Deck 18: Industrialization and Its Discontents

Question 1

The Industrial Revolution developed a new economy based on the use of __________ to produce everyday goods.

A) machines
B) manual labor
C) tools
D) all of the above

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The development of scientific agriculture in the 18th century improved _______.

A) employment numbers
B) crop yields
C) profits
D) commerce

Answer 2

B

Question 3

By 1850 England's population had reached

A) 10 million.
B) 18 million.
C) 25 million.
D) 36 million.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

England had achieved its unique status because of its small farmers.

Question 5

________was, after food, the most important purchase people made.

Question 6

In England the aristocracy was more inclined to become involved with commerce.

Question 7

The application of what power source to textile production revolutionized the industry?

A) steam
B) electricity
C) wind power
D) oil

Question 8

Britain's emergence as the first industrial power was aided by

A) rapid population growth and a surplus pool of labor.
B) the strength of the guild system.
C) a need for new domestic and colonial markets.
D) Parliament's controlling involvement in private .

Question 9

By 1815 the English had constructed how many miles of canals?

A) 1,000.
B) 4,000.
C) 10,000.
D) 13,000.

Question 10

The Zollverein, the customs union created in 1818 in Germany, was led by _________.

Question 11

The Netherlands failed to industrialize at all.

Question 12

Who was the "sick man of Europe?"

A) France
B) the Ottoman Empire
C) Portugal
D) Greece

Question 13

The trade agreements between Ottomans and Europeans were called _________.

Question 14

The Ottomans invested heavily in steamships.

Question 15

Until the Industrial Revolution, the word "unemployed" did not exist in English.

Question 16

Women and children made up as much as _______ of the labor force in textile factories.

A) 10%
B) 30%
C) 75%
D) 90%

Question 17

Private militias hired by factory owners attacked English workers demonstrating for voting rights in what came to be called the _______.

Question 18

The Romantic Movement was a reaction against

A) mercantilism.
B) industrialization.
C) neo-classicism.
D) the French Revolution.

Question 19

Heine wrote a poem about weavers from ____________ demonstrating against starvation wages.

Question 20

New denominations inaugurated Sunday schools as _______.

A) a way to feed the working class on their day off.
B) a means to teach working class children to read.
C) a way to interest urban dwellers in church again.
D) working class charities.