Question 1

How accurate is the image of "passionless" Victorian sexuality,and why was such an image cultivated?

Accepted Answer

The lack of passion in discussions of Vi

Question 2

The Great Famine of 1845-1849:

Accepted Answer

A) took place during a period when the Irish population was naturally declining. 
B) affected only the Irish;it did not occur anywhere else in Europe. 
C) was responsible for the deaths of at least 1 million Irish. 
D) led to open class war between Irish peasants and their English landlords. 
E) virtually wiped out the Irish population,allowing the English to take over the country as a colony. 
A) took place during a period when the Irish population was naturally declining. 
B) affected only the Irish;it did not occur anywhere else in Europe. 
C) was responsible for the deaths of at least 1 million Irish. 
D) led to open class war between Irish peasants and their English landlords. 
E) virtually wiped out the Irish population,allowing the English to take over the country as a colony.

Question 3

Many political leaders,social scientists,and public health officials across all of Europe issued thousands of reports detailing the problems with urban life including:

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A) increasing crime. 
B) insufficient clean water. 
C) inadequate sewer systems. 
D) rising unemployment. 
E) All of these. 
A) increasing crime. 
B) insufficient clean water. 
C) inadequate sewer systems. 
D) rising unemployment. 
E) All of these.

Question 4

What was the effect of industrialization on the city?

Accepted Answer

Cities sprouted up seemingly overnight,w

Question 5

What determined the division of the working class into subgroups?

Accepted Answer

A) Location of workplace. 
B) Gender. 
C) Skills and workplace. 
D) Skills,wages,and gender. 
E) Industry worked in. 
A) Location of workplace. 
B) Gender. 
C) Skills and workplace. 
D) Skills,wages,and gender. 
E) Industry worked in.

Question 6

Great Britain began to lose its lead in the Industrial Revolution in the second half of the nineteenth century due to new industries being developed by other countries,such as:

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A) explosives and iron. 
B) chemical processes and energy. 
C) transportation and energy. 
D) iron and communications. 
E) transportation and communications. 
A) explosives and iron. 
B) chemical processes and energy. 
C) transportation and energy. 
D) iron and communications. 
E) transportation and communications.

Question 7

A central difference in the development of industrialization in Great Britain and the United States on the one hand and continental Europe on the other was the involvement of:

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A) private companies in Europe and the exclusive involvement of government in Great Britain. 
B) the Roman Catholic Church to the exclusion of government and private companies in Europe. 
C) government through subsidies,incentives,and direct development in Europe. 
D) foreign investors only in Great Britain and a mix of foreign and national investors in Europe. 
E) the peasantry who moved to the urban centers and provided the needed labor on the Continent. 
A) private companies in Europe and the exclusive involvement of government in Great Britain. 
B) the Roman Catholic Church to the exclusion of government and private companies in Europe. 
C) government through subsidies,incentives,and direct development in Europe. 
D) foreign investors only in Great Britain and a mix of foreign and national investors in Europe. 
E) the peasantry who moved to the urban centers and provided the needed labor on the Continent.

Question 8

One of the most important preconditions of industrialization that was best established in Great Britain was:

Accepted Answer

A) an extensive system of paved highways maintained by the government. 
B) a small urban population. 
C) its widespread railway system wholly owned by the government. 
D) a commercialized system of agriculture. 
E) a small rural population. 
A) an extensive system of paved highways maintained by the government. 
B) a small urban population. 
C) its widespread railway system wholly owned by the government. 
D) a commercialized system of agriculture. 
E) a small rural population.

Question 9

Even with industry interconnected,where an improvement in one area led to improvements in other areas,there was one dual foundation on which the rest was built;that foundation was:

Accepted Answer

A) steel and iron. 
B) wheat and potatoes. 
C) steam and speed. 
D) capital and land. 
E) corn and land. 
A) steel and iron. 
B) wheat and potatoes. 
C) steam and speed. 
D) capital and land. 
E) corn and land.

Question 10

What was the role of working women in the Industrial Revolution,and what impact did it have on their lives?

Accepted Answer

Women had always been part of the econom

Question 11

An average house in the United States today contains approximately 1,500 to 2,000 square feet.In Leeds,England,in the 1840s,an average house contained _____ square feet for an entire family.

