Modern CFR Group 2 Quiz: The Industrial Revolution, Developments in the Western Hemisphere post 1750
1. In the Industrial Revolution, labor by human beings was replaced by
a. Labor by machines b. It wasn’t replaced c. Labor by bigger beasts of burden d. Labor by communes
2. People could move away from agricultural work in the Industrial Revolution. Why?
a. Because no one cared for agriculture any longer: commerce was more profitable.
b. Because machines required less laborers on the farm, and thus people moved to urban centers.
c. Because governments enforced industrialization on their people
d. Because industrial innovation did not occur in agriculture - it did in urban centers, and attracted people
3. Which one of these is NOT a reason the Industrial Revolution began in Britain?
a. A large entrepreneurial middle class
b. Agricultural improvements like the enclosure movement
c. Transportation
d. Fluctuating forms of government
e. Raw materials
4. Who built the first steam engine?
a. Stephenson
b. Edison
c. Wedgwood
d. Watt
5. Mass production was innovated in Britain. Why would a business need mass production?
a. Because luxury goods could be produced for the wealthy
b. Because common goods were produced in greater numbers at lower cost through division of labor
c. Because cheap knock-off goods could be made
d. Because empires needed mass produced goods to sell to their colonies
6. How did interchangeable parts affect industrialization?
a. It didn’t; it affected communication more than anything
b. It allowed unskilled workers to produced more
c. It allowed for the rise of corporations
d. It allowed machines to be easily repaired by replacing only defective parts
7. How did the harnessing of steam power effect transportation in the modern era?
a. It had only a minor effect; steam was only used on river boats
b. It allowed for thousands of miles of railroad to be built & oceans to be crossed via steamboats
c. It did not catch on quickly and transportation remained mainly the same as in the Early Modern era
d. None of these.
8. In what century did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a. 16th
b. 17th
c. 18th
d. 19th
9. Which countries in Europe immediately industrialized after Britain?
a. Belgium, France, Germany
b. Italy, Spain, Germany
c. France, Spain, Holland
d. Germany, Belgium, Holland
10. In East Asia, which two countries industrialized more than China in this period?
a. Japan and Vietnam
b. Russia and Korea
c. Japan and Korea
d. Russia and Japan
11. Identify the item that was NOT a negative effect of the Industrial Revolution.
a. Overcrowded cities
b. Pollution
c. Deforestation
d. Laissez-faire capitalism
12. Unlike middle-class women during the Modern Age, working class (or lower class women)
a. Did not work at all
b. Worked to provide an additional family income
c. Crafted handmade goods to sell from home
13. What are the correct dates for the Modern Age?
a. 1750-1950 b. 1750-1900
c. 1750-1914
d. 1750-Present
14. “Revolution – not reform – was the only solution to the misery and unfairness that resulted from industrialization…He believed capitalism
– or the free market – to be an economic system that exploited workers and increased the gap between the rich and the poor.” These
beliefs most closely resemble those of…
a. Adam Smith
b. Charles Fourier
c. Louis Pasteur
d. Karl Marx
15. There is private ownership of property in communism.
a. True
b. False
c. I watched too many Vampire Diaries episodes last night and have no idea.
16. What was a common way for factory workers to unite during the Modern Era?
a. Guilds
b. Labor Unions
c. Laissez-faire Capitalism
d. Bourgeoisie
The United States
17. For a majority of the 19th century, the United States was more concerned with…
a. The wars of Europe
b. Westward expansion and domestic affairs, like slavery
c. Interventionism
d. Conquering Latin America
18. The USA fought its first imperial war against ___, resulting in US control of the Philippines, Guam, Cuba, and Puerto Rico.
a. Mexico
b. Spain
c. Portugal
d. France
Latin America
19. Despite the efforts of Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin…
a. Gran Columbia split up into 3 parts
b. The two revolutionaries ended up bitter enemies fighting a bitter war
c. Spain sought revenge against them, executing both and reconquering Latin America
d. Gran Columbia was made into a US colony
20. Men with charismatic influence rose to power in Latin America through the force of their personalities. This was known as…
a. Caudillos
b. Personalist rule
c. La Reforma
d. Regionalism
21. A main political difference between Latin America and North America in the Modern Era was…
a. The presence of dictators in Latin America
b. Stable constitutions and political institutions in North America
c. Rule by elites & creoles in North America
d. Enlightenment ideals present in Latin American politics
22. Were the reforms, or La Reforma, by Benito Juarez successful? What kind of revolution was in Mexico (think – redistribution
of land, revolution of the workers at the expense of the middle class)?
a. No; capitalist
b. Yes; communist
c. No; socialist
d. Yes; communist
e. I don’t speak Spanish.
23. Like Porfirio Diaz, the Mexican dictator from 1876-1911, he tended to profit from business relationships
a. With local Latin American companies
b. With big international companies, such as ones from the US & France
c. With only Mexican companies, making protectionism Mexican economic policy
d. None of these