Question 1

The Reform Act of 1884 gave the vote to all adult men.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In 1912, the Social Democratic Party was the largest single party in Britain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Working-class men argued that keeping working-class women out of the industrial workforce

Accepted Answer

A) all but guaranteed their future poverty. 
B) was obviously illegal. 
C) was part of a larger capitalist plot. 
D) ensured the moral and physical well-being of families. 
E) simply made it easier to exploit them. 
A) all but guaranteed their future poverty. 
B) was obviously illegal. 
C) was part of a larger capitalist plot. 
D) ensured the moral and physical well-being of families. 
E) simply made it easier to exploit them.

Question 4

The "woman question" was the debate over

Accepted Answer

A) whether or not women were fully human. 
B) the role of women in society. 
C) the place of women in the coming socialist revolution. 
D) population growth and female fertility. 
E) the future of traditional marriage. 
A) whether or not women were fully human. 
B) the role of women in society. 
C) the place of women in the coming socialist revolution. 
D) population growth and female fertility. 
E) the future of traditional marriage.

Question 5

What was one of the new products of the "Second Industrial Revolution"?

Accepted Answer

A) Cotton textiles 
B) Steel 
C) Coal 
D) Railroads 
E) Steam engines 
A) Cotton textiles 
B) Steel 
C) Coal 
D) Railroads 
E) Steam engines

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Henry Ford was an American industrialist

Question 7

What was a new development in the age of mass leisure?

Accepted Answer

A) the newspaper and novel 
B) the excessive consumption of alcohol 
C) the theater 
D) carnival 
E) professional sports 
A) the newspaper and novel 
B) the excessive consumption of alcohol 
C) the theater 
D) carnival 
E) professional sports

Question 8

What best describes employment opportunities for women during the Second Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) They changed in quality and quantity with the expansion of the service sector. 
B) They declined dramatically as prostitution became illegal. 
C) They increased greatly with working-class men pushing their wives to work outside the home. 
D) They declined when piece-work was abandoned as inefficient and "sweatshops" were outlawed. 
E) They declined because labor unions forced governments to restrict most employment opportunities to men only. 
A) They changed in quality and quantity with the expansion of the service sector. 
B) They declined dramatically as prostitution became illegal. 
C) They increased greatly with working-class men pushing their wives to work outside the home. 
D) They declined when piece-work was abandoned as inefficient and "sweatshops" were outlawed. 
E) They declined because labor unions forced governments to restrict most employment opportunities to men only.

Question 9

Emperor Francis Joseph ignored ministerial responsibility and ruled by decree when parliament was not in session.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

France's defeat by Prussia in 1870 ended the Third Republic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Elizabeth Poole Sanford would most likely have agreed with which of these statements?

Accepted Answer

A) Women should avoid being self-sufficient. 
B) Women should strive to become equal to men. 
C) Women should accept their roles at home until new governmental reforms were instituted. 
D) Women should make it known to their husbands that they were dissatisfied. 
E) Women should take employment outside the home to become economically self-sufficient. 
A) Women should avoid being self-sufficient. 
B) Women should strive to become equal to men. 
C) Women should accept their roles at home until new governmental reforms were instituted. 
D) Women should make it known to their husbands that they were dissatisfied. 
E) Women should take employment outside the home to become economically self-sufficient.

Question 12

The Liberal political leader who introduced two home rule bills was

Accepted Answer

A) William Gladstone. 
B) William Butler Yeats. 
C) Edward Fitzgerald. 
D) Wolfe Tone. 
E) Charles Parnell. 
A) William Gladstone. 
B) William Butler Yeats. 
C) Edward Fitzgerald. 
D) Wolfe Tone. 
E) Charles Parnell.

Question 13

Between 1890 and 1914, family patterns among the working class

Accepted Answer

A) emphasized child labor as an important necessity for family survival. 
B) required all women to work outside the home. 
C) allowed for dependence on the income of husbands and the wages of grown children. 
D) experienced almost no change from the earlier industrial period. 
E) were shaped by growing rates of infant mortality. 
A) emphasized child labor as an important necessity for family survival. 
B) required all women to work outside the home. 
C) allowed for dependence on the income of husbands and the wages of grown children. 
D) experienced almost no change from the earlier industrial period. 
E) were shaped by growing rates of infant mortality.

Question 14

Alexander III believed that

Accepted Answer

A) social reforms were more important than political reforms. 
B) diversity built national strength. 
C) the powers of the zemstvos should be increased. 
D) Russia needed to move toward democracy. 
E) his father's reforms had been a mistake. 
A) social reforms were more important than political reforms. 
B) diversity built national strength. 
C) the powers of the zemstvos should be increased. 
D) Russia needed to move toward democracy. 
E) his father's reforms had been a mistake.

Question 15

After 1870, Britain regained its position as the industrial leader of Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

By the late nineteenth century, the distinction between the middle class and the lower class had completely disappeared.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

Mass leisure refers to the widespread av

Question 18

Although the German Reichstag was elected on the basis of universal male suffrage, it had little power because government ministers were responsible to the emperor rather than the parliament.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The mass society of the late nineteenth century primarily benefited the middle classes, with the lower classes reaping few if any rewards.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What did Eduard Bernstein claim in his book Evolutionary Socialism ?

Accepted Answer

A) The only hope for the workers was a violent revolution. 
B) Socialism could best be achieved through the democratic process. 
C) Unions should bargain with employers and avoid politics. 
D) The poor were too ignorant to be allowed to vote. 
E) True communism would take hundreds of years to evolve. 
A) The only hope for the workers was a violent revolution. 
B) Socialism could best be achieved through the democratic process. 
C) Unions should bargain with employers and avoid politics. 
D) The poor were too ignorant to be allowed to vote. 
E) True communism would take hundreds of years to evolve.

Exam 23: Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

The Reform Act of 1884 gave the vote to all adult men.

In 1912, the Social Democratic Party was the largest single party in Britain.

Working-class men argued that keeping working-class women out of the industrial workforce

The "woman question" was the debate over

What was one of the new products of the "Second Industrial Revolution"?

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

What was a new development in the age of mass leisure?

What best describes employment opportunities for women during the Second Industrial Revolution?

Emperor Francis Joseph ignored ministerial responsibility and ruled by decree when parliament was not in session.

France's defeat by Prussia in 1870 ended the Third Republic.

Elizabeth Poole Sanford would most likely have agreed with which of these statements?

The Liberal political leader who introduced two home rule bills was

Between 1890 and 1914, family patterns among the working class

Alexander III believed that

After 1870, Britain regained its position as the industrial leader of Europe.

By the late nineteenth century, the distinction between the middle class and the lower class had completely disappeared.

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

Although the German Reichstag was elected on the basis of universal male suffrage, it had little power because government ministers were responsible to the emperor rather than the parliament.

The mass society of the late nineteenth century primarily benefited the middle classes, with the lower classes reaping few if any rewards.

What did Eduard Bernstein claim in his book Evolutionary Socialism ?

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

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

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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