Chap 19 - Industralization Flashcards
The Industrial Revolution began in
a. France
b. Germany
c. Britain
d. the United States
c.Britain
Who created the spinning jenny?
a. James Hargreaves
b. George Stephenson
c. Edmund Cartwright
d. James Watt
a.James Hargreaves
The inventor of the steam engine was
a. George Stephenson
b. Henry Cort
c. James Watt
d. Edmund Cartwright
c.James Watt
The train used on the first public railway line was called the
a. Puddler
b. Racer
c. Rocket
d. Iron Horse
c.Rocket
Where was the industrial revolution most influential in the nineteenth century?
a. Eastern Europe
b. Latin America
c. Asia
d. Western Europe
d.Western Europe
The Factory Act of 1833 was meant to improve working conditions for the
a. urban reformers
b. capitalists
c. utopian socialists
d. working class
d.working class
The leader of the Congress of Vienna was
a. Nicholas I
b. Bismarck
c. Metternich
d. Charles X
c.Metternich
The Concert of Europe originally included
a. Russia
b. Prussia
c. Austria
d. Great Britain
e. All of these answers
e.All of these answers
Which of the following was a threat to the existing political order of nineteenth century Europe?
a. constitutionalism
b. conservatism
c. utopianism
d. nationalism
d.nationalism
The revolutions of 1848 began in
a. Spain
b. France
c. Austria
d. Britain
b.France
The first independent state in Latin America was
a. Venezuela
b. Argentina
c. Haiti
d. Mexico
c.Haiti
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was the first hero of the war for independence of
a. South America
b. Chile
c. Mexico
d. El Salvador
c.Mexico
A fundamental underlying problem for all the new Latin American nations was the persistent domination of society by
a. liberals
b. modernizers
c. investment economies
d. landed elites
d.landed elites
Antonio Lopez y Santa Anna is an example of a Latin American
a. peninsular
b. caudillo
c. creole elite
d. mestizo
b.caudillo
In 1821, the Greeks revolted against the
a. Crimean League
b. Austrian Empire
c. Balkan Empire
d. Ottoman Empire
d.Ottoman Empire
