Question 1

What best describes the split between the French working and middle classes?

Accepted Answer

A) It was largely solved by the liberal reforms of the Third Republic. 
B) It enabled the Third Republic to elect a new monarch in 1875. 
C) It led to a strong parliamentary system of government. 
D) It was further widened by the brutal suppression of the Paris Commune in 1871. 
E) It ended in the light of continued Prussian threats to France's national survival. 
A) It was largely solved by the liberal reforms of the Third Republic. 
B) It enabled the Third Republic to elect a new monarch in 1875. 
C) It led to a strong parliamentary system of government. 
D) It was further widened by the brutal suppression of the Paris Commune in 1871. 
E) It ended in the light of continued Prussian threats to France's national survival.

Question 2

In most European countries, government and municipal authorities licensed and regulated prostitution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Bismarck's welfare legislation

Accepted Answer

Bismarck's welfare legislation refers to

Question 4

The trade union movement prior to World War I

Accepted Answer

A) was strongest in France after the dissolution of the Second International in 1890. 
B) occurred despite trade unions being banned by most governments. 
C) varied from country to country, but was generally allied with socialist parties. 
D) was primarily for unskilled laborers, especially the New Model unions. 
E) focused entirely on wages and working conditions negotiated directly with employers without any government involvement in the process. 
A) was strongest in France after the dissolution of the Second International in 1890. 
B) occurred despite trade unions being banned by most governments. 
C) varied from country to country, but was generally allied with socialist parties. 
D) was primarily for unskilled laborers, especially the New Model unions. 
E) focused entirely on wages and working conditions negotiated directly with employers without any government involvement in the process.

Question 5

Living conditions in cities improved due to all of these reforms EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) the development of pure water and sewerage systems. 
B) model homes built for the poor by wealthy philanthropists. 
C) the demolition of old, unneeded urban defensive walls, replaced by wide avenues. 
D) a successful effort to clean up all polluted rivers and lakes. 
E) some increases in governmental regulations. 
A) the development of pure water and sewerage systems. 
B) model homes built for the poor by wealthy philanthropists. 
C) the demolition of old, unneeded urban defensive walls, replaced by wide avenues. 
D) a successful effort to clean up all polluted rivers and lakes. 
E) some increases in governmental regulations.

Question 6

Urban populations grew faster than the general population primarily because of higher birthrates in the cities than in the countryside.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Evolutionary socialism, also known as so

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Mass society refers to a society in whic

Question 9

The purpose of industrial cartels was to decrease competition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In 1910, Britain led the world in annual steel production.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What was true of daughters in European working-class families?

Accepted Answer

A) They were expected to work until marriage. 
B) By long custom, they were kept at home until of age to marry. 
C) They were barred from working by state law in many countries. 
D) They had traditionally never shown an interest in working either before or after marriage. 
E) They enrolled in vocational schools until marriage and then entered the work-place. 
A) They were expected to work until marriage. 
B) By long custom, they were kept at home until of age to marry. 
C) They were barred from working by state law in many countries. 
D) They had traditionally never shown an interest in working either before or after marriage. 
E) They enrolled in vocational schools until marriage and then entered the work-place.

Question 12

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Public Health Act of 1875

Accepted Answer

The Public Health Act of 1875 was a sign

Question 13

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Second Industrial Revolution

Accepted Answer

The Second Industrial Revolution, also k

Question 14

What is meant by the phrase "mass society"? How was the growth of this mass society related to changes in the urban environment?

Accepted Answer

The phrase "mass society" refers to a so

Question 15

What policies and practices created mass politics in western European states? Did these changes fulfill the aims of earlier nineteenth-century liberals? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The creation of mass politics in western

Question 16

Between 1906 and 1910, ____ left Europe each year looking for a better life overseas.

Accepted Answer

A) 53,000 
B) 75.4 million 
C) 525,000 
D) 1.3 million 
E) 20.1 million 
A) 53,000 
B) 75.4 million 
C) 525,000 
D) 1.3 million 
E) 20.1 million

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

Domestic servants refer to individuals w

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

The term "Commune" in a historical conte

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

What best describes the split between the French working and middle classes?

In most European countries, government and municipal authorities licensed and regulated prostitution.

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Bismarck's welfare legislation

The trade union movement prior to World War I

Living conditions in cities improved due to all of these reforms EXCEPT

Urban populations grew faster than the general population primarily because of higher birthrates in the cities than in the countryside.

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

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

The purpose of industrial cartels was to decrease competition.

In 1910, Britain led the world in annual steel production.

What was true of daughters in European working-class families?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Public Health Act of 1875

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Second Industrial Revolution

What is meant by the phrase "mass society"? How was the growth of this mass society related to changes in the urban environment?

What policies and practices created mass politics in western European states? Did these changes fulfill the aims of earlier nineteenth-century liberals? Why or why not?

Between 1906 and 1910, ____ left Europe each year looking for a better life overseas.

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

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

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