331. Which invention is incorectly paired?
A. Eli Whitney – Cotton Gin ( )
B. Robert Fulton – Steamboat ( )
C. Samuel Morse – Telephone ( )
D. Samuel Colt – Revolver ( )
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Modern World History
332. The development of steamboats, which made it economically feasible to bring products from the interior to market,
A. led to a sharp decline in canal building ( )
B. hindered the development of railroads in the South and West ( )
C. Brought the West into the national economy ( )
D. led to a decline in the port cities of the Northeast ( )
✅ The correct answer is option C.
333. Working- class men and women were most vulnerable to:
A. unemployment, sickness, and industrial accidents.
B. seasonal unemployment.
C. cyclical economic depressions.
D. All of the above.
✅ The correct answer is option D.
334. The expression, “ angel in the house ,” refers to:
A. a London Prostitute.
B. the Victorian middle-class woman.
C. an essay by John Stuart Mill.
D. a London domestic servant.
✅ The correct answer is option B.
335. The mythical leader of a British rural rebellion in 1820s was:
A. Ned Lud.
B. John Ball.
C. Captain Swing.
D. Wat Tyler.
✅ The correct answer is option C.
336. John Kay?s invention of the “flying shuttle” in 1773 revolutionized the process of cotton:
A. spinning.
B. weaving.
C. carding.
D. combing.
✅ The correct answer is option B.
337. Which pairing is incorrect?
A. William Thackeray- Vanity Fair.
B. Charles Dicken- Hard Times.
C. Honore de Balzac- The Human Comedy.
D. Victor Hugo- Oliver Twist.
✅ The correct answer is option D.
338. In general European serfdom:
A. was an obstacle to the commercialization of agriculture.
B. disappeared across Eastern Europe and Russia by 1800.
C. provided vast incentives for landowners to improve farming techniques.
D. Both A and B.
✅ The correct answer is option A.
339. British tariffs prohibiting the importation of East Indian Cottons:
A. acted as a brake on the manufacture of domestic cottons.
B. forced the British to abandon cotton manufacture altogether.
C. served as an inducement to the manufacture of domestic cottons.
D. stimulated the manufacture and sale of woolen goods.
✅ The correct answer is option C.
340. By 1817, which country was one of the core nations of industrial Europe?
A. France.
B. Russia.
C. Italy.
D. Germany.
✅ The correct answer is option B.