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Question 1

Which characteristic was not a reason that the Industrial Revolution began in England?

Answer 1

long-life expectancy

Question 2

Which industry launched the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 2

textile

Question 3

Which innovation led to an increase in cloth production at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 3

flying shuttle

Question 4

Which new method of transportation did Robert Fulton pioneer?

Answer 4

steamship

Question 5

What was a new method of production during the Second Industrial Revolution?

Answer 5

assembly line

Question 6

What was not a source of energy introduced during the late 1800s?

Answer 6

coal

Question 7

Which is not an example of the human cost of industrialization?

Answer 7

slave trade

Question 8

Which best explains why the Industrial Revolution led to a larger middle class?

Answer 8

Businesses needed more educated people.

Question 9

Which best describes the beliefs of Robert Owen?

Answer 9

People can build a utopian society with socialist ideals.

Question 10

Why did Karl Marx believe that capitalism would be overthrown?

Answer 10

Workers would revolt.

Question 11

How did the work of Louis Pasteur help improve the quality of life for people during the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 11

It led to new ways to fight disease.

Question 12

Which most directly led to the rise of mass entertainment during the late 1800s?

Answer 12

increased leisure time

Question 13

Which did not prompt European imperialism in the late nineteenth century?

Answer 13

abolition of slavery

Question 14

Which was not used to justify European imperialism in the late nineteenth century?

Answer 14

the philosophy of Karl Marx

Question 15

Which was an impact of European imperialism on the people of Africa?

Answer 15

loss of natural resources

Question 16

Which led the British government to shut down the East India Company and rule India directly?

Answer 16

the Sepoy Mutiny

Question 17

How did Britain seek to correct its balance of trade with China?

Answer 17

selling opium

Question 18

Which was a goal of Sun Yat-sen in calling for revolution in China?

Answer 18

creating a democratic republic

Question 19

Which was an argument for Japanese imperial expansion?

Answer 19

the need for natural resources

Question 20

Which belief did many Americans use to justify the U.S. takeover of the Philippines?

Answer 20

It was their duty to civilize the Filipinos

Question 21

To which reform movement did Frederick Douglass devote his life?

Answer 21

abolition

Question 22

Which was not a reason for urban planning?

Answer 22

collective bargaining

Question 23

How did industrialization in Europe lead to the colonization of Africa?

Answer 23

Europeans needed new sources of raw materials.

Question 24

What was the European scramble to build empires from the 1870s to about 1910 often called?

Answer 24

New Imperialism

Question 25

What did some European imperialists use to justify imperialism?

Answer 25

social Darwinism

Question 26

Which was an impact of European imperialism on the people of Africa?

Answer 26

The racist attitudes of the Europeans bred resentments among Africans that would last for decades.

Question 27

What resulted from the Sepoy Rebellion or Sepoy Mutiny?

Answer 27

The British government took over control of India

Question 28

Which was an impact of British imperialism on the people of India?

Answer 28

Most Indians lived in poverty and were discriminated against by the British.

Question 29

What group formed to push for self-rule in India?

Answer 29

Indian National Congress

Question 30

What group formed to push for self-rule in India?

Answer 30

Indian National Congress

Question 31

Which was a benefit of British rule in India?

Answer 31

establishment of schools

Question 32

Which item did England export to China in an attempt to battle its trade deficit with that country?

Answer 32

opium

Question 33

Which was a goal of Sun Yat-sen in calling for revolution in China?

Answer 33

creating a democratic republic

Question 34

Which was the result of the Sino-Japanese War?

Answer 34

Taiwan was given to Japan.

Question 35

What started the Opium War?

Answer 35

China's attempt to end the opium trade

Question 36

In the late 1800s, what did Japanese leaders decide was the best way to avoid being dominated by imperialist nations?

Answer 36

become an industrial nation

Question 37

Which best describes the relationship between the United States and the Philippines around the turn of the twentieth century?

Answer 37

The United States took control of the Philippines from Spain.

Question 38

Which belief did many Americans use to justify the U.S. takeover of the Philippines?

Answer 38

It was their duty to civilize the Filipinos.

Question 39

For what reason did John Stuart Mill believe the government should get involved in the economy?

Answer 39

to help the poor and the powerless

Question 40

What did Karl Marx believe would happen to capitalism?

Answer 40

It would be overthrown by the large class of workers.

Question 41

Karl Marx wrote in The Communist Manifesto that the history of man had been defined by what?

Answer 41

class struggle

Question 42

What was Charles Darwin’s theory regarding plant and animal life?

Answer 42

All plants and animal have gradually evolved over time through a process called natural selection.

Question 43

What did the public education reform movement of the 1800s accomplish?

Answer 43

Public high schools in the United States began to multiply after 1900.

Question 44

Which best describes an accomplishment of the woman suffrage movement?

Answer 44

Women in New Zealand gained suffrage in 1893/

Question 45

What happened as a result of workers organizing into unions in the late 1800s?

Answer 45

Working conditions began to improve for many workers

Question 46

Which is an example of how cities improved during the late 1800s?

Answer 46

a new police force and sewer system in London

Question 47

What does the term standard of living refer to?

Answer 47

the level of wealth, comfort, material goods, health and necessities available to a group

Question 48

Which achievement improved the standard of living in the late 1800s?

Answer 48

the discovery of the link between germs and disease

Question 49

Which are examples of the new mass society that emerged in the late 1800s?

Answer 49

vaudeville and professional sports teams

Question 50

Which was a characteristic that helped bring about the Industrial Revolution in England?

Answer 50

plentiful supplies of iron and coal

Question 51

Which industry launched the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 51

textile

Question 52

Which invention helped the textile industry move from homes to factories?

Answer 52

Arkwright’s water frame

Question 53

Which steam-powered method of transportation quickly outpaced earlier forms for transporting goods and people?

Answer 53

railroad

Question 54

Which source of power was introduced in the late 1800s?

Answer 54

electricity

Question 55

Which production method emerged during the Second Industrial Revolution?

Answer 55

assembly line

Question 56

Which best describes one outcome of Henry Ford’s method of production?

Answer 56

Products made by his method took less time to build, so they cost less.

Question 57

What is a corporation?

Answer 57

a business owned by a group investors who share in the profits and losses

Question 58

Which was not a result of industrialization?

Answer 58

slave trade

Question 59

Which best explains the rise of the middle class during the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 59

Factories required skilled, educated managers and office workers.

Question 60

What was one of the first inventions that made it possible to communicate almost instantly over long distances?

Answer 60

telegraph

Question 61

How did Andrew Carnegie influence U.S. business, and in turn, the U.S. economy?

Answer 61

His steelworks helped the United States become the world’s leading industrial power.

Question 62

Who envisioned a kind of socialism known as communism?

Answer 62

Karl Marx

Question 63

Which describes the major thesis contained in Darwin’s book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection?

Answer 63

All plants and animals have gradually evolved over time through a process called natural selection.

Question 64

Which was an accomplishment of one of the major reform movements of the 1800s?

Answer 64

Massachusetts passed a law in 1852 requiring children to go to school

Question 65

Why did workers begin to organize into labor unions in the mid-1800s?

Answer 65

They wanted safer working conditions and shorter workdays.

Question 66

Which was a reason for European imperialism in the late nineteenth century?

Answer 66

need for raw materials

Question 67

Which was a justification for European imperialism in the late nineteenth century?

Answer 67

social Darwinism

Question 68

Which event led the British government to shut down the East India Company and rule India directly?

Answer 68

the Sepoy Mutiny

Question 69

What did Britain do to correct its balance of trade with China?

Answer 69

sell opium