Industrial Revolution
What was an effect of the Factory Act of 1833?
A. It limited the work of children
The leadership of the Dutch people in farming can ve attributed primarily to
B. A large urbanized pop.
Adam Smith's "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" advocated a system of
B. Free trade
Which law outlawed labor unions and strikes in Britain?
D. Combination Acts of 1799
The author of this passage would have agreed with which of the following statements?
D. Government must not interfere with the market mechanism if it is to perform properly.
What might a historian find surprising about John Fieden's views?
He calls for wages to be raised
What was the function of the Crystal Palace?
It was the location of the Great Exhibition in 1851 in London
The graph below demonstrates which of the following was true 1770-1831?
Textiles were thenbuggest area of growth
On Map 20.1: The Industrial Revolution in England, ca. 1850, what appears to be the largest industrial area?
The area surrounding Manchester and Liverpool
In the eighteenth century, railroad construction on the European continent
B. featured varying degrees of government involvement
All of the following were aspects of the celebration of Carnival except
C. Begging forgiveness for one's sins
In 1850, what occupational area did the largest number of British people work?
C. Farming and agriculture
How did class-consciousness form during the Industrial Revolution?
D. 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 the origins of industrialists change as the Industrial Revolution progressed?
D. It became harder to form new firms, and instead industrialists were increasingly likely to have inherited their wealth.
According to Adam Smith, harmony and progress would result from
D. The pursuit of self-interest in a competitive market
The graph below suggest which of the following statements was true 1770-1831?
The factory system eas beginning to boost production of manufactured goods
The two pictures below best illustrate
The massice socio-economic gulf between the elites in British society and the working classes
Lady Mary Wortley Monatgue is famous for
spreading the practice of smallpo
Couples in early modern Europe generally put off marriage until they were, on average, in their mid-to late twenties because
they needed to acquire land or learn a trade before they could support a family
In the nineteenth century, Friedrich List believed that industrial development should be pursued
A. As a part if a project if economic nationalism led bu the state
The eighteenth-century British quotation below is a justification for which of the following?
A. Enclosure of common lands
In early modern Europe, which of the following most directky undermined the guild system?
A. Entrepreneurial expansion of manufacturing into the countryside.
Many surgeons gained anatomical knowledge and practical experience
A. On the many battlefields of Europe
Use the map below to find the right answer. A. The Ruhr B. Prague C. Berlin D. Paris
A. The Ruhr
Why were the young generally unmarried women who worked for wages outside the home confined to certain "women jobs"?
A. The sexual division of labor replicated a long-standing pattern of gender segregation and inequality
How did iron become the basic building block of the British economy in the nineteenth century?
A. The spread of coke smelting and the development of steam-powered rolling mills increased production enormousely and reduced the price of iron
According go the theory of mercantilism, colonies should be
Acquired as markets and sources of raw materials
What major problem in the textile industry was solved by the inventions of Jame Hargreaves and Richard Arkwright?
B. A weaver required several spinners to stay steadily employed
Why do many historians now believe ghag the continued concentration by the French on artisan production of luxury items made sense in an era id industrialization?
B. France had long dominated that sector of production; it allowed France to capitalize on its know-how and international reputation
Who were the Luddites?
C. British handicraft workers who attacked factories and destroyed machinery they believed were putting them out of work
On the eve of the American Revolution, the average standard of living in the abritish colonies was
C. The highest in the world.
What was the key demand of the Chartist movement?
D. All men must be given the right to vote
Use the map below to find the best answer
Paris, Lyons, Lille
Using your knowledge of the Industrial Revolution and the image below of the Great Exhibition of 1851, all of the following are true EXCEPT
Prince Edward, Queen Victoria's husband, promoted the exhibit ad the symbol of Britain's political dominance
As the business world grew increasingly complex, what did the wives and daughters if successful businessmen discover in eighteenth-century Europe?
There were few job opportunities for women, as most businessmen assumed that middle-class wives and daughters should avoid work in offices and factories.
