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Which of the following did not play a crucial role in making Britain the site of the first Industrial Revolution?

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Over ninety-five percent of the population was literate.

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The ability to make yarn at a much faster pace

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became necessary after the development of the flying shuttle.

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The steam engine was developed by

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James Watt.

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Steam power

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was originally used to pump water from mines.

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By the middle of the nineteenth century, Henry Cort's system of puddling had resulted in

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Britain becoming by far the world's leading iron producer.

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The first steam-powered locomotive was pioneered by

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Richard Trevithick.

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The speeds attained by the first steam locomotive in 1804 and those in use by 1850 were , respectively,

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five and fifty miles per hour.

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Which of the following statements is a false observation about the development of the Industrial Revolution?

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Price reductions produced increased markets, thus continuing the traditional, self-sustaining nature of the European economy as it had functioned since the early 1600s.

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Continental European industrialization

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began in Belgium, France, and the German states.

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Government financial aid to industries

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was a basic element of industrialization in Belgium, France, and the German states.

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Between 1815 and 1850, which of the following was not one of the three major centers in which the Industrial Revolution developed on the European Continent?

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Russia

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Industrial development in the United States before 1870

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none of these.

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A country which was forced to reduce its industrial production by a more powerful competitor was

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Russia

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It can be said that, as a result of the Industrial Revolution, by 1847

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some people rose in social status, while many others worked in appalling conditions.

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By aiming at establishing legitimacy and a traditional balance of power in European political affairs, Metternich and his followers in Vienna were advocates of the ideology known as

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conservatism.

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Population in Europe during the nineteenth century

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was notable for rapid overall growth and a far more rapid increase in city populations.

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The basic purpose of the Concert of Europe was to

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allow the great powers of Europe to unilaterally intervene wherever they chose to.

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The new, industrial middle class was

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the term used to describe the new, working class by Europeans after 1810.

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The new working class

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often worked twelve to sixteen hours a day, six days a week.

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Britain's Factory Act of 1833

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reduced the number of children working in factories.

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Nineteenth-century liberals advocated

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voting rights only for male citizens who met certain property requirements.

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Liberalism did not

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want to limit governmental power.

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Nationalism

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was a potential threat to the existing political order.

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The Congress of Vienna in 1815

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agreed to meet periodically to take steps to maintain Europe's peace and stability.

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German unification

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was finally achieved by the militaristic Prussian politicians.

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Which of the following statements is not true about the revolutions of 1848 in Europe?

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The overthrow of the tsar in Moscow initiated the series of upheavals.

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The most multinational state in Europe in the nineteenth century, and this the one most threatened by the new ideology of nationalism, was

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Germany.

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The first Mexican emperor was

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Augustín de Iturbide

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The leader of the Mexican independence revolt was

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Father Miguel Hidalgo

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The liberators of Venezuela and Argentina, respectively were

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Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín

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After the nations of Latin America gained their independence in the nineteenth century, their economies became dominated by the

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British.

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In nineteenth-century Latin America

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Creoles frequently opposed both the peninsulars and the peasants, but the Mexican Revolution had significant mas support, which caused creoles and peninsulars to unite to crush the peasants.

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The new Italian kingdom established in 1861

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was, to a significant degree, the result of the diplomatic and political work of Cavour and the military actions of Garibaldi.

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The "Eastern Question" in the nineteenth century concerned the fate of

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the Ottoman Empire.

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The Crimean War

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isolated the Austrians from the rest of the great powers of Europe.

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The policies of Otto von Bismarck before 1871

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used warfare as an instrument of policy, regardless of its consequences.

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Which of the following was not a result of the brief 1866 war between Austria and Prussia?

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A Russian and Austrian defensive alliance defeated the French and British in the Balkans.

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Which of the following was not a result of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870?

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Louis Napoleon made himself Emperor of the Third Republic.

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Revolution and chaos were avoided in Britain during the nineteenth century by all except the

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creation of a secret and effective secret political police unit, the "Peelers."

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The Second Empire in France

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was brought down by the disastrous 1870 war with Prussia.

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The Ausgleich of 1867 was all of the following except it

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unified Austria with the Bismarck's emerging German Empire.

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The emancipation of the Russian serfs

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required that the former serfs pay for their freedom in installments.

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Which of the following was true of developments in the United States through the Civil War?

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Mass male electoral participation was instituted during the era of Andrew Jackson.

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Which of the following was not an aspect of nineteenth-century development in Canada?

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John Macdonald led a bloody rebellion against the British in 1860.

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Romanticism emphasized

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a focus on individual, unique traits, and emotions.

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A central characteristic of all Romantic painting was a

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desire to create art that showed the artist's inner feelings in viewing the world.

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Which of the following statements is not true?

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Technological development before 1750 depended heavily on scientific research.

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Charles Darwin presented a theory of evolution that

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stated that all living things are involved in a struggle to survive.

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Realism in the arts

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was typified by the work of Courbet and Flaubert.

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Major Realist works include

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Gustave Courbet's The Stonebreakers.

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