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The high proportion of women and children among the workers reflected in the table is best seen in the context of the

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low wages of workers in industrial societies

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The data in the table best provide historical context to understand which of the following developments in mid-nineteenth-century Great Britain

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The emergence of social reform movements

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The beginning of the industrial revolution in great Britain was most influenced by which of the following factors

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The location and large number of British coal deposits

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The labor patterns shown in the table are most directly relevant in understanding which broader process in nineteenth-century Europe

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The development of new class identities

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For the period circa 1890 to 1910, which of the following countries experienced industrialization trends most similar to those for Japan as shown in the table

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Germany

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Which of the following is true of both Russia and Japan by 1914

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Rapid, state-sponsored industrialization had occurred in both countries

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in contrast to initial industrialization, the second industrial revolution in the las half of the nineteenth century was particularly associated with the mass production of which of the following

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Electricity, steel, and chemicals

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Which of the following best describes a conclusion about the relationship between steamships and world trade in the late nineteenth century that is supported by the data in the table

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Europe’s dominance in the total number of steamships roughly correlates to its dominance in world trade

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Which of the following best represents the purpose of Trotsky’s statement in the passage above?

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To argue that Russia is ripe for a socialist revolution, despite being less industrialized than other European countries

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The gender and age makeup of the workforce shown in image2 best illustrates which of the following phenomena in mid-nineteenth century European society

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Within factories, skilled workers continued to be predominantly male, while woman and children continued to perform mostly unskilled factory work

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Image1 best illustrates which of the following broad economic transformations in the period circa 1750

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The transition from a human and animal-powered economy to a fossil-fuel economy

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Most world historians would agree that the key to European predominance in the world economy during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was

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The industrial revolution

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In the second half of the nineteenth century, the working conditions depicted in image2 served as an inspiration for those arguing that

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the negative social effects of capitalism should be alleviated by enacting factory regulations

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Slavery and serfdom were abolished in the 1860s in

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The united states and russia

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Which of the following was a widespread social consequence of industrialization in the 1800s

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The creation of a wage-earning working class concentrated in urban areas

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Which of the following most directly explains the importance of improved agricultural productivity to the industrialization of economic production in western Europe in the period 1750-1900

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Because less labor was needed on farms, more people moved to urban areas to work in factories

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the emergence of the german industries referred to in the passage is most directly explained by which of the following processes in the nineteenth century

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the development of new methods of production during the second industrial revolution

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Great Britain’s development of the industry referred to in the first paragraph during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is best explained by the fact that British factories were the first to

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Use steam powered machines for large scale economic production

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Which of the following developments in the nineteenth century would most likely help explain the size and composition of the workforce at the Bayer plant as described in the second paragraph

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The construction of railroads facilitated the migration of people to interior regions

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Which of the following best describes how nineteenth-century European industrialization affected European women’s lives

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Married women found it increasingly difficult to balance wage work and family resposibilities

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The industrialization of great Britain economy in the mid eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is most directly explained by which of the following

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Britain had large reserves of coal

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Which of the following best explains the general increase in the living standards of industrial workers between 1800 and 1914

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the increased supply of inexpensive consumer goods

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which of the following developments in the period 1878-1922 best explains the change in Japanese trade patterns shown in the graphs above

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Japanese manufacturing output rose as a consequence of industrialization

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the second industrial revolution in the last half of the nineteenth century was associated with the mass production of which of the following groups of products.

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Electricity steel and chemicals

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Adoption of which of the following power sources has contributed the most to increasing the energy available to humans
Fossil fuels
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As described in the passage the economic model of the British south Africa company most directly differed from which of the following economic trends in the late nineteenth century
The shift from mercantilism to free-market trade policies
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Which of the following factors contributed to the increase of world population in the period 1750 to 1900 c.e
Improvements in agricultural productivity and food distribution
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Marx's statement in the passage above is best understood in the context of which of the following responses to the development and spread of global capitalism in the nineteenth century
A movement to articulate an alternative vision of society
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the print above suggests that as nineteenth century Japan industrialized Japanese women did witch of the following
Became involved in the factory system industrial production
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A key issue that historians have debated in explaining the reasons for nineteenth century slave emancipations involves
The role of humanitarism
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Most world historians would agree that the key to European predominance in the world economy during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was.
the industrial revolution
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Which of the following is an accurate comparison between the economic development of Japan and the economic development of Russia in the nineteenth century
Both countries industrialized with the state playing an important role in the process
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In the late nineteenth centuries, some governments responded to the growing popularity of ideas such as the ones expressed in the passage by doing which of the following
passing reforms
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Which of the following best explains the change in energy consumption in the time period from 1000 to 1850
The increasing mechanization of labor as a result of industrilization
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the excerpt above emphasizes which of the following solutions to the exploitation of industrial laborer's
Sufficient wages
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Condorcet's arguments in the passage best reflect the principles of
the enlightenment
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Which of the following best explains why Condorcet sought to reassure his audience that the action he was proposing would harm neither commerce nor the wealth of a nation
The Atlantic plantation system generated significance revenue for European economics
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Industrialization in Russia during the nineteenth century most closely resembled industrialization in which of the following regions
Japan during the meji restoration
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Which of following best explains a likely reason for the title of the image
The soot pollution, which resulted from the coal industry in the region
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the image best illustrates which factor that contributed to great Britain's increasing prominence as a global power in the nineteenth century
Great Britain's location