Comparing Industrial Revolution 3-25/26

The "Second Industrial Revolution" in the last half of the 19th century was associated with the mass production of which of the following groups of products?

• Textiles, iron, and coal
• Textiles, automobiles, and planes
• Electricity, ships, and radios
• Electricity, steel, and chemicals

The American desire for a trade relationship with Japan in 1853 led to

• The overthrow of the shogun and the modernization of the country
• Increased tensions between China and Korea
• Greater Russian influence in Manchuria
• The colonization of Taiwan

Efforts at industrialization in Russia and Japan were similar in that 

• Both began in the early 19th century
• Both followed the termination of long-established institutions
• Both countries developed more centralized governments
• Both countries widely adopted Western practices

The Meiji reforms in Japan resulted in

• The strengthening of hte power of regional lords at the expense of the emperor
• A shift of power away from regional lords and to the emperor
• The Tokugawa shogunate's adoption of a unified civil code
• The overthrow of the imperial system for a democratic republic

All of the following are factors stimulating industrialization EXCEPT

• An organized union movement
• An ample population to serve as a workforce
• Investment in Capital
• Access to natural resources

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

• A decline in the social status of women
• An increase in the power and prestige of the landowning aristocracy
• The general leveling of social hierarchies based on wealth
• The creation of a wage-earning working class concentrated in urban areas

A major factor in the expansion of industrialization was the development of

• Socialism
• Feudalism
• Land grants
• Railroads

The beginning of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain was most influenced by which of the following factors?

• The amount and location of British petroleum reserves
• The location and large number of British coal deposits
• The aggressive promotion of industrialization by George III
• The spread of cotton cultivation in southern England

Which of the following is best supported by the passage above?

• This was an early form of an equal rights at work-women being able to do the same work as men.

• This is an example of working conditions that led workers to support socialism.

• Coal mining was hot and difficult work.

• Wales was a more important mining center than eastern Scotland.

Mine workers as described above were most likely to have done which of these?

• Voted for increased rights and better working conditions

• Provided inspiration for Karl Marx’s writing on communism

• Led reformers to institute dress codes for male and female mine workers

• Inspired Adam Smith’s writings on capitalism