WH Unit 7 Test

Adam Smith believed the government’s role in laissez-faire capitalism was

• to distribute wealth equally.

• to set prices and wages.

• to control the economy.

• to leave the economy alone.

Supporters of a communist revolution hoped it would lead to a government in which workers were

• equal owners of property and goods.

• expected to follow a dictator.

• equal economically and socially.

• expected to create businesses.

The industry that was one of the first to industrialize Europe and the United States was

• the textile industry.

• the meatpacking industry.

• the steel-manufacturing industry.

• the automobile-manufacturing industry.

The author credited with launching the English romantic movement was

• William Wordsworth.

• Edgar Allen Poe.

• Alexandre Dumas.

• Mark Twain.

The term that best describes factory work during the 1800s is

• rewarding.

• varied.

• repetitive.

• complicated.

In what way did industrialization affect the working class?

• They improved their standard of living.

• They fell far below other classes.

• They became more successful.

• They were absorbed into the middle class.

What was one economic factor that helped support industrialization in England?

• Many workers were eager for jobs.

• Wealthy landowners increased crop production.

• British artisans produced many goods at home.

• England had large deposits of iron.

How did improved transportation affect farming?

• More people farmed because they could reach distant farmlands.

• Fewer people farmed because they could travel to other jobs.

• More people farmed because they could transport crops easily.

• Fewer people farmed because railways destroyed farmlands.

After a coup d’etat in Spain overthrew the government, Augustin de Iturbide proclaimed

• Mexico’s independence and made himself emperor.

• Haiti’s independence and made himself emperor.

• Argentina’s independence and made himself emperor.

• Brazil’s independence and made himself emperor.

The Latin American revolutions from 1804 to 1821 were

• unsuccessful and left strong conservative governments in place.

• unsuccessful and left strong liberal governments in place.

• successful and had similar styles of government in the various countries.

• successful and had different styles of government in the various countries.