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-new elites

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Question 2

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-cholera

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Cholera is a bacterial infection that ca...

Question 3

The success of the steam engine in the Industrial Revolution made Britain dependent upon

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A)   timber.
B)   coal.
C)   water power.
D)   electricity.
E)   copper.F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 4

Members of the new industrial entrepreneurial class in the early nineteenth century

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A)   particularly excluded aristocrats.
B)   were responsible for the predominance of giant corporate firms by 1850.
C)   were usually resourceful individuals with diverse social backgrounds.
D)   were more often from the lower classes than the bourgeoisie.
E)   were always from the bourgeoisie.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

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-cotton industry

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The cotton industry has played a signifi...

Question 6

Friedrich List showed how Germany could catch up with British industry by

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A)   using serfs to provide cheap labor in factories.
B)   paying workers extremely high wages, as Henry Ford would later do.
C)   protecting infant industries with high tariffs.
D)   freeing private enterprise from government interference.
E)   conquering neighboring countries to provide captive markets.F) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 7

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-the American system

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The American system refers to the politi...

Question 8

One of the differences between British and Continental industrialization was that

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A)   government played a larger role in British industrialization.
B)   Britain relied upon railroads while Continental nations primarily made use of rivers and canals.
C)   government played a larger role in Continental industrialization.
D)   Continental industrialization relied more upon textile manufacturing than did Britain.
E)   none of the aboveF) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 9

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-the London Working Men's Association

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The London Working Men's Association was...

Question 10

Other than in mines, British children in the nineteenth century were generally treated with gentle decency.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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-India's cotton cloth production

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India's cotton cloth production is a sig...

Question 12

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-Robert Owen

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Robert Owen (1771-1858) was a Welsh soci...

Question 13

James Watt was vital to the Industrial Revolution for his invention of

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A)   the spinning jenny.
B)   the mule-powered Newcomen engine.
C)   a rotary engine that could spin and weave cotton.
D)   the first steam-powered locomotive.
E)   the power loom.F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 14

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-the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union

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The Grand National Consolidated Trades U...

Question 15

The eighteenth century agricultural revolution in Britain reduced the cost of food, thus giving the British extra income to purchase items produced by the Industrial Revolution.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The only European country with a declining population in the nineteenth century was

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A)   Russia.
B)   Italy.
C)   Austria.
D)   France.
E)   Ireland.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

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-child labor

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Child labor is a serious issue that cont...

Question 18

By 1870, most of the world had begun to industrialize according to the models established in western Europe and the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In the United States, right after the Civil War what began to replace steam boats as a viable mode of transportation on many routes?

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A)   bicycles.
B)   personal automobiles.
C)   rickshaws.
D)   trains.
E)   horses.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 20

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-coal and coke

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Coal and coke are both fossil fuels that...

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