The Enclosure Movement was associated with...

The movement of people toward urban centers

Germ theory in the 19th century

asserted that germs were living organisms

Which was NOT a reason why labor was divided by gender?

Women preferred division of labor

According to Ricardo's Iron Law of Wages

Overpopulation creates subsistence wages

How did Edward Jenner's development of a smallpox vaccine influence the Industrial Revolution?

It made workers healthier, thus increasing production

Which of the following is true?

The quality of living for workers improved after 1830

All of the following are features of Marxist theory EXCEPT

Ensuring laissez faire economics

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Chapter 20: Industrial Revolution

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1
The spinning jenny was invented by
James Hargreaves
Richard Arkwright
Thomas Newcomen
James Watt
2
The British Combination Act of 1799 outlawed
tariffs
unions
business monopolies
child labor
3
Members of the working class in general supported...
The New Poor Law
Chartism
The Combination Act of 1799
The Corn Laws
4
The first British factories made...
Textiles
Steel
Furniture
Railroads
5
Problems experienced by continental economies in 1815 included all EXCEPT
Low priced English goods.
Resistance to change by landowners
Scarcity of human capital
Economic instability caused by the Napoleonic Wars
6
The Enclosure Movement was associated with...
Naval maneuvers performed by Horatio Nelson
The movement of people toward urban centers
Rules guiding trade among England's industrial cities
Fortifications dividing England from Scotland
7
Germ theory in the 19th century
had no impact in surgical procedures
was criticized by John Snow
was applied to germ warfare
asserted that germs were living organisms
8
Realist writers focused on all of the following EXCEPT...
The lower classes
emotional exurberance
struggles of everyday life
Social issues
9
The Reform Bill of 1832 granted the vote in Great Britain to
Middle-class Women
All adult males
Catholics
Children
10
One change for women in the early 19th century was...
expanded voting rights
management opportunities in factories
equal rights
division of labor
11
The primary purpose of the Chartism in the 1840s was to
convince working men to unionize
get working men the eight-hour day
convince the English working class to revolt
increase suffrage
12
The Industrial Revolution in the late eighteenth century, began in
France
Germany
Great Britian
Russia
13
Which was NOT a reason why labor was divided by gender?
Women had to balance work with child care
Men controlled the government
Norms prevented women from working in certain industries
Women preferred division of labor
14
According to Ricardo's Iron Law of Wages
Men will always earn the largest wages
Overpopulation creates subsistence wages
Poverty will end only with public ownership of production
Productivity should determine the workers' wages
15
The first continental country to industrialize was
Belgium
England
France
Germany
16
The Industrial Revolution demonstrated significant advances in all of the following EXCEPT
Railroads
Steam engine
Internal combustion engine
Textile production
17
The most important institution for the middle-class was...
the monarchy
the family
the school
the church
18
All of the following are characteristics of the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT
Factories
Technological advancement
The end of colonization
Class division
19
How did Edward Jenner's development of a smallpox vaccine influence the Industrial Revolution?
It made workers healthier, thus increasing production
Used on cattle, it increased livestock
It failed to improve people's health
It had no influence
20
Which of the following is true?
Production levels decreased after 1885
The quality of living for workers improved after 1830
Class divisions grew smaller before 1830
Birthrates among working class women declined before 1850
21
All of the following are features of Marxist theory EXCEPT
Ensuring laissez faire economics
Promoting revolution
Achieving equal distribution of wealth
Ending class division
22
Which of the following did not contribute to England's early industrialization?
A stable government
Clonial trade
Agricultural innovation
Strong central banking systems
23
Foundling hospitals in Paris and London
never hired killing nurses
cared for unwanted children
cared for the mentally ill
advanced the work of Pasteur and Lister
24
Which is NOT an example of economic nationalism?
Railway construction..
Guaranteed business profits.
Copyright laws
Tariffs.
25
After 1850, the illegitimate birth rate in Europe
increased
Fluctuated
stayed the same
decreased

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