Chapter 23 Quiz A with Explanations

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. Which country was the richest in the world at the beginning of the nineteenth century?

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. What two factors were vital to the development of the Industrial Revolution?

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. Much of the new technology developed in Britain in the eighteenth century centered on improving production in

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. While early advancements in machine technology can be associated with innovative artisans, what group of individuals played a leading role in technological developments after 1830?

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. What contributed to the rise of German industry to challenge Britain by the end of the nineteenth century?

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. What was a major Japanese export to the Asian mainland in the early nineteenth century?

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. Declining prices, underconsumption of consumer goods, and the high cost of starting new businesses led to what global development in the 1870s?

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. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, what did firms in single industries like coal production do to ensure profitability and economic stability?

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. The growth of consumer capitalism after the mid-nineteenth century was sparked by the introduction of

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. How did the British reverse the severe trade imbalance with China in the early nineteenth century?

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. Economic and social problems in mid-nineteenth century China contributed to the popular rebellion led by

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. What change in Indian society resulted from the collapse of the traditional Indian textile industry during the nineteenth century?

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. What economic argument was used by industrialists to support the abolition of slavery during the nineteenth century?

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. What happened to the wives of wealthy factory owners as the Industrial Revolution progressed?

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. Why did working women find industrial jobs appealing in the nineteenth century?

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. What was the name given to handicraft workers who attacked factories in early nineteenth-century England?

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. What contributed to the growth of national cultures during the nineteenth century?

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. The German theorist Karl Marx stated in the nineteenth century that inequality between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat was caused by

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. In Africa, who were the foremost innovators in agricultural production?

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. Why were West African slave women important to landowners in the southern United States?

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