Exam 10: The Industrial Revolution and Nineteenth-Century Society

One consequence of the industrialization of Europe was its detrimental effect on the environment.This was first noted in its effect on air quality,as typified by Coketown,the fictional city in the novel Hard Times by:

The Victorian attitude toward gender roles is best summarized by the lines "Man for the field and woman for the hearth;man for the sword and for the needle she....All else is confusion," written by:

Working people had an advocate for their plight in the writings of:

Deaths attributed to air pollution from the multiple coal burning sources in England in the nineteenth century hovered around _____.

What did the British poet William Blake describe as "these dark satanic mills?"

By the late nineteenth century,the core industrial countries of Europe included:

The Crédit Mobilier,founded in 1852,was:

Which of the following was not a factor in why continental Europe lagged behind Great Britain in industrializing?

As far as the middle class,women had very few respectable options outside the home.Which of the following activities was considered acceptable?

One explanation for Britain's lead in the Industrial Revolution was that:

Great Britain's small size in the early stages of industrialization:

One of the developments that hastened the Industrial Revolution was the steam engine,originally developed to remove water from mines by:

While the housing in the cities did not allow for gardens,families were able to gain access to good,cheap food at city markets,thanks to the increasingly inexpensive transportation systems.

By the end of the nineteenth century,England was importing almost 80% of the wheat it consumed.

In what ways did the Industrial Revolution on the Continent differ from that in England?