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Chapters
| 1. |
The first steam engine, used for pumping water from mine shafts was invented in 1711 by? |
| A. | William Blake. |
| B. | Matthew Boulton. |
| C. | James Watt. |
| D. | Thomas Newcomen. |
| Answer» D. Thomas Newcomen. | |
| 2. |
Which of the following statement does not represent nineteenth-century middle-class thinking about gender role? |
| A. | men and women inhabited “separate spheres”. |
| B. | women were suited for longer because their brains were larger. |
| C. | men and women had different social roles. |
| D. | women were morally superior to men because of their “passionlessness”. |
| Answer» B. women were suited for longer because their brains were larger. | |
| 3. |
The British “navvies” built: |
| A. | railways. |
| B. | shipyards. |
| C. | factories. |
| D. | hospital and schools. |
| Answer» A. railways. | |
| 4. |
Which pairing is incorrect? |
| A. | William Thackeray- Vanity Fair. |
| B. | Charles Dicken- Hard Times. |
| C. | Honore de Balzac- The Human Comedy. |
| D. | Victor Hugo- Oliver Twist. |
| Answer» D. Victor Hugo- Oliver Twist. | |
| 5. |
After the 1850s, who led the invention and commercialization of electricity? |
| A. | Britain. |
| B. | France. |
| C. | Belgium and France. |
| D. | Germany and the United States. |
| Answer» D. Germany and the United States. | |
| 6. |
The Great Famine of1845-1849 took place in: |
| A. | France and Belgium. |
| B. | Ireland, Germany, Scotland, and the Netherlands. |
| C. | The United States. |
| D. | All of the above. |
| Answer» B. Ireland, Germany, Scotland, and the Netherlands. | |
| 7. |
By 1817, which country was one of the core nations of industrial Europe? |
| A. | France. |
| B. | Russia. |
| C. | Italy. |
| D. | Germany. |
| Answer» B. Russia. | |
| 8. |
British tariffs prohibiting the importation of East Indian Cottons: |
| A. | acted as a brake on the manufacture of domestic cottons. |
| B. | forced the British to abandon cotton manufacture altogether. |
| C. | served as an inducement to the manufacture of domestic cottons. |
| D. | stimulated the manufacture and sale of woolen goods. |
| Answer» C. served as an inducement to the manufacture of domestic cottons. | |
| 9. |
In general European serfdom: |
| A. | was an obstacle to the commercialization of agriculture. |
| B. | disappeared across Eastern Europe and Russia by 1800. |
| C. | provided vast incentives for landowners to improve farming techniques. |
| D. | Both A and B. |
| Answer» A. was an obstacle to the commercialization of agriculture. | |
| 10. |
John Kay?s invention of the “flying shuttle” in 1773 revolutionized the process of cotton: |
| A. | spinning. |
| B. | weaving. |
| C. | carding. |
| D. | combing. |
| Answer» B. weaving. | |
| 11. |
The mythical leader of a British rural rebellion in 1820s was: |
| A. | Ned Lud. |
| B. | John Ball. |
| C. | Captain Swing. |
| D. | Wat Tyler. |
| Answer» C. Captain Swing. | |
| 12. |
The expression, “ angel in the house ,” refers to: |
| A. | a London Prostitute. |
| B. | the Victorian middle-class woman. |
| C. | an essay by John Stuart Mill. |
| D. | a London domestic servant. |
| Answer» B. the Victorian middle-class woman. | |
| 13. |
Working- class men and women were most vulnerable to: |
| A. | unemployment, sickness, and industrial accidents. |
| B. | seasonal unemployment. |
| C. | cyclical economic depressions. |
| D. | All of the above. |
| Answer» D. All of the above. | |
| 14. |
The English contractor Thomas Brassey is best known for: |
| A. | developing the first steam-powered locomotive. |
| B. | opening the Stockton to Darlington line in 1825. |
| C. | criticizing continental railway system. |
| D. | building railways in Canada, Argentina, Australia and India. |
| Answer» D. building railways in Canada, Argentina, Australia and India. | |
| 15. |
In general, the population of Europe in the nineteenth century: |
| A. | declined. |
