Chapter 19 history
Which of the following is the belief that people should be as free as possible from government restraints
Liberalism
Who proposed the germ theory disease?
Louis Pasteur
The factory created a new labor system in which
Workers had to work regular hours and do the same work over and over
According to the passage, how many hours did workers spend working each day?
11 hours
Otto von Bismarck practiced realpolitik, which was
A theory of politics based on practical matters rather than theory or ethics
Essay question: explain the importance of the steam engine to Britain's industrial revolution
Answer found on page 616 in textbook
Essay question: what did Darwin believe and why were his ideas controversial
Answer found on page 642 in the textbook
The ___ was crucial to Britain's Industrial Revolution
Bicycle
By 1840 Britain's most valuable product was
Cotton cloth
The inventions of Watt, Hargreaves, and Cartwright contributed to the manufacture of
Cotton cloth
The production of ___ was one of the first industries to be affected by the Industrial Revolution.
Cotton cloth
Camillo di Cavour made a military alliance with Austria and then provoked French emperor Louis-Napoleon into declaring war in 1859.
False
Italy, Russia, France, and the papal states met to discuss their common interest in the concert of Europe.
False
The French defeated Prussia in the Franco-Prussian war.
False
The percent of the population of England living in urban areas decreased between 1750 and 1851
False
The rapid population growth in England after 1750 was in part due to decreasing birth rates
False
The social change brought about by the industrial revolution was evident in the
Figure pollution that choked the British Isles
In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
Great Britain
Among other things, the Romantics valued
Individualism, the belief in the uniqueness of each person
Which of the following is true of Britain's population in the 19th century
It grew less rapidly than the population of the United States
Who developed a steam engine that could drive machinery
James Watt
William I of Prussia was proclaimed ___, emperor, of the second German Empire
Kaiser
Prince Klemens von Metternich's claimed that he was guided by the principle of legitimacy meant that
Lawful monarchs from the royal families that had will before Napoleon would be restored to power
The outcome of the Civil War in the United States was
National unity
According to Darwin, which of the following was central to organic evolution?
Natural selection
In his novels Charles Dickens shows the realities of life for the ___ in the early part of the industrial age
Poor
This queen, who rain from 1837 to 1901, reflected the British feeling of national pride.
Queen Victoria
The British novelist Charles Dickens became very successful with his
Real estate novels focusing on the lower and middle classes of Britain
___ was a literary and visual arts movement that rejected romanticism
Realism
Which of the following emphasize feelings and imagination as sources of knowing
Romanticism
According to the principle of intervention, the great powers of Europe have the right to
Send armies into countries where there were revolutions in order to restore legitimate monarchs to power
The pitiful conditions created by the industrial revolution gave rise to
Socialism, in which society owns and controls the means of production and
Some Romantics, such as Mary Shelley, thought industrialization would cause people to become alienated from the natural world in their selves. Which scientific or industrial advance did not occur before the publication date of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
The discovery of radium
The formation of the Confederate states of America was sparked by
The election of Abraham Lincoln was president of the United States
Based on the charts, which of the following is true?
The growth rate in the miles of railroad tracks in the United States after 1870 was more rapid than in Britain
What does Metternich describes the most important concern for nation?
The stability of its laws
Based on this passage, one would conclude that
The supply of workers is plentiful
After the defeat of Napoleon, the victors-- Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia-- wanted to restore the old order.
True
After the failure of the revolution of 1848, people looked to Italian state of Piedmont for leadership in achieving Italian unification.
True
After the invention of the spinning Jenny, cloth weaving could not keep up with the speed of the speeding cotton thread.
True
Conservatism is based on tradition and I believe in the value of social stability
True
Overall the population of England increase between 1750 and 1851
True
