Question 1

The Luddites

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A)  were the first utopian socialist thinkers.
B)  were the industrial workers that Marx felt would be the eventual victors in the revolution.
C)  led the movement away from traditional crafts manufacture and toward the factory system.
D)  were crafts workers who destroyed textile machines.
E)  promoted industrial advancement through their work in Parliament.

Question 2

Zaibatsu refers to

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A)  a powerful Japanese trade union.
B)  a Japanese financial clique.
C)  the Japanese tradition wherein nobles were exempt from taxation.
D)  a code of conduct for Japanese samurai.
E)  the Japanese governmental organization that controlled the actions of powerful monopolies.

Question 3

How could the demands and reality of industrialization influence factors such as nationalism or colonization?

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Question 4

One of the authors of the Manifesto of the Communist Party was

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A)  Marx.
B)  Fourier.
C)  Rousseau.
D)  Owen.
E)  Lenin.

Question 5

The factory system began to emerge in the seventeenth century,when technological advances transformed the British textile industry.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Edmund Cartwright was responsible for the invention of the

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A)  steam-driven locomotive.
B)  converter.
C)  steam engine.
D)  power loom.
E)  flying shuttle. D

Question 7

The use of machine tools to produce large quantities of interchangeable parts was developed by

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A)  Henry Ford.
B)  Henry Bessemer.
C)  Eli Whitney.
D)  Josiah Wedgwood.
E)  George Stephenson.

Question 8

What inventions led to the mechanization of the cotton industry after 1750? Why was the textile industry so prominent at this time?

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Question 9

By 1900,half the world's oil was produced by

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A)  the United States.
B)  Saudi Arabia.
C)  Persia.
D)  Russia.
E)  Nigeria.

Question 10

James Watt invented a more efficient steam pump when he

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A)  redesigned the flying shuttle.
B)  restructured the engine's compressor.
C)  copied and consolidated several important American inventions.
D)  invented a more efficient method of steel production.
E)  figured out how to make a piston turn a wheel for rotary motion.

Question 11

At the behest of British wool producers,a series of laws passed in 1720 and 1721

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A)  restricted British importation of cotton cloth to the Americas.
B)  encouraged the exportation of wool to the Americas.
C)  prohibited the importation of cotton cloth.
D)  required that corpses be buried in wool shrouds.
E)  encouraged the importation of cotton cloth in an effort to boost British trade.

Question 12

Industrialization refers to the process that transformed agrarian and handicraft-centered economies into economies distinguished by industry and machine manufacture.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 13

The dominant form of industrial organization by the end of the nineteenth century was

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A)  the putting-out system.
B)  cottage industry.
C)  the factory system.
D)  the guild system.
E)  a socialist-directed economy.

Question 14

The growing demand for cotton cloth in the eighteenth century threatened British

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A)  wool producers.
B)  monopoly over the Chinese silk trade.
C)  naval strength because of the dramatically rising cost of sails.
D)  educational dominance.
E)  trade with the Americas.

Question 15

In what ways did the major industrial nations of the west become more responsive to the needs and interests of working people?

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The major industrial nations of the west became more responsive to the needs and interests of working people in several ways. One way was through the implementation of labor laws and regulations that aimed to protect workers' rights and improve working conditions. This included setting standards for wages, hours of work, and workplace safety.

Additionally, many industrial nations established social welfare programs to provide support for workers in times of unemployment, illness, or old age. These programs included unemployment insurance, healthcare benefits, and pensions, which helped to alleviate some of the economic hardships faced by working people.

Furthermore, the rise of labor unions and collective bargaining allowed workers to have a stronger voice in negotiating for better wages, benefits, and working conditions. This shift towards recognizing the importance of organized labor helped to empower working people and hold employers more accountable for their treatment of workers.

Overall, the major industrial nations of the west became more responsive to the needs and interests of working people through a combination of legal protections, social welfare programs, and the recognition of labor rights. These efforts aimed to create a more equitable and just society for all members of the workforce.

Question 16

Examine Map 26.1,Industrial Europe ca.1850.What are the leading demographic factors? Look at the new industrial cities.What would life be like in those cities for the new urban workers?

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Question 17

The industrial revolution began in

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A)  the United States.
B)  Great Britain.
C)  France.
D)  Italy.
E)  Russia.

Question 18

Examine the transition from the more traditional putting-out system to the rise of the factory system.How did each invention lead to other innovations? What would be the economic and social implications of this change? What were the conditions like in these new factories? How different would the worker's life be from that of his ancestors?

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The transition from the more traditional...

Question 19

The inventor of the flying shuttle was

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A)  John Kay.
B)  Samuel Crompton.
C)  Josiah Wedgwood.
D)  James Watt.
E)  Edmund Cartwright.

Question 20

Crucial to industrialization was

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A)  the leadership role taken by the Luddites.
B)  willing support of the major industrial unions.
C)  peasants' planned and willing relocation to the cities.
D)  the leading role that Russia provided in technology.
E)  the replacement of human and animal power with inanimate sources of energy such as steam.

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