Question 1

Why was slavery a threat to American unity in the mid-nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Slavery was a threat to American unity i

Question 2

What was one of Napoleon III's great domestic projects?

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A) The building of the Eiffel Tower 
B) The rededication of the Cathedral of Notre Dame 
C) The reconstruction of Paris with broad boulevards, public squares, and municipal utilities 
D) The damming of the Seine River below Paris for flood control 
E) The construction of the Maginot Line against German militarism 
A) The building of the Eiffel Tower 
B) The rededication of the Cathedral of Notre Dame 
C) The reconstruction of Paris with broad boulevards, public squares, and municipal utilities 
D) The damming of the Seine River below Paris for flood control 
E) The construction of the Maginot Line against German militarism

Question 3

Bismarck is best seen as a

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A) realist. 
B) romantic. 
C) war monger. 
D) classical liberal. 
E) republican idealist. 
A) realist. 
B) romantic. 
C) war monger. 
D) classical liberal. 
E) republican idealist.

Question 4

What did the Ausgleich or Compromise of 1867 achieve?

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A) It created a loose federation of ethnic states within the Austrian Empire. 
B) It freed the serfs and eliminated compulsory labor services with the Austrian Empire. 
C) It made Austria part of the North German Confederation. 
D) It granted the Czechs and Slovenes home-rule. 
E) It created the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary. 
A) It created a loose federation of ethnic states within the Austrian Empire. 
B) It freed the serfs and eliminated compulsory labor services with the Austrian Empire. 
C) It made Austria part of the North German Confederation. 
D) It granted the Czechs and Slovenes home-rule. 
E) It created the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary.

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-Louis Pasteur

Accepted Answer

Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and m

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-The American Civil War

Accepted Answer

The American Civil War, also known simpl

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-mir

Accepted Answer

"mir" is a term that originated from Rus

Question 8

Which statement best describes the First International?

Accepted Answer

A) It failed due to Marx's preoccupation with Das Kapital. 
B) It became the largest working-class trade union in Europe in the nineteenth century. 
C) It was rejected by Marxism as a "bourgeois-dominated institution." 
D) It served as a type of umbrella organization for all European labor interests. 
E) It led the various revolutionary movements in the uprisings of 1848. 
A) It failed due to Marx's preoccupation with Das Kapital. 
B) It became the largest working-class trade union in Europe in the nineteenth century. 
C) It was rejected by Marxism as a "bourgeois-dominated institution." 
D) It served as a type of umbrella organization for all European labor interests. 
E) It led the various revolutionary movements in the uprisings of 1848.

Question 9

After the disappointments of 1848-1849, many Italian nationalists turned to ____ for leadership in the unification of northern Italy.

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A) Florence 
B) Piedmont 
C) Austria 
D) Naples 
E) Britain 
A) Florence 
B) Piedmont 
C) Austria 
D) Naples 
E) Britain

Question 10

What was one of the key political consequences of Disraeli's Reform Act of 1867?

Accepted Answer

A) The outbreak of mass strikes by industrial workers in Britain 
B) A large increase in the number of voters 
C) The emergence of female suffrage movements in other European countries 
D) The freeing of the last British serfs on northern landed estates 
E) The incorporation of India into the British Empire 
A) The outbreak of mass strikes by industrial workers in Britain 
B) A large increase in the number of voters 
C) The emergence of female suffrage movements in other European countries 
D) The freeing of the last British serfs on northern landed estates 
E) The incorporation of India into the British Empire

Question 11

Real wages for British laborers increased more than 25 percent between 1850 and 1870.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

How did Realism differ from Romanticism? How was Realism a reflection of the economic and social realities of Europe during the middle decades of the nineteenth century?

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Realism differed from Romanticism in sev

Question 13

The German physician Robert Koch is best known for his contributions to

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A) evolutionary biology. 
B) organic chemistry. 
C) bacteriology. 
D) knowledge about heart disease. 
E) anesthesia. 
A) evolutionary biology. 
B) organic chemistry. 
C) bacteriology. 
D) knowledge about heart disease. 
E) anesthesia.

Question 14

Around what issue did the reforms of Tsar Alexander II center?

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A) Government sponsorship of popular societies like the Bolsheviks 
B) Improvements in the military 
C) The abolition of serfdom 
D) The formation of local, self-governing assemblies called "dumas" 
E) Nationalizing all the lands of Russia, putting them under state control 
A) Government sponsorship of popular societies like the Bolsheviks 
B) Improvements in the military 
C) The abolition of serfdom 
D) The formation of local, self-governing assemblies called "dumas" 
E) Nationalizing all the lands of Russia, putting them under state control

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-Dual Monarchy

Accepted Answer

The Dual Monarchy refers to the politica

Question 16

For whom did the Red Shirts fight?

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A) Bismarck 
B) Cavour 
C) Garibaldi 
D) Mazzini 
E) Marx 
A) Bismarck 
B) Cavour 
C) Garibaldi 
D) Mazzini 
E) Marx

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-Napoleon III

Accepted Answer

Napoleon III, born Charles-Louis Napoleo

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-proletariat

Accepted Answer

The proletariat refers to the working cl

Question 19

What did German-speaking Austrians and Hungarian Magyars do under the Dual Monarchy of Austria and Hungary?

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A) They destroyed national minorities through genocide. 
B) They dominated national minorities within their boundaries. 
C) They cooperated in freeing other national minorities. 
D) They forced national minorities to emigrate or assimilate. 
E) They treated ethnic minorities as they treated each other. 
A) They destroyed national minorities through genocide. 
B) They dominated national minorities within their boundaries. 
C) They cooperated in freeing other national minorities. 
D) They forced national minorities to emigrate or assimilate. 
E) They treated ethnic minorities as they treated each other.

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-Alexander II and the serfs

Accepted Answer

Alexander II, also known as Alexander th

Exam 22: An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

Why was slavery a threat to American unity in the mid-nineteenth century?

What was one of Napoleon III's great domestic projects?

Bismarck is best seen as a

What did the Ausgleich or Compromise of 1867 achieve?

Please define the following key terms. -Louis Pasteur

Please define the following key terms. -The American Civil War

Please define the following key terms. -mir

Which statement best describes the First International?

After the disappointments of 1848-1849, many Italian nationalists turned to ____ for leadership in the unification of northern Italy.

What was one of the key political consequences of Disraeli's Reform Act of 1867?

Real wages for British laborers increased more than 25 percent between 1850 and 1870.

How did Realism differ from Romanticism? How was Realism a reflection of the economic and social realities of Europe during the middle decades of the nineteenth century?

The German physician Robert Koch is best known for his contributions to

Around what issue did the reforms of Tsar Alexander II center?

Please define the following key terms. -Dual Monarchy

For whom did the Red Shirts fight?

Please define the following key terms. -Napoleon III

Please define the following key terms. -proletariat

What did German-speaking Austrians and Hungarian Magyars do under the Dual Monarchy of Austria and Hungary?

Please define the following key terms. -Alexander II and the serfs

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations.

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Republic.

The Roman Empire.

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages.

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power.

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century.

Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500–1800.

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science.

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment.

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change.

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815–1850.

Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871–1894.

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution.

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919–1939.

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II.

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945–1965.

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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