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urbanoutfitters

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Which of the following prerequisites were necessary for the Industrial Revolution?
 
  A) Legal changes that forced women into the workplace, outlawed child labor, and ended private farm holdings.
  B) An upsurge in world trade and a social revolution to start the dictatorship of the proletariat.
  C) A society willing to embrace child labor and involuntary servitude among the working classes.
  D) An upsurge in world trade, a rising population, and an increase in the flow of money.
  E) A monopoly on the knowledge of how to use steam and cornering the world markets on iron ore.

Question 2

At the beginning of industrialization, how did the British landlords react to the agricultural changes?
 
  A) They waited to see how successful the Dutch would be.
  B) They made a few changes that brought somewhat increased crop yields for local villagers.
  C) They enthusiastically adopted the new techniques and began to produce crops for sale in the cities.
  D) They hesitated to change methods, concerned about what would happen to their loyal workers.
  E) They rejected the enclosed-field system, because their plots of land were so small.



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C



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