Accepted Answer

A) 150 
B) 500 
C) 750 
D) 1,000 
E) 1,200 
A) 150 
B) 500 
C) 750 
D) 1,000 
E) 1,200

Question 12

The nineteenth-century banking revolution was accompanied by scandal;the greatest of the banks involved was the Péreire brothers' bank,the:

Accepted Answer

A) Belgian Société Générale. 
B) Austrian Creditanstalt. 
C) Banque de Paris. 
D) Crédit Mobilier. 
E) Crédit Agricole. 
A) Belgian Société Générale. 
B) Austrian Creditanstalt. 
C) Banque de Paris. 
D) Crédit Mobilier. 
E) Crédit Agricole.

Question 13

How did changing textile industry technologies affect society?

Accepted Answer

The spinning jenny and the spinning mule

Question 14

One of the concepts mentioned in the chapter is the developing role of the middle class.Who comprised the middle class? How were they depicted in literature of the time? What were their goals and aspirations? Was social mobility possible for the middle class?

Accepted Answer

The ranks included shopkeepers and their

Question 15

The many environmental changes caused by the Industrial Revolution included all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) air pollution caused by industries. 
B) water pollution caused by population increases in urban centers. 
C) air pollution caused by home heating with wood. 
D) water pollution caused by mining detritus. 
E) diminishing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. 
A) air pollution caused by industries. 
B) water pollution caused by population increases in urban centers. 
C) air pollution caused by home heating with wood. 
D) water pollution caused by mining detritus. 
E) diminishing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Question 16

The Industrial Revolution caused changes in all of the following areas EXCEPT:

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A) the nature of work. 
B) the physical landscape of Europe. 
C) the private lives of people. 
D) wealth and poverty. 
E) the philosophical foundations of scientific culture. 
A) the nature of work. 
B) the physical landscape of Europe. 
C) the private lives of people. 
D) wealth and poverty. 
E) the philosophical foundations of scientific culture.

Question 17

As a result of the Industrial Revolution,people of the nineteenth century viewed one another through the lens of:

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A) class. 
B) wealth. 
C) birth. 
D) religion. 
E) national origin. 
A) class. 
B) wealth. 
C) birth. 
D) religion. 
E) national origin.

Question 18

Queen Victoria of England ascended to the throne in 1837 and became one of the country's most successful monarchs,in no small measure because she:

Accepted Answer

A) met with her subjects regularly in very informal settings to find out what she could do to help them. 
B) embodied the traits important to the middle class,whose habits of mind we now call Victorian. 
C) waged a successful series of wars with virtually every nation in Europe to wipe out the last vestiges of Marxist thought. 
D) bowed to public pressure and reestablished Roman Catholicism as the state religion of Great Britain. 
E) returned to the principle of absolutism that had been abandoned by the British monarchy two centuries earlier. 
A) met with her subjects regularly in very informal settings to find out what she could do to help them. 
B) embodied the traits important to the middle class,whose habits of mind we now call Victorian. 
C) waged a successful series of wars with virtually every nation in Europe to wipe out the last vestiges of Marxist thought. 
D) bowed to public pressure and reestablished Roman Catholicism as the state religion of Great Britain. 
E) returned to the principle of absolutism that had been abandoned by the British monarchy two centuries earlier.

Question 19

Direct communication between the United States and Europe was not possible until:

Accepted Answer

A) 1825. 
B) 1848. 
C) 1865. 
D) 1883. 
E) 1900. 
A) 1825. 
B) 1848. 
C) 1865. 
D) 1883. 
E) 1900.

Question 20

The Luddites were opposed to:

Accepted Answer

A) the rise of the middle class that threatened the old aristocracy. 
B) the growing number of prostitutes in the urban areas. 
C) the "unseemliness" of "loose" middle-class women of Victorian England. 
D) the increasing use of machines that replaced individual artisans. 
E) the use of child labor in industry. 
A) the rise of the middle class that threatened the old aristocracy. 
B) the growing number of prostitutes in the urban areas. 
C) the "unseemliness" of "loose" middle-class women of Victorian England. 
D) the increasing use of machines that replaced individual artisans. 
E) the use of child labor in industry.

How accurate is the image of "passionless" Victorian sexuality,and why was such an image cultivated?

