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Chapter 23 Review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following helped make Great Britain the starting place for the Industrial Revolution?

a)

improved transportation

b)

more open farmland

c)

fewer peasant farmers

d)

smaller crops

2.

Enclosure movement laws caused

a)

inventors to create the steam engine.

b)

entrepreneurs to sell their land.

c)

many peasants to move to towns.

d)

farm animals to starve.

3.

Why were Britain's entrepreneurs successful in starting businesses, and thus the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Entrepreneurs had money to invest in new businesses.

b)

British entrepreneurs were good at inventing new machinery.

c)

The British people allowed the entrepreneurs to take advantage of them.

d)

Britain's entrepreneurs controlled all the natural resources

4.

One of the first important products for Britain's manufacturers was A.cheaply produced food.

a)

cheaply produced food.

b)

cotton cloth.

c)

railroad cars.

d)

water-powered looms.

5.

How did the steam engine change the entire factory system when textiles were being produced?

a)

Steamboats carried raw materials from factory to factory, bringing needed materials for manufacturing.

b)

The work became much quieter, so people didn't mind living near factories.

c)

Factories spread all over the country, close to workers.

d)

Less material was created in each factory.

6.

What did the spinning jenny produce?

a)

more jobs for British workers

b)

fewer steps in the making of cloth

c)

more work for the cottage industries

d)

more thread than weavers could use

7.

The iron industry expanded during the Industrial Revolution because

a)

iron was used to build trains and railroads.

b)

coal was burned to create high-quality iron.

c)

there were few impurities in pig iron.

d)

factory owners preferred to use iron over coal.

8.

How did factories change society in order to make the Industrial Revolution a success?

a)

Factories created a new labor class and a system of shift work that kept the machines running nonstop.

b)

Society changed in order to encourage people to work in dangerous conditions.

c)

Women and children became successful by working for high pay.

d)

People became perfectly disciplined workers who never made mistakes.

9.

Governments encouraged industrialization in Europe by

a)

passing laws that made industry more profitable.

b)

providing money to build the necessary means of transportation.

c)

banning social programs that interfered with industry.

d)

staying completely out of the business of industry.

10.

What was one result of extreme urbanization?

a)

more money and food for all

b)

a need for urban reform

c)

more frequent wars

d)

reduced population

11.

What did the European rulers want throughout the 1800s?

a)

new leadership

b)

restored monarchies

c)

revolution

d)

human rights

12.

The Congress of Vienna divided ______ into nine states and distributed these states among the European powers

a)

Italy

b)

Austria D.France 3.What caused ma

c)

Russia

d)

France

13.

What caused many countries of Europe to desire change in the 1830s and 1840s?

a)

provisional government

b)

universal male suffrage

c)

conservatism

d)

liberalism and nationalism

14.

Conflict grew against France's Louis-Philippe because he

a)

fled to England when he felt threatened.

b)

refused to change his policies when people suffered hardships.

c)

was appointed in a constitutional monarchy after the overthrow of Charles X.

d)

gave up his throne

15.

What was universal male suffrage?

a)

France's version of torture

b)

the right for all men to vote

c)

the provisional government of France

d)

the new constitution drafted by France

16.

France's revolution in 1848 finally ratified a new constitution, which set up a government called the

a)

Second Republic.

b)

Congress of Vienna.

c)

Confederation

d)

provisional government.

17.

In 1848, many German rulers promised constitutions and other reforms because

a)

liberals demanded them.

b)

France had already achieved them.

c)

it was the right thing to do.

d)

the monarchs had enough power already.

18.

Which of the following is a right promised by many German rulers?

a)

equal pay for all

b)

women's right to vote

c)

a free press

d)

social security

19.

The Austrian Empire was considered multinational because

a)

many countries attacked it.

b)

the population was enormous.

c)

it was a German-speaking dynasty.

d)

it was made up of culturally different peoples.

20.

Why did Italians want to unite and create their own constitutional government?

a)

Italy wanted its own power because it was controlled by foreign states.

b)

Italians wanted to join the Austrian Empire.

c)

Italy wanted to rescue Lombardy and Venetia from the revolutionaries.

d)

Italy preferred to have a conservative government, not a liberal one

21.

The Crimean War destroyed the Concert of Europe because

a)

Russia and the Ottoman Empire became enemies.

b)

the countries who belonged to it fought each other.

c)

the end of the war banned it.

d)

Russia withdrew from European affairs.

22.

In order to unify Germany, Prussian leaders defeated

a)

Italian forces defeated French and Austrian troops.

b)

Louis Cavour made an alliance with Louis-Napoleon.

c)

Garibaldi took control of Sicily and marched up the coast.

d)

King Victor Emanuel declared Italy a new state.

23.

Great Britain enjoyed political stability because

a)

more people shared in the country's governance and prosperity.

b)

both houses of Parliament were dominated by aristocratic classes.

c)

earlier revolutions got rid of the monarchy.

d)

Queen Victoria increased the size of the armed forces.

24.

In the United States, the conflict between the North and the South became irreversible when

a)

Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

b)

Frederick Douglass spoke out against slavery.

c)

fighting erupted between the North and South in April of 1861.

d)

the United States lost the War of 1812.

25.

After 1871, which country became the strongest on the European continent?

a)

France

b)

Hungary

c)

Austria

d)

Germany

26.

Which ideals from the American Revolution inspired Latin American revolutionaries?

a)

equality and voting rights

b)

free trade and land reform

c)

land reform and national unity

d)

free trade and equality

27.

Which of the following led to Latin American economic dependence on foreigners?

a)

the Monroe Doctrine

b)

reliance on export of cash crops

c)

the strength of the British navy

d)

lack of land reform

28.

Why were the caudillos able to gain power?

a)

They had more land than anyone else.

b)

The new nations were inexperienced in self-rule.

c)

They were elected through popular vote.

d)

They developed a lasting economic relationship with Europe.

29.

Which countries did José de San Martín help liberate from Spanish authority?

a)

Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador

b)

Mexico, Uruguay, Paraguay

c)

Argentina, Chile, Peru

d)

Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras

30.

The Monroe Doctrine established that the United States would

a)

protect Latin America from European intervention.

b)

join with Britain to protect Latin America.

c)

settle disputes between Latin American nations.

d)

provide support to Latin American armies.

31.

In addition to writing about everyday life, some realist writers

a)

examined social issues through their characters.

b)

contributed to advancing scientific theories.

c)

emphasized feelings and emotions in their poetry.

d)

wrote scientific essays about nature.

32.

Which of the following increased interest in scientific research?

a)

realism

b)

the Industrial Revolution

c)

romanticism

d)

the Enlightenment

33.

What do the writers Walter Scott, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, and William Wordsworth have in common?

a)

They were all men.

b)

They were all English.

c)

They were all French.

d)

They were all romantic writers.