chapter 23
The industrial revolution started in britain partly because its rivers provided
A. plentiful labor
B. coal and iron ore
C. cheaper food
D. transportation and power
D. transportation and power
jose de san martin and simon bolivar led south american independence movements against
A. the united states
B. mexico
C. portugal
D. spain
D. spain
in the big cities, people tended to enjoy the new mass leisure activities
A. during the winter months
B. after school
C. during evening hours and weekends
D. during the great depression
machine powered by coal, making it possible to locate factories anywhere, including away from rivers
steam engine
created the first commercially practical incandescent lightbulb
thomas edison
Why did coal production expand greatly during the industrial revolution
A. people preferred to use coal over electricity because it was more powerful
B. coal was needed to produce iron and to run steam engines
C. new methods of mining coal made it a very easy job
B. coal was needed to produce iron and to run steam engines
the new republican government in latin america struggled because
A. the united states intervened
B. their cash crops failed
C. they had no experience with self rule
D. monarchies in europe intervened
C. they had no experience
what was the main motive for universal education
A. to give people more opportunities
B. to introduce new ideas to a wider audience
C. to create better educated voters
C. to create better educated voters
invention that improved thread production
spinning jenny
workers in which work passes from worker to worker in a direct line until the product is assembled
assembly line
how did the railroads guarantee the success of the industrial revolution
A. goods could be moved faster from the factories to the places they would be sold
B. everyone enjoyed riding on the railroads
C. people could travel from their homes in the countryside to the factories in the cities
A. goods could be moved faster from the factories to the places they would be sold
the industrial revolution increased people's interest in
A. scientific research
B. theories of business management
C. the price of goods
D. feelings and emotions
A. scientific research
the members of the triple alliance were
A. russia, france, and england
B. greee, serbia, and montenegro
C. germany, austria-hungary, and italy
D. mcdonalds diet coke, sprite, water
C. germany, austria-hungary, and italy
spanish and protuguese officials who resided temporarily in latin america
peninsulares
the right to vote
suffrage
industrialization spread rapidly in both europe and the united states thanks to
A. steamboats
B. peasants
C. wealthy investors
D. railroads
D. railroads
louis pasteur proposed
A. the concept of atomic weight
B. theory of electricity
C. the germ theory of disease
C. the germ theory of disease
although the united states was the richest country in the world in 1900, most of the wealth was owned by
A. 50% of the population
B. 25% of the population
C. 10% of the population
C. 10% of the population
strong leaders of the newly formed latin america republics
caudillos
movement for womens rights
feminism
how did the revolts in france affect other countries of europe
A. the french preferred to keep the news of their revolts secret to avoid affecting other countries
B. other countries avoided following france's example
C. france's revolts led other countries to demand change as well
B. other countries avoided following france's example
why did the nineteenth century become more secular
A. people believed in progress as demonstrated by the industrial revolution
B. People looked increasingly to science for answers rather than to faith
C. People lost faith in the ideals of romanticism
B. people looked increasingly to science for answers rather than to faith
In germany during the late 19th century, ministers of government were responsible to
A. the prime minister
B. parliament
C. the queen
D. the emperor
D. the emperor
mexican reform leader
benito juarez
activities people did after work
leisure
after louis-pjilippe gave up his throne in the revolution of 1848
A. the monarchy ended
B. another king took over
C. the second republic brought back louis-philippe
A. the monarchy ended
the advanced industrialized core of europe depended on industrial, agricultural countries of europe for
A. technological assistance
B. workers
C. capital
D. food and raw materials
D. food and raw materials
einstein's theory of relativity stated that
A. time, space, and matter are objective realities
B. space and time are relative to the observer
C. relatives carry similar genes
B. space and time are relative to the observer
leader of the slave revolt in hawaii
toussaint-louverture
class made up of the wealthy upper-middle and upper class
the new elite
great britain experienced stability partly because it
A. gave women the vote
B. built up the british navy
C. expanded railroads
D. gave the industrial middle class the vote
D. gave the industrial middle class the vote
when marxists believed in using democratic means to achieve the goals of socialism
A. communists
B. revisionists
C. democrats
D. proletariat
B. revisionists
according to freud, human experience was strongly determined by
A. newtnian physics
B. past experiences
C. atomic structure
B. past experiences
guarantee by the united states to protect latin america from europe
monore doctrine
the largest class in the european population after 1870
working class
hungary and austria shared the same
A. capital city
B. legislature
C. constitution
D. monarch
D. monarch
many workers reacted to poor working conditions by
A. quitting their jobs
B. buying the factories and changing them
C. refusing to work and living on welfare
D. organizing to pass laws or make reforms
D. organizing to pass laws or make reforms
the zionist movement began when
A. artists began to paint outdoors
B. psychoanalysis proved to be an effective treatment
C. artists began to think that art should exist for its own sake
D. Jews immigrated to Palestine to escape persecution
D. jews immigrated to palestine to escape persecution
production in large quantities, usually by machinery
widespread organized massacres of jews that took place in the 19th century
pogroms
Federalists and Republicans disagreed about
A. the war of 1812
B. the confederate states of america
C. how much power the federal government should have
C. how much power the federal government should have
which of the following caused both migration to the cities and higher survival rates of city dwellers
A. disease and housing
B. epidemics and jobs
C. factories and public sanitation
C. factories and public sanitation
scientific discoveries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
A. increased uncertainty about the universe
B. led to believe in a universe with certainty and precision
A. increased uncertainty about the universe
method of making high-quality steel efficiently and cheaply
bessemer process
the method by which a therapist helps patients uncover repressed thoughts and memories is called
psychoanalysis
revolutionary leaders in latin america were inspired by
A. writings of the peninsulares
B. the military power of caudillos
C. the american revolution
C. the american revolution
the class society in europe that believed strongly in hard work and outward appearances
A. lower class
B. bought property
C. middle class
D. wealthy elite
C. middle class
by 1887, the united states controlled the sugar industry in
A. Hawaii
B. puerto rico
C. guam
D. philippines
A. hawaii
engine type fired by oil and gasoline
internal combustion
what was an art movement that rejected traditional styles
modernism