| B. | stay roughly at the same. |
| C. | showed a dramatic increase. |
| D. | slowly increased. |
| Answer» C. showed a dramatic increase. | |
| 16. |
Middle-class respectability required all but which of the following? |
| A. | financial independence. |
| B. | living modestly and soberly. |
| C. | merit and character. |
| D. | conspicuous consumption. |
| Answer» D. conspicuous consumption. | |
| 17. |
The “ new cathedrals ” of the industrial age were: |
| A. | museums, opera houses and city halls. |
| B. | textile factories. |
| C. | railway stations. |
| D. | suburban middle class homes. |
| Answer» A. museums, opera houses and city halls. | |
| 18. |
The Industrial Revolution occurred first in Great Britain because: |
| A. | the Continental System guaranteed that Britain would be able to import much needed coal. |
| B. | the government was able to borrow necessary capital from German banking houses. |
| C. | agriculture was more thoroughly commercialized in Britain than elsewhere. |
| D. | of its vast network of internal tolls and tariffs. |
| Answer» C. agriculture was more thoroughly commercialized in Britain than elsewhere. | |
| 19. |
Queen Victoria was a successful queen because: |
| A. | she and her husband embodied traits important to the middle classes. |
| B. | her name has come to represent the culture of the nineteenth century. |
| C. | she managed to extol the virtues of the aristocracy at the moment they went into decline. |
| D. | her court was all in respects similar to her uncle, George IV. |
| Answer» A. she and her husband embodied traits important to the middle classes. | |
| 20. |
Before 1815, industrialization in the continent was held back by the: |
| A. | French Revolution |
| B. | Continental System. |
| C. | Napoleonic Wars. |
| D. | All of the above. |
| Answer» D. All of the above. | |
| 21. |
Which of the following did not occur did not occur with the Industrial Revolution in America? |
| A. | Man replaced handheld tools. |
| B. | Unskilled workers replaced skilled workers |
| C. | Other sources of energy like steam replaed human energy |
| D. | All of the above occured. |
| Answer» D. All of the above occured. | |
| 22. |
What were Alexander Graham Bell’s first words on the telephone? |
| A. | Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you. |
| B. | What hath God wrought? |
| C. | Mary had a little lamb. |
| D. | This is just the beginning. |
| Answer» A. Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you. | |
| 23. |
What was the first name of Robert Fultons first steam boat? |
| A. | New Orleans ( ) |
| B. | Clermont ( ) |
| C. | Hudson ( ) |
| D. | Livingstone ( ) |
| Answer» B. Clermont ( ) | |
| 24. |
How many years passed between the invention of the first reliable steam engine and the induction electric motor? |
| A. | 50 ( ) |
| B. | 81 ( ) |
| C. | 113 ( ) |
| D. | 152 ( ) |
| Answer» C. 113 ( ) | |
| 25. |
One of Eli Whitney’s major Contributions to American manufacturing was his idea for |
| A. | Steam engine ( ) |
| B. | textile machinery ( ) |
| C. | the factory sysytem ( ) |
| D. | interchangable parts ( ) |
| Answer» D. interchangable parts ( ) | |
| 26. |
Who sneaked the plans for a spinning machine out of England and built a factory in Rhode Island? |
| A. | Eli Whitney ( ) |
| B. | Robert Fulton ( ) |
| C. | Samuel Slater ( ) |
| D. | Samuel Morse ( ) |
| Answer» C. Samuel Slater ( ) | |
| 27. |
The invention and the use of machines was actually stimulated by a shortage of |
| A. | Labour ( ) |
| B. | capital ( ) |
| C. | raw materials ( ) |
| D. | trading ships ( ) |
| Answer» A. Labour ( ) | |
| 28. |
The Erie Canal connected |
| A. | Buffalo and Rochester ( ) |
| B. | Albany and Buffalo ( ) |
| C. | Rochester and Albany ( ) |
| D. | Buffalo and Pittsburg ( ) |
| Answer» B. Albany and Buffalo ( ) | |
| 29. |
Americans owed their ability to travel upstream to an invention by |
| A. | Eli Whitney ( ) |
| B. | Robert Fulton ( ) |
