WH Chapter 8 Review

What resulted from the British Parliament’s passage of the Reform Act of 1832?

• Factory inspections and limits on child labor were established

• Public health boards were established to promote sanitary reform

• Industrial cities and the middle class gained parliamentary representation

• The labor of women in factories was restricted to 10 hours

The 1830 July Revolution in France resulted in the rise of King Louis Philippe who was most heavily influenced by

• conservatives

• socialists

• the bourgeoisie or middle class

• clergy members

The period from 1815 to 1848 is often referred to as the Age of Metternich for all these reasons EXCEPT

• the reactionary policies of Metternich dominated continental politics

• the liberal ideas of the French Revolution were suppressed

• the industrial middle class was increasingly denied representation in govt

• Heads of states worked together to quash revolts

The Revolutions of 1848 were significant in that they

• resulted in the creation of several new states

• abruptly ended the general peace that Europe had enjoyed since 1815

• ushered in an era of declining nationalism in politics

• convinced conservatives to make concessions to the middle and working class

All of the following policies reflect the conservative nature of the British government from 1815-1825 EXCEPT

• The Factory Act

• The Six Acts of 1819

• Peterloo

• The Corn Laws

The Revolutions of 1848 occurred in all of but which two of the following European countries?

• Russia and Italy

• Austria and England

• Russia and England

• France and England

The Zollverein was significant in the mid-nineteenth century due to its

• success in increasing the literacy rate among Germany’s lower classes

• facilitating increased trade among the German states

• funding of large construction projects throughout Continental Europe

• success in establishing democratic reforms

England avoided revolution in the 1800s for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• the government extended voting rights in 1832 and again in 1867

• the government enacted reforms to lessen the pain of the Industrial Revolution

• there was universal suffrage and extensive social welfare to help the poor

• most British were offended by the violence and chose reform

Which of the following was the only European country to suffer a declining population in the 19^th century?

• France

• England

• Russia

• Ireland

A common aspect of the revolutions in France in 1830 and 1848 was

• the Church's elimination from public life and destruction of its property

• the confiscation of nobles' property

• the hostility to the institution of the monarchy

• attempts by bourgeois liberals to keep workers out of politics