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World History Chapters 5 & 6 (Industrial Revolution)
World History Chapters 5 & 6 (Industrial Revolution)
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1
Which of the following phrases reflected the cult of domesticity?
"a man's home is his castle"
"children should be seen but not heard"
"Nobody ever helps me into carriages"
2
During the industrial revolution, life changed in what basic way?
people migrated from villages to work in large farms
people migrated from cities to small towns
people migrated from rural areas to cities
3
Reformers in which movement argued that the use of alcoholic beverages harmed family life?
abolition
social gospel
temperance
suffrage
4
In 1869, which chemist developed a table that became the basis for the periodic table?
John Dalton
Charles Lyell
Thomas Edison
Dmitri Mendeleyev
5
In the early 1700s, Abraham Darby's experiments led him to
patent a spinning machine called the water frame
harmless new sources of energy
produce less expensive, better quality iron
6
The first simple electric motor & the first dynamo for generating electricity were invented by
Michael Faraday
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Edison
7
What was a major reason for the population explosion in Europe between 1800 and 1900?
cities eliminated slums
medical advances reduced the death rate
couples had more children
8
John Dalton developed modern atomic theory by showing that
atoms exist within the periodic table
all atoms are basically alike
each element has its own kind of atoms
9
Normal schools trained students to be
teachers
doctors
good wives and mothers
10
Jeremy Bentham believed that
government should play no role in the economy
good laws bring about more pleasure than pain
citizens should give up some freedom for the common good
poverty is inevitable in spite of wage increases for workers
11
Karl Marx disliked capitalism because he believed it
prevented government from protecting workers
created prosperity for a few and poverty for many
limited the individual freedoms of the people
12
According to socialists, the solution to poverty and injustice was
armed revolution to overthrow the proletariat
individual ownership of the means of production
shared ownership by the people of the means of production
the charity and good works of the religious community
13
The development of steam power enabled the growth of
railroads
canals
cottage industries
the putting-out system
14
Abraham Darby made better quality iron by
using charcoal to smelt the iron
using steam to smelt the iron
using coal to smelt the iron
using iron to smelt the iron
15
The technology for America's first textile factory came from
Britain
France
Japan
Germany
16
What effect did the assembly line have on the cost of goods?
it made the goods more expensive
it made the goods cheaper
it made the goods less available
17
According to laissez-faire economists, the cure for poverty was
welfare
an unrestricted free market
laws requiring factories to increase wages
popular reform movements
18
What theory applied the idea of natural selection to society?
Social Darwinism
Social Gospel
Socialism
19
An artist of the 1800s choosing to portray the harsh life of slum dwellers would be using
romanticism
realism
impressionism
20
The putting-out system was a method of
removing iron from its ore
spinning thread with water power
separating seeds from cotton
producing cloth in individual homes
21
He discovered that sterilizing surgical instruments with antiseptics helps prevent infection
Florence NIghtingale
Robert Koch
Louis Pasteur
Joseph Lister
22
The cotton gin was a machine that could
spin thread
separate seeds from cotton
weave thread into cloth
23
Laws called "factory-acts" were passed in the early 1800s to
allow workers to organize into unions
reform child labor
provide the right to vote for working-class men
provide free education for working children
24
In the late 1800s, what did Charles Lyell accomplish?
He developed the atomic theory.
He wrote On the Origin of Species.
He was a pioneer in the new science of geology.
He uncovered fossilized Neanderthal bones in Germany.
25
Factories were first used by which industry?
iron manufacturing
coal mining
textiles
26
He put his idea into practice by setting up a model community in New Lanark, Scotland.
Robert Owen
Thomas Edison
John J. Rockefeller
27
Marx referred to the working class as
proletariat
nobility
scum
28
Which of the following was a long-term result of the Industrial Revolution?
the overall poverty of the working class
a general rise in the standard of living
a general decline in the standard of living
an overall decline in population
29
What contribution to medical science did German doctor Robert Koch make in the 1880s?
he traced malaria to the mosquito
he identified bacteria that caused tuberculosis
he developed a cure for yellow fever
he developed a process called pasteurization
30
Steam became an efficient power source because of improvements made by
Eli Whitney
James Watt
Thomas Newcomen
John Stewart Mill
31
The Luddites in Britain were a
political party
new religious movement
labor organization
32
"The greatest happiness for the greatest number" was a goal of
utilitarianism
capitalism
socialism
33
Land enclosure in the 1600s and 1700s resulted in
more farms
more peasant farmers
larger farms
more fenced farms
34
Germany formed a social democracy to try to change gradually from
socialism to communism
socialism to capitalism
capitalism to socialism
35
What did Matthew Brady accomplish in the visual arts?
He took post-impressionistic pictures with dreamlike quality
He photographed the cathedral of Rouen from different angles
His pictures captured the beauty and power of nature.
He took realistic pictures of the civil war.
36
In what way were railroads an improvement over canals?
railroads could connect two rivers
railroads could connect an inland part to a coastal part
railroads were the only form of overland transportation
railroads did not have to follow the course of a river
37
What limited the effectiveness of women involved in the temperance movement?
They cared too much about the suffrage movement.
They could not vote and were barred from most schools.
They didn't want to be involved in current political issues
They were too busy with their family life to vote.
38
British philosopher and economist ___ believed in a utilitarian doctrine.
Jeremy Bentham
Adam Smith
Robert Owen
39
Bedford College in England and Mount Holyoke in the US were among the first colleges for
women
a religious education
people of all races
classical education
40
Which of the following were writers of the realism movement?
Charles Dickens and Victor Hugo
Edgar Degas and George Seurat
William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelly
Gustave Courbet and Thomas Eakins
41
Which group established communities where all work and property were shared in common?
capitalists
communists
utopians
utilitarians
42
What invention did the internal combustian engine make possible?
the Wright brothers flying machine
the steamboat
the telegraph
Faraday's electric motor
43
Russia did not industrialize as soon as other countries because it lacked
expertise
capital
technology
political stability
44
Which post-impressionist painter used a style that looked like "primitive" folk art?
Henrik Ibsen
Paul Gauguin
Charlotte Bronte
Claude Monet
45
Most early factory workers were women because
women were more willing than men to work long hours
more women than men sought employment
employers could pay women less than men
women were less likely than men to have accidents
46
Capitalists called ___ take on the financial risk of starting and managing a new business
peasants
entrepreneurs
salesmen
47
A company that sells ownership shares to many investors is a
monopoly
trust
corporation
cartel
48
The Bessemer process was a method for producing
identical components
textiles
electricity
steel
49
The people who lived in tenements in industrial cities were part of the
working class
bourgeoisie
upper class
middle class
50
The slave trade contributed to the rise of industry in Britain by
bringing in investment capital
increasing the demand on goods
providing cheap labor
creating a large factory workforce