Chapter 10

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The social change brought about by the Industrial Revolution was evident in the: 1) emergence of the middle class and the working class. 2) famines caused by families abandoning their farms. 3) cloud of air pollution that choked the British Isles. 4) growing death rates from accidents on the roads.
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emergence of the middle class and the working class.
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The effect of the Crimean War was to: 1) allow Russia to retain control of Moldavia and Walachia 2) plunge the Estonian economy into a long period of decline 3) strengthen the concert of Europe with the addition of France 4) destroy the Concert of Europe and leave Russia without allies
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destroy the Concert of Europe and leave Russia without allies
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The revolutionary outbursts in Europe in the 1830s and the 1840s were sparked by attitudes of: 1)romanticism 2)nationalism 3)conservatism 4)religious intolerance
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nationalism
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The factory created a new labor system in which: 1)products were produced by an assembly line of workers and animals. 2)workers had to work regular hours and perform repetitive tasks. 3)machines were valued more highly than the workers who ran them. 4)workers had to adjust to periods of hectic work followed by idle periods.
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workers had to work regular hours and perform repetitive tasks.
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The harsh conditions created by the Industrial Revolution gave rise to: 1)a movement toward socialism 2)the Iron Workers' Revolt of 1886 3)the organization of charitable groups 4)government oversight of factories
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a movement toward socialism
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One reason Great Britain led the way in the Industrial Revolution was that it: 1) disregarded the dignity of factory workers 2)was ruled by a constitutional monarchy 3)had a lot of money and natural resources 4)practiced laissez-faire economics
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had a lot of money and natural resources
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The greatest threat to American unity in the mid-1800s was 1)slavery 2)industrialization 3)British Imperialism 4)religious intolerance
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slavery
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Foreign investors ensured their continued domination of the Latin American economy by: 1) enlisting powerful caudillos to subdue any possible uprisings among the peasant classes. 2) draining raw materials from Latin American countries while keeping them dependent on manufactured goods. 3) building factories in urban areas of Latin America while eliminating lucrative cash crops. 4) refusing to develop transportation and communication systems in rural areas of Latin America
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draining raw materials from Latin American countries while keeping them dependent on manufactured goods.
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Hungary and Austria shared the same: 1)Constitution 2)Legislature 3)Monarch 4)Capitol city
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Monarch
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After Louis-Philippe gave up his throne in the revolution of 1848, 1)the monarchy ended 2)another king took over 3)there was no more change in France 4)the second republic, brought back Louis-Phillipe
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the monarchy ended
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Great Britain experienced stability partly because it 1)gave the industrial middle class the vote 2)gave women the right to vote 3)built up the British navy 4)expanded railroads
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gave the industrial middle class the vote
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The Industrial revolution started in Britain partly because its rivers 1)provided cheap food 2)provided coal and iron ore 3)provided Transportation and power 4)provided plentiful labor
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provided Transportation and power
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Industrialization quickly spread in both Europe and the United States 1)due to railroad expansion 2)due to wealthy investors taking their money and ideas elsewhere 3)due to steamboats 4)because of peasants hard work
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due to wealthy investors taking their money and ideas elsewhere
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Federalists and Republicans disagreed about 1)how much power the federal government should have 2)the Emancipation Proclamation 3)the war of 1812 4)the creation of the confederacy
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how much power the federal government should have
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Two leaders of Italian unification were 1)Bismarck and William I 2)Austria and Venice 3)Louis-Napolean and then Papal States 4)Cavour and Garibaldi
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Cavour and Garibaldi
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Louis Pasteur proposed the 1)the concept of atomic weight 2)germ theory 3)Theory of Natural Selection 4)Theory of Relativity
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germ theory
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The realists novels of Flaubert and Dickens 1)criticized aspects of 19th-century life 2)portrayed the world by using emotion and imagination 3)created Gothic literature 4)condemned Darwin
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criticized aspects of 19th century life
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Revolutionary leaders in Latin American were inspired by 1)the american revolution 2)writings of the peninsulares 3)military power of the caudillos 4)the economies of spain and portugal
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the american revolution
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Spain and Portugal's colonial empires were weakened when 1)the peninsulares lost interest in ruling 2)cash crops failed 3)Napolean overthrew their monarchies in Europe 4)colonial rulers misused their power
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Napoleon overthrew their monarchies in Europe
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The 1848 revolution in France resulted in 1)middle-class uprisings 2)restoration of the monarchy 3)new opportunities for workers 4)the creation of the second rebublic
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the creation of the second rebublic
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The Frankfurt assembly failed to achieve 1)peace with france 2)religious reforms 3)German unification 4)universal male suffrage
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German unification
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How did Britain's economic conditions affect its political stability?
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The large working class was given greater voting rights. Workers could then change Britain by voting rather than revolution.
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What was the significance of the Agricultural Revolution in Britain?
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Allowed people to move into cities, providing labor for the industrial revolution.
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Give three reasons for the Industrial Revolution starting in Britain.
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Better weather, more food, knowledge
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Give three examples of cash crops grown in Latin America
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Sugar, Coffee, corn
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Give three examples of how advances in science influenced life during the Industrial revolution
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Germ theory improved health care, sewers decreased the deathrate, and textiles lowered the price of clothing.