| C. | Samuel Slater ( ) |
| D. | Robert Fulton ( ) |
| Answer» D. Robert Fulton ( ) | |
| 30. |
The development of steamboats, which made it economically feasible to bring products from the interior to market, |
| A. | led to a sharp decline in canal building ( ) |
| B. | hindered the development of railroads in the South and West ( ) |
| C. | Brought the West into the national economy ( ) |
| D. | led to a decline in the port cities of the Northeast ( ) |
| Answer» C. Brought the West into the national economy ( ) | |
| 31. |
Which invention is incorectly paired? |
| A. | Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin ( ) |
| B. | Robert Fulton - Steamboat ( ) |
| C. | Samuel Morse - Telephone ( ) |
| D. | Samuel Colt - Revolver ( ) |
| Answer» C. Samuel Morse - Telephone ( ) | |
| 32. |
What was the immediate impact of the Cotton Gin in America? |
| A. | It made cotton more profitable ( ) |
| B. | It drove planters out of business ( ) |
| C. | It made the land more fertile ( ) |
| D. | It made slavery unprofitable ( ) |
| Answer» A. It made cotton more profitable ( ) | |
| 33. |
Jane Austin was among those novelists who reflected the middle-class belief in |
| A. | the importance of the home as the setting for a rewarding family life. |
| B. | entrepreneurship. |
| C. | the problem of bureaucracy within the established church. |
| D. | a women's obligation to work outside the home. |
| Answer» A. the importance of the home as the setting for a rewarding family life. | |
| 34. |
Visiting a doctor in the 1850s was a risky affair; often, their remedies for diseases caused more harm than good for the patients. Out of all the following commonly-prescribed early nineteenth-century treatments, which is the only one that was NOT generally harmful to the patient? |
| A. | taking the waters |
| B. | the drug Laudanum |
| C. | bloodletting |
| D. | laxative purges |
| Answer» A. taking the waters | |
| 35. |
During the industrial revolution, a new type of family arose among the middle class in Europe. Which of the following is a characteristic of the new middle-class family? |
| A. | a great number of children |
| B. | a stress on social status rather than love in marriage |
| C. | a belief that the home should be a haven |
| D. | a distaste for material possessions |
| Answer» C. a belief that the home should be a haven | |
| 36. |
Some of the continental European governments tried to catch up to British industrialization by means of all of the following methods EXCEPT |
| A. | enacting protective tariffs. |
| B. | subsidizing new industries. |
| C. | buying out entire British industries. |
| D. | eliminating internal tariffs, as the German states did in the Zollverein. |
| Answer» C. buying out entire British industries. | |
| 37. |
Between 1780 and 1850, the European population |
| A. | ballooned from 175 million to 266 million. |
| B. | declined from 266 million to 175 million. |
| C. | experienced rising mortality rates. |
| D. | became more homogenized in terms of economic class. |
| Answer» A. ballooned from 175 million to 266 million. | |
| 38. |
The major type of workers' organization that helped factory laborers to develop a sense of class consciousness during the industrial revolution was the |
| A. | mutual aid society. |
| B. | fraternal society. |
| C. | guild. |
| D. | union. |
| Answer» D. union. | |
| 39. |
In the novel Hard Times, which of the following authors described the way industrialization was affecting the fictional settlement Coketown? |
| A. | Frederich Engels |
| B. | Emily Brontë |
| C. | Charles Dickens |
| D. | Mark Twain |
| Answer» C. Charles Dickens | |
| 40. |
The "Bobbies," established by a law passed in 1828 by Parliament, hit the streets of London as its first modern |
| A. | social workers. |
| B. | police force. |
| C. | private investigators. |
| D. | sanitation crew. |
| Answer» B. police force. | |
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