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Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 21

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Quiz for Chapter 21: Industrialization and Social Ferment, 1830–1850

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1. Which of these was the primary purpose of the Factory Rules in Berlin (Document 21-1)?

To promote workers’ rights and well-being

To instill a sense of community among workers

To expand workers’ opportunities for advancement

To bring workers together under close supervision by their employers

2. According to Sarah Stickney Ellis (Document 20-2), what characteristic defined the ideal middle-class woman?

Her competent management of domestic servants

Her unwavering quest for public admiration

Her singular devotion to her family’s comfort

Her liberal education and high family rank

3. Together, the testimony before Ashley’s Mines Commission and the Punch cartoon (Document 21-3) provide evidence of

a decline in the government’s interest in economic affairs.

the increasing disparity between rich and poor throughout the country.

the improvement of living standards for working-class men and women.

the vulnerability of Britain’s position as a European industrial powerhouse.

4. As defined by Engels in the Communist Confession of Faith (Document 21-4), what distinguished the proletariat from other types of workers?

The proletariat had no guaranteed subsistence.

Proletarians were not members of civil society.

Proletarians worked with their own instruments of production.

The proletariat exploited other workers for his or her own gain.

5. Which of these was a central demand of the Address by the Hungarian Parliament and Demands of the Hungarian People (Document 21-5)?

To replace Austrian rule with a democratically elected government

To reform existing institutions and establish a national government

To strengthen ties between the Hungarian government and the Austrian Empire

To abolish the Austrian Empire through demonstrations and military action

6. Which of these reflects the basis of Commissioner Lin’s complaints to Queen Victoria (Document 21-6)?

British merchants had cut the Chinese out of the lucrative opium market in China.

British merchants had put profit above the welfare of the Chinese people.

Britain had changed its laws to allow for the legal sale of opium at home.

Britain had refused to allow its merchants to expand the opium trade in China.