Industrial Revolution and Its Resistance

The video explores the Industrial Revolution's impact, highlighting worker resistance through labor unions, philosophical critiques by thinkers like John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx, and responses from the Ottoman Empire and China. It discusses reforms, challenges, and the push for modernization, concluding with a call to action for students to engage with the material.

What was one of the main reasons industrial workers resisted the Industrial Revolution?

• High wages

• Safe working conditions

• Lack of safety regulations

• Short working hours

What was a significant achievement of labor unions during the Industrial Revolution?

• Increase in child labor

• Abolition of all factories

• Introduction of a seven-day work week

• Establishment of minimum wage laws

How did labor unions contribute to the expansion of voting rights in Britain?

• By reducing the property requirement for voting

• By supporting child labor

• By abolishing the monarchy

• By increasing taxes on property owners

What was John Stuart Mill's main criticism of capitalism?

• It was too focused on agriculture

• It promoted equality

• It was a selfish system

• It was too generous to workers

According to Karl Marx, who were the bourgeoisie?

• The unemployed

• The government officials

• The owners of the means of production

• The working class

What was the Tanzimat reform in the Ottoman Empire primarily focused on?

• Abolishing the feudal system

• Strengthening the monarchy

• Promoting religious education

• Establishing a postal service

How did Sultan Abdul Hamid II respond to the Young Turks' call for reform?

• He abolished the monarchy

• He drove them into exile

• He supported their ideas

• He implemented their reforms

What was the main goal of China's Self-Strengthening Movement?

• To expand the Qing Dynasty

• To preserve traditional values while modernizing

• To isolate from Western influence

• To adopt Western culture

What was a key feature of the Hundred Days of Reform in China?

• Abolition of the Civil Service Examination

• Isolation from Western economies

• Expansion of the feudal system

• Introduction of new religious practices

What was Empress Dowager Cixi's stance on Western technology?

• She promoted it in education

• She was indifferent

• She fully embraced it

• She resisted its adoption