working children. 
E) appointment of government factory inspectors.

Question 9

The Industrial Revolution on the Continent occurred between 1815 and 1850 in

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A) Belgium. 
B) Spain. 
C) the Austrian Empire. 
D) Russia. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) Belgium. 
B) Spain. 
C) the Austrian Empire. 
D) Russia. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 10

The infrastructure advantages in Britain promoting rapid industrialization included all of the following EXCEPT

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A) canals. 
B) roads. 
C) bridges. 
D) internal customs posts. 
E) railroads. 
A) canals. 
B) roads. 
C) bridges. 
D) internal customs posts. 
E) railroads.

Question 11

Many of Britain's industrial entrepreneurs were Quakers and other religious minorities, in part because they were excluded from many public positions and lacked opportunities other than in the new industrial capitalism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Britain's cotton industry in the late eighteenth century

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A) could not keep up with French textile production. 
B) was inspired by the textile industry found in the United States. 
C) declined due to the lack of technical innovation. 
D) immediately declined with the success of the Industrial Revolution. 
E) was responsible for the creation of the first modern factories. 
A) could not keep up with French textile production. 
B) was inspired by the textile industry found in the United States. 
C) declined due to the lack of technical innovation. 
D) immediately declined with the success of the Industrial Revolution. 
E) was responsible for the creation of the first modern factories.

Question 13

The Industrial Revolution's effect on the standard of living

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A) especially benefited the middle classes. 
B) led to much increased disparity between the richest and poorest classes in society. 
C) eventually led to an overall increase in purchasing power for the working classes. 
D) created higher per capita incomes. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) especially benefited the middle classes. 
B) led to much increased disparity between the richest and poorest classes in society. 
C) eventually led to an overall increase in purchasing power for the working classes. 
D) created higher per capita incomes. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 14

Which of the following statements best applies to urban life in the early nineteenth century?

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A) Government intervention prevented consumer fraud and food adulteration. 
B) A tremendous decline in urban death rates accounted for the increased population of most large cities. 
C) Lower-class family dwellings were on the whole much better than in the countryside. 
D) Filthy sanitary conditions were exacerbated by the city authorities' slow response to take responsibility for public health. 
E) Modern urban planning began in the city of London in the 1850s. 
A) Government intervention prevented consumer fraud and food adulteration. 
B) A tremendous decline in urban death rates accounted for the increased population of most large cities. 
C) Lower-class family dwellings were on the whole much better than in the countryside. 
D) Filthy sanitary conditions were exacerbated by the city authorities' slow response to take responsibility for public health. 
E) Modern urban planning began in the city of London in the 1850s.

Question 15

A frequent method employed to make the many very young boys and girls working in new British industries obey the owner's factory discipline was

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A) the promise of increased wages. 
B) deportation to the colonies. 
C) heavy fines for lost time. 
D) lectures and schooling in the rules to parents. 
E) repeated beatings. 
A) the promise of increased wages. 
B) deportation to the colonies. 
C) heavy fines for lost time. 
D) lectures and schooling in the rules to parents. 
E) repeated beatings.

Question 16

Members of the new industrial entrepreneurial class in the early nineteenth century

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A) particularly excluded aristocrats. 
B) were responsible for the predominance of giant corporate firms by 1850. 
C) were usually resourceful individuals with diverse social backgrounds. 
D) were more often from the lower classes than the bourgeoisie. 
E) were always from the bourgeoisie. 
A) particularly excluded aristocrats. 
B) were responsible for the predominance of giant corporate firms by 1850. 
C) were usually resourceful individuals with diverse social backgrounds. 
D) were more often from the lower classes than the bourgeoisie. 
E) were always from the bourgeoisie.

Question 17

​James Hargreaves pioneered the first steam-powered locomotive on an industrial rail line.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What attitudes and lifestyle defined the new industrial middle class?

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The new industrial middle class was defi

Question 19

Which of the following inventions proved vital to the industrialization of British cotton manufacturing?

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A) Arkwright's spinning frame. 
B) Hargreaves' spinning jenny. 
C) Cartwright's power loom. 
D) Compton's mule. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) Arkwright's spinning frame. 
B) Hargreaves' spinning jenny. 
C) Cartwright's power loom. 
D) Compton's mule. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 20

The Englishman Henry Cort was responsible for the process in iron smelting known as

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A) puddling. 
B) cottling. 
C) the open hearth. 
D) skimming. 
E) corking. 
A) puddling. 
B) cottling. 
C) the open hearth. 
D) skimming. 
E) corking.

Exam 20: The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

The book's excerpt from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi describes

The newly industrialized European nations actively encouraged industrialization in their colonies, such as the British did in India, believing that more production would reduce the cost of goods, thus satisfying domestic consumers.

The first Continental nations to completely establish a comprehensive railroad system were

The new social class of industrial workers in the early Industrial Revolution

The eighteenth-century agricultural revolution in Britain reduced the cost of food, thus giving the British extra income to purchase items produced by the Industrial Revolution.

The European population explosion of the nineteenth century

Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Great Britain?

Efforts at industrial reform in the 1830s and 1840s in Great Britain achieved all of the following EXCEPT the

The Industrial Revolution on the Continent occurred between 1815 and 1850 in

The infrastructure advantages in Britain promoting rapid industrialization included all of the following EXCEPT

Many of Britain's industrial entrepreneurs were Quakers and other religious minorities, in part because they were excluded from many public positions and lacked opportunities other than in the new industrial capitalism.

Britain's cotton industry in the late eighteenth century

The Industrial Revolution's effect on the standard of living

Which of the following statements best applies to urban life in the early nineteenth century?

A frequent method employed to make the many very young boys and girls working in new British industries obey the owner's factory discipline was

Members of the new industrial entrepreneurial class in the early nineteenth century

​James Hargreaves pioneered the first steam-powered locomotive on an industrial rail line.

What attitudes and lifestyle defined the new industrial middle class?

Which of the following inventions proved vital to the industrialization of British cotton manufacturing?

The Englishman Henry Cort was responsible for the process in iron smelting known as

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