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After the "British Miracle" other areas that experienced industrialization by 1900 included all of the following EXCEPT:

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  1. Austria-Hungary

  2. Russia

  3. Germany

  4. Japan

  5. United State

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Correct Option: A

After the "British Miracle", other areas that experienced industrialization by 1900 included all of the following EXCEPT:

history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

  1. Austria-Hungry

  2. Russia

  3. Germany

  4. Japan

  5. United States

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Correct Option: A

Which of these BEST describes one of the most influential philosophers Voltaire? 

history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

  1. He proposed that the best governments had separation of and checks on their powers to limit them

  2. He supports the concepts that the general will or desires of the majority, should determine government actions

  3. He argued for equal access to education for both men and women

  4. He compiled works by the leading scholars of the time into the Encyclopedia

  5. He used satire and wit to denounce prejudice, superstition and religious intolerance

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Correct Option: A

Women were involved in bettering industrial societies by 1900 in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

  1. Founding settlement houses and community centers to serve urban working population

  2. Achieving the right to vote to better their working conditions and achieve equal pay

  3. Joining the abolitionist cause to encourage the end of slavery

  4. Leading increasingly radical suffrage campaigns

  5. Organizing groups such as the First International Congress for Women's Rights

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Correct Option: A

All contributed to the defeat of Napoleon except:

history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

  1. The Battle of Austerlitz with Austria

  2. The failure of the Continental System

  3. The invasion of Russia in 1812

  4. The Spanish Resistance and its guerilla warfare

  5. The formation of the Quadruple Alliance

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Correct Option: A

New industrial urban centers were characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:

history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

  1. Rapid population growth doubled and sometimes tripled or quadrupled the size of cities in one century

  2. Tenement housing usually was the only option for the working class

  3. Lack of sanitation was a major problem leading to problem such as the rapid spread of cholera

  4. Cities lacked adequate access to education and police protection

  5. Life spans for those working in cities were longer than those enjoyed by rural farm laborers

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Correct Option: A

Which of these BEST describes the Industrial Revolution?

history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

  1. Transition from an agrarian, handicraft economy to one dominated by machine manufacture

  2. Focusing on machine manufacture at the expense of agriculture

  3. A political movement that stressed urban renewal and rights for factory workers

  4. Transition from relying on natural resources to only manufactures ones

  5. The overthrow of conservative governments throughout Europe for not favoring industry over agriculture

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Correct Option: A

If virtue be the spring of a popular government during a revolution is virtue combined with terror. Virtue without which terror is destructive terror without which virtue is impotent. Terror is only justice prompt severe and inflexible. It is then an emanation of virtue. It is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy applied to the most pressing wants of the country.

 
This passage was likely written by ____________________.

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  1. Abbe Sieyes

  2. Jean-Paul Marat

  3. Georges Danton

  4. Maximilian Robespierre

  5. Edmund Burke

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Correct Option: A

The Agricultural Revolution contributed to the Industrial Revolution in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

history the industrial revolution industrialization and the growth of democracy china: two different phases industrial revolution industrial revolution and its effects

  1. Less people was tied to agriculture due to the enclosure movement

  2. More people were moving to cities looking for work

  3. New techniques and inventions led to a greater output of food supply and therefore larger population

  4. Crops from the Americas failed in European climates, making Europeans seek ways to improve agriculture

  5. Failing food prices allowed for more spending on consumer goods

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Correct Option: A

Satya Shodhak Samaj was founded by ______.

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  1. Raja Rammohan Roy

  2. Swami Dayanand Saraswati

  3. Swami Vivekanand

  4. Jyotiba Phule

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

He founded the Satya Shodhak Samaj in 1873 with the aim of securing social justice for the weaker sections of society. He pioneered the widow remarriage movement in Maharashtra and worked for the education of women.