Chapter 23 Quiz

The world's first important steam-powered train, the Rocket, provided service between what two English cities?

a. Bath and Exeter b. London and Sheffield c. Leeds and Newcastle d. Liverpool and Manchester

How did Britain attempt to maintain its industrial advantage over continental Europe?

a. By making it illegal for skilled industrial workers and technicians to leave Britain b. By enacting restrictions that prohibited continental Europeans from visiting c. By refusing to hire industrial workers who had family on the European continent d. By prohibiting industrial workers from moving from one industry to another

Which of the following was a result of the boom in agricultural production of the eighteenth century?

a. Families began to stockpile foodstuffs for shortages. b. Large numbers of people began leaving cities to move to farms. c. People had more money to spend on manufactured goods. d. People put more money into banks for saving.

How did James Watt fundamentally improve the Newcomen steam engine?

a. He used coal instead of wood for fuel. b. He added a condenser to the engine. c. He introduced gears to change the power ratio. d. He made an airtight seal on the cylinders

Coal was an essential ingredient in the manufacture of what eighteenth-century product?

a. Iron b. Grain c. Road gravel d. Cloth

One reason that cottage workers were reluctant to work in factories is that they resembled which of the following?

a. Schools b. Churches c. Hospitals d. Poorhouses

What was the most serious obstacle impeding industrial development in Britain in the eighteenth century?

a. The Napoleonic Wars b. An energy shortage c. A lack of investment capital d. A labor shortage

Which of the following was one difference between Hargreaves's spinning jenny and Arkwright's water frame?

a. The water frame was hand-powered. b. The jenny produced thinner thread. c. The water frame produced a weaker thread. d. The water frame could be worked by one woman.

How did early factory work affect family life?

a. Traditional family structures were irrevocably broken. b. Families were often separated as parents abandoned children to pursue factory work. c. Factory work upset traditional gender roles as women increasingly worked outside the home. d. Workers often came to the mills and mines and were employed as whole family units.

In eighteenth-century England, what were the first mechanized cotton-spinning machines powered by?

a. Wood-fired steam engines b. Coal-fired steam engines c. Water d. Draft horses on treadmills