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

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long-life expectancy

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2
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Which industry launched the Industrial Revolution?

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textile

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

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flying shuttle

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Which new method of transportation did Robert Fulton pioneer?

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steamship

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

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assembly line

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

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coal

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

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slave trade

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

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Businesses needed more educated people.

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Which best describes the beliefs of Robert Owen?

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People can build a utopian society with socialist ideals.

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Why did Karl Marx believe that capitalism would be overthrown?

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Workers would revolt.

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

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It led to new ways to fight disease.

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12
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Which most directly led to the rise of mass entertainment during the late 1800s?

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increased leisure time

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

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abolition of slavery

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

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the philosophy of Karl Marx

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

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loss of natural resources

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16
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Which led the British government to shut down the East India Company and rule India directly?

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the Sepoy Mutiny

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

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selling opium

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18
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Which was a goal of Sun Yat-sen in calling for revolution in China?

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creating a democratic republic

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19
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Which was an argument for Japanese imperial expansion?

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the need for natural resources

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

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It was their duty to civilize the Filipinos

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21
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To which reform movement did Frederick Douglass devote his life?

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abolition

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22
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Which was not a reason for urban planning?

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collective bargaining

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23
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How did industrialization in Europe lead to the colonization of Africa?

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Europeans needed new sources of raw materials.

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

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New Imperialism

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25
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What did some European imperialists use to justify imperialism?

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social Darwinism

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

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

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27
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What resulted from the Sepoy Rebellion or Sepoy Mutiny?

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The British government took over control of India

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28
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Which was an impact of British imperialism on the people of India?

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

29
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What group formed to push for self-rule in India?

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Indian National Congress

30
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What group formed to push for self-rule in India?

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Indian National Congress

31
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Which was a benefit of British rule in India?

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establishment of schools

32
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Which item did England export to China in an attempt to battle its trade deficit with that country?

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opium

33
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Which was a goal of Sun Yat-sen in calling for revolution in China?

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creating a democratic republic

34
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Which was the result of the Sino-Japanese War?

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Taiwan was given to Japan.

35
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What started the Opium War?

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China’s attempt to end the opium trade

36
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In the late 1800s, what did Japanese leaders decide was the best way to avoid being dominated by imperialist nations?

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become an industrial nation

37
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Which best describes the relationship between the United States and the Philippines around the turn of the twentieth century?

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The United States took control of the Philippines from Spain.

38
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Which belief did many Americans use to justify the U.S. takeover of the Philippines?

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It was their duty to civilize the Filipinos.

39
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For what reason did John Stuart Mill believe the government should get involved in the economy?

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to help the poor and the powerless

40
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What did Karl Marx believe would happen to capitalism?

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It would be overthrown by the large class of workers.

41
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Karl Marx wrote in The Communist Manifesto that the history of man had been defined by what?

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class struggle

42
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What was Charles Darwin’s theory regarding plant and animal life?

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

43
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What did the public education reform movement of the 1800s accomplish?

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

44
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Which best describes an accomplishment of the woman suffrage movement?

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Women in New Zealand gained suffrage in 1893/

45
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What happened as a result of workers organizing into unions in the late 1800s?

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Working conditions began to improve for many workers

46
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Which is an example of how cities improved during the late 1800s?

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a new police force and sewer system in London

47
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What does the term standard of living refer to?

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

48
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Which achievement improved the standard of living in the late 1800s?

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the discovery of the link between germs and disease

49
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Which are examples of the new mass society that emerged in the late 1800s?

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vaudeville and professional sports teams

50
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Which was a characteristic that helped bring about the Industrial Revolution in England?

A

plentiful supplies of iron and coal

51
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Which industry launched the Industrial Revolution?

A

textile

52
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Which invention helped the textile industry move from homes to factories?

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Arkwright’s water frame

53
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Which steam-powered method of transportation quickly outpaced earlier forms for transporting goods and people?

A

railroad

54
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Which source of power was introduced in the late 1800s?

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electricity

55
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Which production method emerged during the Second Industrial Revolution?

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assembly line

56
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Which best describes one outcome of Henry Ford’s method of production?

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

57
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What is a corporation?

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

58
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Which was not a result of industrialization?

A

slave trade

59
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Which best explains the rise of the middle class during the Industrial Revolution?

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Factories required skilled, educated managers and office workers.

60
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What was one of the first inventions that made it possible to communicate almost instantly over long distances?

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telegraph

61
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How did Andrew Carnegie influence U.S. business, and in turn, the U.S. economy?

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

62
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Who envisioned a kind of socialism known as communism?

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Karl Marx

63
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Which describes the major thesis contained in Darwin’s book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection?

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

64
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Which was an accomplishment of one of the major reform movements of the 1800s?

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

65
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Why did workers begin to organize into labor unions in the mid-1800s?

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They wanted safer working conditions and shorter workdays.

66
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Which was a reason for European imperialism in the late nineteenth century?

A

need for raw materials

67
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Which was a justification for European imperialism in the late nineteenth century?

A

social Darwinism

68
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Which event led the British government to shut down the East India Company and rule India directly?

A

the Sepoy Mutiny

69
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What did Britain do to correct its balance of trade with China?

A

sell opium

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