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The economic development of latin america was heavily dependent on

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foreign capital

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Which of the following explains why industrialization first occurred in Europe?

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European rulers fostered unusually close alliances with their merchant classes

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Which of the following reflects an explanation for Europe's industrial revolution which most historians criticized as Eurocentric and deterministic?

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technological creativity outside of Europe had slowed down considerably or stagnated by the early modern era.

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Which of the following arguments serves to counter the notion that European culture is inherently more suited to industry and technology?

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Until about 1750, core areas of Europe, India, and China enjoyed similar levels of economic development

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Which of the following has been offered as an explanation for why Britain was the first European country to industrialize?

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The scientific revolution in Great Britain fostered technological innovation

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In what ways was the industrial revolution a global phenomenon by the end of the nineteenth century?

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Even regions that failed to industrialize were impacted by industrialzation

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In nineteenth century Britain, women from the laboring classes found jobs as

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Factory workers and domestic servants

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How did the working class movement in Britain differ from the one in Russia?

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It advocated a reformist program and a peaceful transition to socialism

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Which of the following was a reason for the failure of socialism to take root in the United States?

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The higher standard of living enjoyed by most American workers

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Which of the following played a greater role in industrial development in Russia than in the United States or Western Europe?

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The state

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Industrialization led to violent social revolution only in

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Russia

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How did contact with other civilizations contribute to European industrial revolution?

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It enabled Europe to draw disproportionately on the world's resources

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Which of the following describes the situation in Latin America after independence?

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Politically the area was plagued by internal divisions regional revolts and international wars

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Which of the following accompanied industrialization wherever it occurred in the world?

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Urbanization

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Which of the following describes how the movement towards industrialization in the 19th century affected Latin America?

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Latin America provided the food, products, raw materials, and markets for industrializing countries

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Which of the following describes how the industrial revolution unfolded?

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it began independently in only one place, Great Britain

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In the 18th century, how did the industrial revolution solve an emerging energy crisis?

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It introduced the use of coal oil and natural gas as sources of fuel

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How did Britain's geography affect its industrial revolution?

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Coal and iron ore deposits were abundant and close to each other

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Which of the following was a result of the industrial revolution?

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An increase in production in mining manufacturing and services

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Which of the following groups benefited the most from the industrial revolution in the 19th century Britain?

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The middle class

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In 19th century Britain most members of the aristocracy derived their wealth from..

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Landownership

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Which of the following made global migration an appealing option for many Europeans during the 19th century?

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the demand for labor over seas

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Which of the following describes a feature of Karl marx's vision of the society he predicted would emerge after the collapse of capitalism?

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A society without classes and conflict

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Which group in the United States in the early twentieth century pressed for reforms to correct the abuses of capitalist industrialization?

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The progressives

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What was most of the European capital invested in Latin America used to finance?

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Railroads

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Which was the only country in Latin America to experience a nationwide revolution in the early twentieth century?

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Mexico

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Which of the following is a phrase that has been used to describe the form of economic growth in Latin America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

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Depended development

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Which of the following was a value associated with the middle class culture in nineteenth century Britain?

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Hard work

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Which of the following was a factor that pushed many Europeans to immigrate in the nineteenth century?

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The decline in peasant farming in their homelands

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Which of the following does Samuel Smiles consider to be the best way to help the English working class?

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increased education

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in visual source 17.1, the figures depicted in the engraving of the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition suggests that those who benefited from the industrial revolution were

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the wealthy elite

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What function of the train is highlighted in visual source 17.2?

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Travel for leisure

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Which detail in the painting of female laboreres during dinner hour in visual source 17.3 conveys a positive impression of factory life?

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The activities in which women are engaged

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In the photograph of a factory in visual source 17.4, what is the male figure smoking a pipe most likely doing?

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Supervising the workers

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Which group would agree with the message implied in the cartoon depicted in visual source 17.5?

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Marxist

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Refer to map 17.5. Which of the following was a reason fo US intervention in Central America in the early 20th century?

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to support American corporate interests in Cuba, Haitai, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Mexico

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Whose perspective is reflected in this response to the proposal for a ten-hour workday in the 19th century Britan? "To produce the same quantity of work under a ten hour bill will require an additional outlay of 3,000 or 4,000 pounds..."

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A factory owner

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In the communist manifesto, what special term do Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels use to describe this group? " These laborers, who must sell themselves piecemeal, are a commodity, like every other article of commerce, and are consequently exposed to all the vicissitudes of completion, to all the fluctuations of the market."

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The proletariat

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Which group does the 19th century writer Samuel Smiles describe as similar to "savage tribes" who "debase themselves by the vices which accompany civilization, but make no use whatver of its benefits and advantages"?

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The industrial poor

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Which of the following reflects the perspective of skilled artisans who lost their means of livelihood as a result of the industiral revolution?

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"He's only a weaver that no one owns."

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