Question 1

By the end of Andrew Jackson's presidency,

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A) the United States had made significant strides towards equal rights for women. 
B) fewer than one in twenty Americans could read. 
C) the United States was on the brink of civil war. 
D) the United States was an industrial power. 
E) almost all adult white males could vote. 
A) the United States had made significant strides towards equal rights for women. 
B) fewer than one in twenty Americans could read. 
C) the United States was on the brink of civil war. 
D) the United States was an industrial power. 
E) almost all adult white males could vote.

Question 2

The Concert of Europe was meant to serve the interests of conservative forces in Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The initially successful Revolutions of 1848 ultimately failed because the revolutionaries were divided by political aims and nationalistic aspirations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What did John Stuart Mill's On the Subjection of Women state?

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A) Women should be kept in the home to improve men's chances of finding work. 
B) Men and women did not possess different natures. 
C) Parliament should admit women members immediately. 
D) Female convicts should be shipped out to colonize Australia. 
E) God and nature had ordained the permanent inferiority of women. 
A) Women should be kept in the home to improve men's chances of finding work. 
B) Men and women did not possess different natures. 
C) Parliament should admit women members immediately. 
D) Female convicts should be shipped out to colonize Australia. 
E) God and nature had ordained the permanent inferiority of women.

Question 5

The Congress of Vienna placed much of Italy under Austrian domination.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Goethe's The Sorrows of the Young Werther

Accepted Answer

Goethe's The Sorrows of the Young Werthe

Question 7

Britain's New Poor Law of 1834 established workhouses for the unemployed where the living conditions were designed to be intentionally miserable and cruel so that people would be encouraged to leave the workhouse and find employment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What did the French constitution of 1848 create?

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A) The Second Republic with a one-house legislature 
B) A liberal state with limited political participation 
C) The Third Republic 
D) An absolutist monarchy 
E) A socialist state 
A) The Second Republic with a one-house legislature 
B) A liberal state with limited political participation 
C) The Third Republic 
D) An absolutist monarchy 
E) A socialist state

Question 9

What did European monarchs want to achieve after the defeat of Napoleon?

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A) Restore stability and return to an old order. 
B) Maintain power while also implementing Napoleon's Civil Order. 
C) Share power with the people. 
D) Divide France up among them. 
E) Make alliances with one another to prevent the rise of another Napoleon. 
A) Restore stability and return to an old order. 
B) Maintain power while also implementing Napoleon's Civil Order. 
C) Share power with the people. 
D) Divide France up among them. 
E) Make alliances with one another to prevent the rise of another Napoleon.

Question 10

Pantheism is best defined as

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A) the worship of one deity. 
B) the worship of multiple deities. 
C) the unbelief in any deity. 
D) the equation of nature with God. 
E) the desire to turn away from nature. 
A) the worship of one deity. 
B) the worship of multiple deities. 
C) the unbelief in any deity. 
D) the equation of nature with God. 
E) the desire to turn away from nature.

Question 11

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Reform Act of 1832

Accepted Answer

The Reform Act of 1832, also known as th

Question 12

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Ludwig von Beethoven

Accepted Answer

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German compos

Question 13

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
liberalism

Accepted Answer

Liberalism is a political and moral phil

Question 14

Who or what brought an end to the Federalist Party in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) Thomas Jefferson 
B) A scandal involving Federalists accepting bribes from foreign intriguers 
C) The War of 1812, which Federalists had opposed 
D) The Lewis and Clark expedition, which Federalists had not wanted to fund 
E) The Mexican-American War 
A) Thomas Jefferson 
B) A scandal involving Federalists accepting bribes from foreign intriguers 
C) The War of 1812, which Federalists had opposed 
D) The Lewis and Clark expedition, which Federalists had not wanted to fund 
E) The Mexican-American War

Question 15

The July Revolution in France was sparked by the unpopular policies of Louis-Philippe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Romanticism as an ideology and a mood embraced emotionality but avoided individualism, emphasizing notions of collectivity instead.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following were major themes/subjects of Romantic artists?

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A) portraits. 
B) Madonnas and religious scenes. 
C) landscapes and depictions of nature. 
D) scenes from aristocratic family life. 
E) urban scenes. 
A) portraits. 
B) Madonnas and religious scenes. 
C) landscapes and depictions of nature. 
D) scenes from aristocratic family life. 
E) urban scenes.

Question 18

Giuseppe Garibaldi founded the organization Young Italy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Why was Charles X overthrown in the 1830 July Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) He got involved in one too many sordid scandals. 
B) He issued a series of edicts that restrained the rights of citizens. 
C) He was a victim of a vicious smear campaign by opponents. 
D) He refused to convert to the Catholic faith. 
E) He embezzled money meant to build churches. 
A) He got involved in one too many sordid scandals. 
B) He issued a series of edicts that restrained the rights of citizens. 
C) He was a victim of a vicious smear campaign by opponents. 
D) He refused to convert to the Catholic faith. 
E) He embezzled money meant to build churches.

Question 20

What did the Congress of Vienna achieve?

Accepted Answer

A) It gave Prussia complete control over Polish lands. 
B) It created policies that would maintain the European balance of power. 
C) It failed to achieve long-lasting peace among European nations. 
D) It treated France leniently following Napoleon's One Hundred Days. 
E) It sanctioned the political power of the bourgeoisie. 
A) It gave Prussia complete control over Polish lands. 
B) It created policies that would maintain the European balance of power. 
C) It failed to achieve long-lasting peace among European nations. 
D) It treated France leniently following Napoleon's One Hundred Days. 
E) It sanctioned the political power of the bourgeoisie.

Exam 21: Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

By the end of Andrew Jackson's presidency,

The Concert of Europe was meant to serve the interests of conservative forces in Europe.

The initially successful Revolutions of 1848 ultimately failed because the revolutionaries were divided by political aims and nationalistic aspirations.

What did John Stuart Mill's On the Subjection of Women state?

The Congress of Vienna placed much of Italy under Austrian domination.

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Goethe's The Sorrows of the Young Werther

Britain's New Poor Law of 1834 established workhouses for the unemployed where the living conditions were designed to be intentionally miserable and cruel so that people would be encouraged to leave the workhouse and find employment.

What did the French constitution of 1848 create?

What did European monarchs want to achieve after the defeat of Napoleon?

Pantheism is best defined as

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Reform Act of 1832

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Ludwig von Beethoven

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. liberalism

Who or what brought an end to the Federalist Party in the United States?

The July Revolution in France was sparked by the unpopular policies of Louis-Philippe.

Romanticism as an ideology and a mood embraced emotionality but avoided individualism, emphasizing notions of collectivity instead.

Which of the following were major themes/subjects of Romantic artists?

Giuseppe Garibaldi founded the organization Young Italy.

Why was Charles X overthrown in the 1830 July Revolution?

What did the Congress of Vienna achieve?

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