The Great Famine of 1845-1849:

Many political leaders,social scientists,and public health officials across all of Europe issued thousands of reports detailing the problems with urban life including:

What was the effect of industrialization on the city?

What determined the division of the working class into subgroups?

Great Britain began to lose its lead in the Industrial Revolution in the second half of the nineteenth century due to new industries being developed by other countries,such as:

A central difference in the development of industrialization in Great Britain and the United States on the one hand and continental Europe on the other was the involvement of:

One of the most important preconditions of industrialization that was best established in Great Britain was:

Even with industry interconnected,where an improvement in one area led to improvements in other areas,there was one dual foundation on which the rest was built;that foundation was:

What was the role of working women in the Industrial Revolution,and what impact did it have on their lives?

An average house in the United States today contains approximately 1,500 to 2,000 square feet.In Leeds,England,in the 1840s,an average house contained _____ square feet for an entire family.

The nineteenth-century banking revolution was accompanied by scandal;the greatest of the banks involved was the Péreire brothers' bank,the:

How did changing textile industry technologies affect society?

One of the concepts mentioned in the chapter is the developing role of the middle class.Who comprised the middle class? How were they depicted in literature of the time? What were their goals and aspirations? Was social mobility possible for the middle class?

The many environmental changes caused by the Industrial Revolution included all of the following EXCEPT:

The Industrial Revolution caused changes in all of the following areas EXCEPT:

As a result of the Industrial Revolution,people of the nineteenth century viewed one another through the lens of:

Queen Victoria of England ascended to the throne in 1837 and became one of the country's most successful monarchs,in no small measure because she:

Direct communication between the United States and Europe was not possible until:

The Luddites were opposed to:

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Exam 10: The Industrial Revolution and Nineteenth-Century Society

How accurate is the image of "passionless" Victorian sexuality,and why was such an image cultivated?

The Great Famine of 1845-1849:

Many political leaders,social scientists,and public health officials across all of Europe issued thousands of reports detailing the problems with urban life including:

What was the effect of industrialization on the city?

What determined the division of the working class into subgroups?

Great Britain began to lose its lead in the Industrial Revolution in the second half of the nineteenth century due to new industries being developed by other countries,such as:

A central difference in the development of industrialization in Great Britain and the United States on the one hand and continental Europe on the other was the involvement of:

One of the most important preconditions of industrialization that was best established in Great Britain was:

Even with industry interconnected,where an improvement in one area led to improvements in other areas,there was one dual foundation on which the rest was built;that foundation was:

What was the role of working women in the Industrial Revolution,and what impact did it have on their lives?

An average house in the United States today contains approximately 1,500 to 2,000 square feet.In Leeds,England,in the 1840s,an average house contained _____ square feet for an entire family.

The nineteenth-century banking revolution was accompanied by scandal;the greatest of the banks involved was the Péreire brothers' bank,the:

How did changing textile industry technologies affect society?

One of the concepts mentioned in the chapter is the developing role of the middle class.Who comprised the middle class? How were they depicted in literature of the time? What were their goals and aspirations? Was social mobility possible for the middle class?

The many environmental changes caused by the Industrial Revolution included all of the following EXCEPT:

The Industrial Revolution caused changes in all of the following areas EXCEPT:

As a result of the Industrial Revolution,people of the nineteenth century viewed one another through the lens of:

Queen Victoria of England ascended to the throne in 1837 and became one of the country's most successful monarchs,in no small measure because she:

Direct communication between the United States and Europe was not possible until:

The Luddites were opposed to:

The Medieval World, 1250-1350

Rebirth and Unrest, 1350-1453

Innovation and Exploration, 1453-1533

The Age of Dissent and Division, 1500-1564

Europe in the Atlantic World, 1550-1660

European Monarchies and Absolutism, 1660-1725

The New Science of the Seventeenth Century

Europe During the Enlightenment

The French Revolution

The Age of Ideologies: Europe in the Aftermath of Revolution, 1815-1848

Revolutions and Nation Building, 1848-1871

Imperialism and Colonialism, 1870-1914

Modern Industry and Mass Politics, 1870-1914

The First World War

Turmoil Between the Wars

The Second World War

The Cold War World: Global Politics, economic Recovery, and Cultural Change

Red Flags and Velvet Revolutions: the End of the Cold War, 1960-1990

A World Without Walls: Globalization and the West

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