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LONG 19th Century

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The cottage industry or "putting out system" involved manufacturing...
a)
with the use of steam power
b)
hand-made luxury goods for the wealthy
c)
by people in their homes
d)
in small factories on rivers powered by water
2.
What is the movement of people from farms to cities?
a)
Utilitarianism
b)
Urbanization
c)
Proletariat
d)
Enclosure Movement
3.
In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
The United States
b)
England
c)
France
d)
Germany
4.
Expansion in this form of transportation dramatically improved industrialization in Britain
a)
Automobile
b)
Flight
c)
Shipping
d)
Railroads
5.
Which of these was NOT an industry of the FIRST Industrial Revolution (1760-1840)?
a)
Textile
b)
Coal
c)
Steam
d)
Steel
6.
What was the first industry affected by the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Automobile
b)
Railroad
c)
Textile
d)
Telephone
7.
Which innovation allowed factories to be built anywhere, even away from water?
a)
flying shuttle
b)
spinning jenny
c)
cotton gin
d)
steam engine
8.
Which of the following was NOT associated with early factory working conditions?
a)
Low wages
b)
Universal Eduation
c)
Poor ventilation
d)
Widespread pollution
9.
What is the name for the working class during the Industrial Revolution?
a)
bourgeoisie
b)
proletariat
c)
communist
d)
marxist
10.
The Industrial revolution created a new ____________ class.
a)
Upper
b)
Slave
c)
Lower
d)
Middle
11.
Who wrote the Communist Manifesto?
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Adam Smith
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Alfred Nobel
12.
What group of people led violent protests that targeted industrial machinery because they were losing their jobs?
a)
Luddites
b)
Socialists
c)
Proletariats
d)
Jacobins
13.
What was the purpose of labor unions?
a)
Negotiate as a group for bigger factories
b)
Negotiate as a group for better working conditions
c)
Negotiate as a group for a political revolution
d)
Negotiate as a group for a social revolution
14.
What was the commission put together to discuss public health that determined that diseases were in the Thames river, that ventilation was needed in the factories, etc?
a)
Chadwick Commission
b)
Sadler Commission
c)
Utopian Act of 1848
d)
Factory Act of 1833
15.
The Romantics believed that people could improve their world-view by …
a)
focusing on the problems and working for a solution
b)
focusing on meditation and yoga
c)
focusing on beauty, emotion and imagination as a means of escape
d)
focusing on getting the right people elected to make change
16.
Which of the following represents conservative ideology in Europe in the early 1800s?
a)
tolerance for religious differences
b)
establishment of a homeland for each national group
c)
restoration of power to royal families
d)
support for freedom of the press
17.
What was the Congress of Vienna?
a)
A meeting of representatives from European countries to restore the old order after Napoleon
b)
A meeting of British Members of Parliament to reform factory conditions
c)
A meeting of allies of the British to determine how to take over Australia
d)
A meeting of liberal politicians who wanted to get constitutions for everyone in Europe
18.
Which of these "isms" was an "anti-ism" that focused on stopping radical reforms like constitutions and keeping the status quo?
a)
Conservatism
b)
Liberalism
c)
Nationalism
d)
Socialism
19.
Which of the following goals represents the ideology of nationalists?
a)
establishment of a homeland for people with a common heritage
b)
acceptance of an established church
c)
restoration of power to royal families
d)
providing the right to vote for all men - universal male suffrage
20.
Which of these revolutions was "allowed" to succeed since it didn't threaten the major European powers?
a)
Spanish Revolution
b)
Italian Revolution
c)
Polish Revolution
d)
Greek Revolution
21.
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels outlined their beliefs in communism and the development of a classless society in 
a)
Communist Manifesto
b)
The Wealth of Nations
c)
Principles of Political Economy and Taxes
d)
An Essay on the Principle of populaiton
22.
Which of these was the "year of revolutions" because almost every country in Europe revolted for a constitution or against their corrupt governments?
a)
1833
b)
1820
c)
1848
d)
1861
23.
Which of these people was the new leader of France who was first president, but then made himself emperor?
a)
Louis XVIII
b)
Napoleon III
c)
Otto Von Bismarck
d)
Marquise Lafayette
24.
What was the name for the "ism" of this time period characterized by a sense of unity binding the people of a state together, sometimes it's culture, and other times it's language or ethnicity
a)
Conservatism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Communism
d)
Liberalism
25.
What is the "politics of reality"?
a)
Communism
b)
Realpolitik
c)
Romanticism
d)
Machiavellian
26.
What was the result of the Franco-Prussian War?
a)
Prussia defeated France
b)
France defeated Austria
c)
France defeated Prussia
d)
Austria defeated Prussia
27.
