Chapter 20 Quiz
How did industry grow in continental Europe?
Belgium led continental Europe in adopting British technology for production.
Who were the Luddites?
British handicraft workers who attacked factories and destroyed machinery they believed were putting them out of work .
In the eighteenth century, railroad construction on the European continent
featured varying degrees of government involvement.
The tendency to hire family unites in the early factories was
usually a response to the wishes of the families.
In the "separate spheres" pattern of gender relationships,
women generally stopped working outside of the home after the first child was born.
How did class-consciousness form during the Industrial Revolution?
As modern industry created conflict between industrialists and laborers, individuals came to believe that classes existed and developed a sense of class feeling.
How did labor in British families change in the eighteenth century?
Family members shifted labor away from unpaid work for household consumption and toward work for wages.
Why do many historians now believe that the continued concentration by the French on artisan production of luxury items made sense in an era of industrialization?
France had long dominated that sector of production; it allowed France to capitalize on its know-how and international reputation.
How did the origins of industrialists change as the Industrial Revolution progressed?
It became harder to form new firms, and instead, industrialists were increasingly likely to have inherited their wealth.
What was the function of the Crystal Palace?
It was the location of the Great Exhibition in 1851 in London.
Why were the young, generally unmarried women who worked for wages outside the home confined to certain "women's jobs"?
The sexual division of labor replicated a long-standing pattern of gender segregation and inequality.
Thomas Malthus argued in his Essay on the Principle of Population that
population tends to increase beyond the means of subsistence.