Discuss the development of new industrial technologies, and describe how they changed the traditional organization and conditions of work. What was the most important new invention, and why?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Essays should refer to specific machines and processes. The new structure of work in urban factories must be described; any details of factory life drawn from the chapter will enhance the essays.
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What impact did the system of sharecropping, which emerged after the Civil War, have on the South?
A) It lasted only until the South recovered from the war. B) It was generally confined to black cotton farmers. C) It defined Southern cotton production well into the twentieth century. D) It provided economic and social stability for poor whites and blacks.
The earliest people to work with iron were probably the
a. Assyrians. b. Hittites. c. Hyksos. d. Egyptians. e. Nubians.
Which issue most concerned southerners in 1849?1850?
a. They feared the political balance in the Supreme Court might tip against them. b. They worried that admission of Missouri as a free state might set a damaging precedent for Utah and New Mexico. c. They were concerned that Mexico was plotting to retake Texas. d. They were angry about the loss of runaway slaves through the "Underground Railroad." e. They worried about the prospects of a constitutional amendment abolishing slavery.
One of the most important developments of the Catholic Church in response to the Protestant Reformation was when Ignatius of Loyola founded the
a. Dominicans. b. Inquisition. c. Council of Trent. d. Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). e. Franciscans.