Who led Prussia to victory against Austria (1866) and France (1870) and was responsible for the creation of the German Empire?
a)
Camilo Cavour
b)
Otto von Bismarck
c)
Napoleon III
d)
Giuseppe Mazzini
28.
Count Camillo Cavour provoked a war with which country in 1859 to help further Italian Unification. 
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
Austria
d)
Germany
29.
What was the "Dual Monarchy" - or "Compromise of 1867" or "Ausgleich?" (All the same thing!)
a)
When Germany was finally made into an Empire in 1871
b)
When a small group of Parisians revolted against the government in France but were brutally put down
c)
When Austria became Austria-Hungary because the Hungarians wanted their own parliament
d)
One of the many scandals of the French "Third Republic"
30.
Sigmund Freud proposed a radical theory of 
a)
child behavior
b)
animal behavior
c)
human behavior
d)
adult behavior
31.
Which of these guys was a Russian monarch who was blown up because his reforms didn't "go far enough?"
a)
Tsar Nicholas II
b)
Tsar Alexander II
c)
Tsar Alexander III
d)
Tsar Nicholas I
32.
What was the "kulturkampf?"
a)
Bismarck's attempt to attack the Roman Catholic Church
b)
The movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine
c)
The belief that evolutionary ideas could be applied to society
d)
A mindset that people of Jewish heritage were inferior to other races
33.
What is the application of evolutionary theory to society - "Survival of the Fittest?"
a)
Zionism
b)
Anti-Semitism
c)
Cholera
d)
Social Darwinism
34.
Which two nations unified for the first time in the late 1800s?
a)
Germany and Italy
b)
Britain and France
c)
Austria and Prussia
d)
Switzerland and Belgium
35.
What is the art movement that appealed to emotion, nature, etc. rather than reason?
a)
Neoclassicism
b)
Romanticism
c)
Realism
d)
Impressionism
36.
Which of these art movements is associated witht his piece?
a)
Realism
b)
Romanticism
c)
Impressionism
d)
Cubism
37.
What is the art movement associated with this painting?
a)
Romanticism
b)
Realism
c)
Impressionism
d)
Cubism
38.
Realists hoped to create a change in society by …
a)
exposing the realities of the working class and poor in order to create empathy for that group
b)
studying nature in the hopes of protecting the wilderness and a more rural lifestyle
c)
showing the reading public that the poor were lazy and inferior
d)
showing the beauty through "first glance" style "impressions" of the countryside and people
39.
Which of these people was NOT a Romantic Composer?
a)
Beethoven
b)
Tchaikovsky
c)
Chopin
d)
Debussy
40.
What invention revolutionized painting in the 1800s?
a)
Photography
b)
The Printing Press
c)
Impressionism
d)
Oil Painting
41.
What is the movement associated with this painting?
a)
Romanticism
b)
Realism
c)
Impressionism
d)
Cubism
42.
What movement is Emmaline Pankhurst associated with?
a)
Feminism
b)
Liberalism
c)
Industrialism
d)
Biological Determinism
43.
Who developed the theory of evolution?
a)
Marie Curie
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Sigmund Freud
d)
Dmitri Mendeleev
44.
Who discovered the form of energy known as radioactivity?
a)
Louis Pasteur 
b)
Dmitri Mendeleev
c)
Charles Darwin
d)
Marie Curie
45.
In science, who developed the germ theory of disease?
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Sigmund Freud
c)
Louis Pasteur
d)
Marie Curie
46.
Social reforms in Britain in the late 1800s helped which group the most?
a)
farmers
b)
industrial workers
c)
middle-class men
d)
women
47.
What was a "pogrom" in Russia?
a)
Government sanctioned attack on Jewish people
b)
people who were not seen as the "fittest" so were killed
c)
the theory that all Russians were superior to non-Russians
d)
a feminist resister who needed "reeducation"
48.
Houston Chamberlain and Arthur Gobineau are associated with...
a)
the increase of racism through "biology"
b)
The study of radioactivity and new elements
c)
supporting the women's suffrage movements
d)
movements for public health and sanitation
49.
Who was the Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the his legacy that includes a prize for peace and other things?
a)
Millicent Fawcett
b)
Gregor Mendel
c)
Alfred Nobel
d)
Louis Pasteur
50.
Which of these was NOT an invention or new industry of the SECOND Industrial Revolution?
a)
Steel
b)
Electricity
c)
Chemistry
d)
Steam Power
51.
Who was the Queen of England during its golden age of Imperialism and Industrialization?
a)
Queen Victoria I
b)
Queen Anne I
c)
Queen Mary II
d)
Queen Elizabeth II