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WH CH 9-4

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
Which of the following was the first area to undergo major industrialization?
a.
banking
c.
coal mining
b.
railroads
d.
textile production
 

 2. 
An entrepreneur is a type of
a.
scientist
c.
business person
b.
inventor
d.
personal secretary
 

 3. 
Which of the following did NOT improve as an early result of the Industrial Revolution?
a.
factory working conditions
c.
the average person's diet
b.
the quality of clothing
d.
transportation
 

 4. 
Which of the follwing did NOT increase as an early result of the Industrial Revolution?
a.
urbanization
c.
the length of the average work day
b.
the size of the middle class
d.
the life expectancy of the average worker
 

 5. 
Which of the following did NOT improve as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
a.
living conditions for the average worker
c.
preservation of the environment
b.
educational opportunities
d.
affordability of consumer goods
 

 6. 
Who defended the free-market system of capitalism in the book, The Wealth of Nations?
a.
Adam Smith
c.
Jeremy Bentham
b.
John Stuart Mill
d.
William Wilberforce
 

 7. 
Utilitarianism held that government policies should promote
a.
 wars and epidemics to kill off excess people
c.
the complete independence of each individual
b.
public ownership of the means of production
d.
the greatest good for the greatest number of people
 

 8. 
Nineteenth-century socialists argued that government should
a.
leave the economy alone
c.
destroy the economy
b.
actively plan the economy
d.
allow the economy to be controlled by the bourgeoise
 

 9. 
With which of the following is Karl Marx most closely associated?
a.
socialism
c.
utilitarianism
b.
communism
d.
 trade unionism
 

 10. 
In the 19th century, collective bargaining was carried out between
a.
government and unions
c.
communists and capitalists
b.
employers and employees
d.
political and financial leaders
 

 11. 
When the trade union movement began in Britain, the strike was an illegal action taken against
a.
child laborers by factory owners
c.
factory owners by union workers
b.
union workers by factory owners
d.
non-union workers by union workers
 

 12. 
What was the Industrial Revolution?
a.
increased purchases of land by wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields
c.
a widespread use of teenagers as factory laborers who worked 14 hour days, 6 days a week
b.
increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th-century
d.
increased populations of urban areas during the 1800s
 

 13. 
What was the benefit of being a stockholder in a corporation?
a.
complete ownership of branch corporations
c.
not personally responsible for its debts
b.
 free goods produced by the corporation
d.
All of the above
 

 14. 
What is the laissez-faire policy?
a.
a policy that allowed labor to set working conditions based on votes on issues relevant to their industry
c.
a policy that taught owners of industry how to set working conditions based on government
standards
b.
a policy that allowed labor to set working conditions based on votes on issues relevant to their owners
d.
a policy that let owners of industry set working conditions without government interference
 

 15. 
What is the name for the voluntary associations of workers seeking labor reforms?
a.
unions
c.
collective bargaining
b.
strikes
d.
utilitarianism
 

 16. 
Which of the following is an example of a reform movement?
a.
abolition of slavery
c.
public education
b.
women's rights
d.
All of the above
 
 
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 17. 
Which of the following shows the cities ranked from smallest to largest in 1850?
a.
London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Birmingham, Edinburgh
c.
Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Edinburgh
b.
Edinburgh, Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, London
d.
Edinburgh, Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow, London
 

 18. 
Which of the following cities had about 320,000 people in 1850?
a.
Birmingham
c.
Glasgow
b.
Liverpool
d.
Edinburgh
 

 19. 
Which two cities had approximately the same population in 1800?
a.
Birmingham and Liverpool
c.
Glasgow and Liverpool
b.
Edinburgh and Glasgow
d.
 Edinburgh and Birmingham
 

 20. 
Which cities had fewer than 100,000 people in 1800?
a.
Birmingham, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow
c.
Birmingham and Glasgow
b.
London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow
d.
Liverpool and Edinburgh
 

 21. 
Which of the smaller cities showed the MOST population growth between 1800 and 1850?
a.
Birmingham
c.
Edinburgh
b.
Liverpool
d.
Glasgow
 

 22. 
Which of the following cities had more than two million people in 1850?
a.
Birmingham
c.
Glasgow
b.
Liverpool
d.
London
 

 23. 
Which of the following cities showed the greatest percentage increase in population?
a.
Liverpool
c.
Edinburgh
b.
London
d.
Glasgow
 

 24. 
Which three cities more than tripled in population?
a.
 London, Edinburgh, Glasgow
c.
 Liverpool, London, Edinburgh
b.
Birmingham, Liverpool, Glasgow
d.
Edinburgh, Liverpool, Birmingham
 

 25. 
What was the approximate population difference between Liverpool and Glasgow in 1850?
a.
60,000
c.
250,000
b.
95,000
d.
320,000
 

 26. 
What is the most probable reason for the population growth in all cities between 1800 and 1850?
a.
agricultural revolution
c.
new middle class
b.
Industrial Revolution
d.
railroads
 

 27. 
How did the Industrial Revolution affect cities?
a.
It created technology to clean them
c.
It made the population grow faster than the housing supply
b.
 It made them lose valuable sources of food
d.
 It made the crime rate drop
 

 28. 
Which of the following was a key idea in the free-market system?
a.
protect the nation's industries from foreign competition
c.
give government complete control of the means of production
b.
establish minimum wages and maximum working hours
d.
refuse to interfere in either domestic or international economic matters
 



 
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