The conclusions of Malthus and Ricardo relative to economic affairs suggested that:
liberals were right to reject government interference in economic affairs because it could do no good.
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capitalism and a free society would eventually abolish poverty and suffering from the world.
only social reforms and strong government intervention in the economy could alleviate human misery.
economics is too complex a subject to be understood in rational or scientific terms.
poverty was caused by a lack of education and could be remedied by mandatory elementary school attendance.
Robert Owen’s only success was the:
organization of consumers’ cooperatives.
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establishment of New Harmony in Indiana as a successful experiment.
winning of widespread support for his economic theories.
organizing of powerful trade unions.
passage of the Peoples’ Charter in Parliament in the 1830s.
The Enclosure Movement in England had all but which one of the following features?
Wool production declined as food crops became more profitable.
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Former common grazing lands were fenced in.
Small farm holdings were consolidated into large agricultural units.
Many peasants were put off the land.
It resulted in the passage by Parliament of the Corn Laws.
In England, the Factory Act of 1833 clearly:
limited the hours of work for children under thirteen years of age.
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forbade work for girls under 18 years of age.
expanded a factory owner’s ability to hire children under the age of 12.
stated that children under 13 years of age should not be permitted to enter the work force.
forbade women from working more than 12 hours per day in the textile mills.
The New Poor Law did which of the following?
established unpleasant workhouses in the hopes that only the truly needy would seek public assistance
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abolished the workhouse
tried in spite of great difficulties to keep families together
required the poor to work in the workhouse for a maximum of two years only
provided a government welfare payment for the head of each household of one pound a month until he became employed
Classical liberals supported all of the following EXCEPT:
universal male suffrage.
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freedom of the press and of assembly.
written constitutions.
free trade.
parliamentary or representative institutions.
During the century following 1832, the MAIN objective of the Reform Acts passed by the British Parliament was the:
extension of suffrage.
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establishement of the right of trial by jury.
restriction on the King’s power.
increase of protective tariffs.
elimination of all press censorship.
The group that gained most political power as a result of the Reform Bill of 1832 was the:
middle-class people of the towns.
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landed aristocracy.
poor living in the workhouses.
farm laborers.
factory workers.
Despite little immediate success with their reform demands, the Chartists saw all but which one of these demands passed into law?
holding of annual elections for members of Parliament
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universal suffrage
dropping of property qualifications for members of Parliament
creation of more equal electoral districts
secret ballot
Urbanization and industrialization in 19c Europe:
all of these choices are correct
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created new social classes
increased class conflict
changed family life
influenced the creation of the Realist school of art and writing
[Quiz originally from here]