Way of the World Chapter 9

New ideologies emerged in response to social and political upheavals

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the text above and your knowledge of world history?

a) Industrialized states increased voting rights in efforts to improve industrial production

b) New ideologies emerged in response to social and political upheavals

c) Public pressures convinced governments to build up their armies

d) The middle class declined because of economic instability

The adoption of labor laws and increased suffrage to help ease some negative effects of industrialization

Which of these best describes the response of governments in industrialized states to worker demands for political and economic reforms?

a) The elimination of privileged classes through higher taxes

b) The creation of government-run laboring villages to provide workers for factories

c) The creation of communist governments in Russia and Japan in the nineteenth century

d) The adoption of labor laws and increased suffrage to help ease some negative effects of industrialization

Unsafe working and living conditions for urban workers

The ideas of Marx and Engels seen in the passage above, were in response to which of the following issues of industrialization?

a) A desire by industrialists to create a national tax for all social classes

b) An increase in the wealth of the overall population in industrialized states

c) Unsafe working and living conditions for urban workers

d) The production of more and cheaper goods for the population to purchase

The application of steam power to textile production in Britain

Which of the following most directly explains the comparative shift in British and Indian manufacturing levels between 1750 and 1900?

a) The disruption of global cotton production because of the US Civil War

b) More restrictive labor laws in South Asia that hindered production

c) The application of steam power to textile production in Britain

d) The decline in agricultural production because of the Enclosure Acts in Britain

A significant increase in migration to the United States from Europe and Asia

What best enabled the change evident in US manufacturing illustrated in the chart?

a) The securing of reliable sources of coal outside the United States' borders

b) The granting of suffrage to a large portion of the United States' citizens

c) The emancipation of slaves so that they could serve as an industrial labor force

d) A significant increase in migration to the United States from Europe and Asia

Understanding the causes of European imperialism in the late nineteenth century

A historian researching economic systems in the nineteenth century would find the date in the chart most helpful in

a) Understanding the decline of Japan as an imperial power

b) Comparing the effectiveness of states that practiced laissez-faire economics with those practicing communism

c) Understanding the causes of European imperialism in the late nineteenth century

d) Understanding the underlying economic causes of the cold war

Meiji -Restoration 1870s

Turning point in Japan’s history?

Market-based - allied w merchant classes - investment in agri. & industr.

Japan’s economy

protect forests - fewer kids

Env. & Social aspects of Japan

Greater economical and tech. growth - quick industrialization

How was Japan more similar to US?