A History Of Europe In The Modern World 12th Edition By Lloyd Kramer – Test Bank
Chapter 11
Industries, Ideas, and the Struggle for Reform, 1815-1848
Multiple Choice Questions
- (p. 459)Before 1815, two revolutions had taken place in Europe: a political one associated with the French revolution and the Napoleonic empire and an economic one—the Industrial Revolution. These two revolutions were:
A. intimately connected.
B. partially connected since many inventions crucial for the English industrial revolution had been developed by scientists of revolutionary France.
C. partially connected since much of English interests in industrial technology had been inspired by the French Enlightenment.
D. independent of each other.
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- (p. 460)After the signing of the peace treaty at Vienna in 1815, the process of industrialization:
A. worked in favor of the conservative European settlement.
B. worked against the conservative European settlement.
C. had no influence on the European continent.
D. None of these are correct.
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- (p. 460)All of the following are true about capitalism except:
A. industrialism and capitalism mean the same thing.
B. in capitalism, wealth that is not consumed is used to produce more wealth in the future.
C. an automobile factory is capital.
D. in most cases, an automobile should not be considered as capital because it is a consumer good.
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- (p. 462)In England, the enclosure acts led to the concentration of land in the hands of a relatively small class of wealthy landlords, which:
A. reduced the food supply since the large landowners were only interested in raising cattle.
B. reduced the food supply, thereby forcing the English to develop an industry to pay for food imports.
C. resulted in vast, semicollective methods of cultivation.
D. raised the productivity of land and of farm labor.
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- (p. 462)An important political factor that made the Industrial Revolution possible in England was:
A. George III’s support for industrialization.
B. the ascendancy of the property-owning classes in Parliament, which assured the passage of the enclosure acts that were instrumental in bringing about the Agricultural Revolution.
C. William Pitt’s foresights related to the industrial revolution and the allocation of government funds to encourage new inventions.
D. All of these are correct.
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- (p. 462)All of the following statements are true regarding England’s agricultural revolution except:
A. landowners made more use of fertilizers such as animal manure.
B. landowners introduced useful implements such as the new seed drill and the horse-hoe.
C. landowners brought in new crops such as turnips.
D. landowners developed new and improved methods of semicollective cultivation.
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- (p. 463-464)All of the following were major incentives to industrialism in Britain except:
A. wealth acquired from commerce and agriculture was available for investment.
B. the profit motive spurred the search for more rapid methods of production, especially of cloth.
C. availability of mobile and fluid capital was made possible by the rise of banking, credit, and stock companies.
D. government policies and programs to favor industrialization were excluded.
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- (p. 465)Which of the following is true of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain in its early phase, down to 1830 or 1840?
A. It was accompanied by most of the British working people being employed in factories.
B. It took place principally in perfecting the steam engine for use in coal mines.
C. It took place principally in the manufacture of textiles.
D. It placed great demand on skilled labor and set high standards for wages.
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- (p. 464)Steam engines were first used to:
A. propel river boats.
B. drive spinning machinery.
C. pump water out of coal mines.
D. propel coal cars to canals or to the sea.
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- (p. 465)The early factories in England were mainly:
A. woolen mills.
B. cotton mills.
C. iron foundries.
D. flour mills.
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