The Renaissance — Unit test Answers

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How did industrial cities provide new opportunities for workers? Choose three answers.City jobs paid higher wages than rural farming did.There were plots of land where farmers could grow crops.Welfare took care of people if they couldn’t find a job.Women could get jobs to help support their families.Factories, mills, and mines were always in need of workers.

A
City jobs paid higher wages than rural farming did.
B
There were plots of land where farmers could grow crops.
C
Welfare took care of people if they couldn’t find a job.
D
Women could get jobs to help support their families.
E
Factories, mills, and mines were always in need of workers.
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What was going on in Europe that most likely influenced the reform movements of the 1800s?

A
Governments were slow to act.
B
Populations were increasing rapidly.
C
Revolutions were spreading across Europe.
D
Populations were decreasing as a result of emigration.
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How did steam locomotives lower the cost of transporting raw materials and finished goods?

A
They cost nothing to run because they ran on steam.
B
They could transport many materials or goods at once.
C
They were uncomplicated and inexpensive to build.
D
They were safe and cut the chance of costly accidents.
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The cotton gin was invented by

A
Robert Fulton.
B
Henry Ford.
C
James Watt.
D
Eli Whitney.
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Which was the most important assistance given to immigrants by people from their home country?

A
money to get settled
B
help in adapting
C
family ties
D
job prospects
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The map shows the number of people who immigrated to the United States from different regions.From most to least, which shows the correct ranking of regions by number of immigrants to the United States?

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A
1st: Europe2nd: Asia3rd: North and South America 4th: Africa
B
1st: North and South America 2nd: Europe3rd: Africa4th: Asia
C
1st: Africa2nd: Asia3rd: North and South America 4th: Europe
D
1st: Europe2nd: North and South America 3rd: Asia4th: Africa
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What was one way the passage of the Factory Acts (1844–1847) affected labor?

A
Laborers’ work hours were limited.
B
Laborers won the right to unionize.
C
Laborers could no longer strike.
D
Laborers earned yearly vacation time.
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What was the outcome of most European revolts of the 1830s?

A
They resulted in little or no change.
B
They led to larger revolutions.
C
They resulted in sweeping reform.
D
They led to peaceful negotiations.
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Why did Napoleon’s reign make European leaders eager to restore the monarchies?

A
Leaders believed the monarchs could help prevent any one ruler from taking too much power.
B
Leaders thought that another powerful ruler like Napoleon might emerge from the monarchs.
C
Leaders felt that the monarchs could determine which nation should be most powerful.
D
Leaders believed that new monarchies would meet the people’s demands for reform.
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An effect of the steamboat’s popularity was that

A
fewer people traveled by rail.
B
steam locomotives became less popular.
C
people began to build canals in the United States and Europe.
D
more people began to travel between the United States and Europe.
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Brazil’s road to independence was different from that of its Latin American neighbors in that

A
the battles with Portugal were much bloodier.
B
Brazil sought independence from France and Portugal.
C
criollos signed a petition and asked the king’s son, Don Pedro, to rule.
D
criollos killed the Portuguese king and appointed Don Pedro in his place.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi helped the nationalist cause by

A
capturing most of southern Italy for the king of Sardinia.
B
leading Italy into a war with Austria to free Lombardy.
C
reducing the role of the church in Italian government.
D
staging multiple rebellions to fight for democratic rule.
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How would Germany most likely have been different between 1848 and 1871 if Prussia had not belonged to the German Confederation?

A
Germany would have split into multiple nation-states.
B
Germany would have been defeated by France in the war.
C
Germany would not have achieved unification as quickly.
D
Germany would have adopted a new, liberal constitution.
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Which of the following did Samuel Morse invent or improve?

A
the light bulb
B
the airplane
C
the telegraph
D
the telephone
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strikingcollective bargainingjoining a unionprotesting

A
striking
B
collective bargaining
C
joining a union
D
protesting
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Which statement reflects the view of French conservatives after the Congress of Vienna?

A
Conservatives favored democratic change.
B
Conservatives favored elected parliaments.
C
Conservatives favored rule by absolute monarchs.
D
Conservatives favored expanded voting rights.
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How did Francis Cabot Lowell begin to transform the role of women in the United States?

A
He offered women a chance to earn a living.
B
He raised women’s pay in the textile industry.
C
He refused to allow women to work under dangerous conditions.
D
He improved women’s work conditions by shortening their hours.
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What moderate reforms did European socialists support? Check all that apply.assistance for the poorworking class revolutionbetter working conditionslack of protections for unionsminimum wage lawslack of regulation for prices

A
assistance for the poor
B
working class revolution
C
better working conditions
D
lack of protections for unions
E
minimum wage laws
F
lack of regulation for prices

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