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

In the United States, right after the Civil War what began to replace steam boats as a viable mode of transportation on many routes?

By 1860 what percent of the population in cities held 70 to 80 percent of the wealth in America?

The rise of the industrial factory system deeply affected the lives and status of workers who now

IDENTIFICATIONS -James Hargreaves' spinning jenny

IDENTIFICATIONS -cholera

The Industrial Revolution had its beginnings in

The first step toward the Industrial Revolution in Britain occurred within its

Do notions of "class," whether of the worker, the employer, the middle, the upper, or the lower do more to confuse historical understanding than to actually explain the era of the Industrial Revolution?

IDENTIFICATIONS -the Crystal Palace

The Industrial Revolution in Britain was largely inspired by

Discus the impact of the early Industrial Revolution upon the family, the role of women, and the living and working conditions of the industrial workers?

Which nineteenth century novelist described the coal towns as a place "where the struggling vegetation sickened and sank under the hot breath of kiln and furnace"?

Textile workers in which of the following countries, formerly dependent on such work, could no longer compete with British cotton produced with the aid of steam engines?

IDENTIFICATIONS -the cottage system

Urbanization in the first half of the nineteenth century

Which one of the following men established the first textile factory using water-powered spinning machines in Rhode Island in 1790?

The English Poor Law Act of 1834

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -joint-stock companies

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