Chapter 22 Quiz

How did the electric streetcar affect the urban environment?

Cities could expand as even people of modest means could travel quickly and cheaply to new, improved, and less congested housing.

Which of the following characterizes early-nineteenth-century British cities?

Nearly all land was used for buildings, which meant parks or open areas were almost nonexistent.

How did wages change in the late nineteenth century?

Real wages rose for the mass of the population, but the gap between the rich and the poor did not decrease.

What was Georges Haussmann's contribution to nineteenth-century life?

Rebuilding Paris

What was the Second Industrial Revolution?

The burst of industrial creativity and technological innovation that promoted strong economic growth toward the end of the nineteenth century.

What caused the revolutionary reduction in the size of European families?

The family's desire to improve its economic and social position

Why did illegitimacy rates decline after 1850?

The higher incidence of marriage for expectant mothers.

How did the urban working class change in the latter half of the nineteenth century?

The sharp distinction between highly skilled artisans and unskilled manual workers broke down as semiskilled groups of workers became more prevalent.

Why did social scientists develop statistical methods to test their theories?

They sought to analyze the massive sets of numerical data that governments had collected.

After years of scientific investigation and reflection, Charles Darwin concluded that

all life had gradually evolved from a common ancestral origin.

In almost every advanced country around 1900, the wealthiest 20 percent of households received

50 percent to 60 percent of all national incomes.

What characterized the middle-class single-family home?

A special drawing room used to entertain guests.