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Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: July Ordinances.

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Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Ferdinand VII.

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Ferdinand VII was the King of Spain from...

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Review the Historical Issues feature entitled "Industrialization and the Standard of Living" in this chapter.What, according to Hobsbawm, were some of the beneficial aspects of industrialization? Why do you think Ashton disagrees that those same developments were detrimental effects of industrialization?

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Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Holy Alliance.

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Which was NOT true of life as a factory worker in the early nineteenth century?


A) A high percentage of workers were women and children.
B) Employers used fines and physical punishment to impose discipline.
C) Government regulation protected workers from cyclical unemployment.
D) Workers frequently labored twelve hours or more a day.
E) Children and women were paid less than men.

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What changes did industrialization bring to conditions of work for the average laborer?

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Industrialization, which began in the la...

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Which statement is true about nineteenth-century industrial workers?


A) Housing conditions were better than in the country.
B) Working conditions made them highly susceptible to diseases such as tuberculosis.
C) For the most part, employment was dependable.
D) No matter how poor their wages, they could count on being paid.
E) Workers' standard of living dramatically increased in the late nineteenth century.

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Which of the following is true of changes in the standard of living in the first half of the nineteenth century?


A) There is not complete agreement on this question among historians.
B) The middle and upper classes made spectacular advances.
C) While real wages were higher than before, few workers were permanently employed.
D) Some skilled workers were noticeably better off.
E) All these answers are correct.

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The class that benefited most from industrialization was


A) the working class.
B) the nobility.
C) the middle class.
D) peasants.
E) women.

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How did industrialization contribute to the formation of a modern conception of the family and the role of women in the family?

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Industrialization contributed to the for...

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Review the feature entitled "Metternich Analyzes the Threat to Stability" in this chapter.Was Metternich an ideologue or a pragmatist? Why?

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In the feature entitled "Metternich Anal...

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Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Crystal Palace.

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Which best describes the fortunes of political reformers in Spain and Italy in the decade after the fall of Napoleon?


A) Revolts in favor of a constitutional government were put down by outside forces.
B) Free press led to occasional arrests but brought reformers a mass following.
C) Reformers gained the support of the Catholic Church.
D) Their movements lost ground as traditional rulers proved capable of providing stable, efficient governments.
E) Italian intervention prevented the establishment of a constitutional government.

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Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Matthew Boulton.

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Matthew Boulton was an English manufactu...

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By the 1850s which areas of Europe had experienced major industrialization?


A) Belgium, France, northern Italy, western Germany
B) Belgium, eastern Germany, Austria, Russia
C) France, Belgium, Austria, Russia
D) southern Italy, southern France, eastern Germany, Russia
E) Prussia, France, and Austria

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Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Carbonari.

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The Carbonari were a secret society in I...

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Review the feature entitled "Policing Universities-The Carlsbad Decrees" in this chapter.How did these decrees seek to preserve the status quo?

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Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Waterloo.

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Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Congress of Vienna?


A) Prussia: acquired territory in Saxony and the Rhineland
B) Austria: achieved dominance in northern Italy
C) Russia: granted independence to Poland
D) Netherlands: became independent
E) France: regained most of its territory

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Economic differentiation meant that


A) different countries specialized in economic activities most suited to their climate and resources.
B) different types of business organization were allowed by law.
C) workers had to learn a variety of skills to stay employed.
D) groups and institutions became more specialized by function as industrialization progressed.
E) family members specialized in distinct skills.

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