Question 1

define the following term:
-Charles Dickens

Accepted Answer

The answer of define the following term:
-Charles Dickens...

Question 2

define the following term:
-North German Confederation

Accepted Answer

The North German Confederation was a pol

Question 3

During the Franco-Prussian War

Accepted Answer

A) Napoleon III successfully defended the French homeland. 
B) the French were decisively defeated at the Battle of Sedan. 
C) Bismarck allowed the Prussian army to fall into a subordinate position. 
D) a military standoff resulted between the two great armies. 
E) a truce was finally agreed to, giving Germany the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, while France gained Schleswig and Holstein. 
A) Napoleon III successfully defended the French homeland. 
B) the French were decisively defeated at the Battle of Sedan. 
C) Bismarck allowed the Prussian army to fall into a subordinate position. 
D) a military standoff resulted between the two great armies. 
E) a truce was finally agreed to, giving Germany the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, while France gained Schleswig and Holstein.

Question 4

Compare and contrast the roles of Cavour, Mazzini, and Garibaldi in the unification of Italy. Whose role was most important and why?

Accepted Answer

The roles of Cavour, Mazzini, and Gariba

Question 5

define the following term:
-Baron Haussmann and Paris

Accepted Answer

Baron Haussmann was a French civic plann

Question 6

What domestic reforms did leaders in the Austrian Empire, Russia, and Great Britain put into place between 1850 and 1870? Which was most successful at resolving its midcentury problems?

Accepted Answer

In the Austrian Empire, leaders implemen

Question 7

According to Karl Marx, the final result of the struggle between bourgeoisie and proletariat would be

Accepted Answer

A) equal amounts of property for everyone. 
B) the dictatorship of the proletariat. 
C) all political power transferred to the proletariat. 
D) a utopian society. 
E) a classless society. 
A) equal amounts of property for everyone. 
B) the dictatorship of the proletariat. 
C) all political power transferred to the proletariat. 
D) a utopian society. 
E) a classless society.

Question 8

define the following term:
-Joseph Lister

Accepted Answer

Joseph Lister was a British surgeon and

Question 9

define the following term:
-the People's Will

Accepted Answer

The People's Will is a concept that refe

Question 10

Napoleon III's most disastrous foreign policy adventure occurred in

Accepted Answer

A) the Crimea. 
B) Italy. 
C) Palestine. 
D) Schleswig-Holstein. 
E) Mexico. 
A) the Crimea. 
B) Italy. 
C) Palestine. 
D) Schleswig-Holstein. 
E) Mexico.

Question 11

In seeking unification, many Italian nationalists in the 1850s looked for leadership from

Accepted Answer

A) the Pope. 
B) the kingdom of Piedmont. 
C) the house of Habsburg. 
D) the kingdom of the Two Sicilies. 
E) Young Italy. 
A) the Pope. 
B) the kingdom of Piedmont. 
C) the house of Habsburg. 
D) the kingdom of the Two Sicilies. 
E) Young Italy.

Question 12

define the following term:
-Marx's Das Kapital

Accepted Answer

Das Kapital is a foundational work of Ma

Question 13

In 1861 the new kingdom of Italy was subordinated to the control of Piedmont and Victor Emmanuel II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

define the following term:
-Austro-Prussian War

Accepted Answer

The Austro-Prussian War, also known as t

Question 15

Among Napoleon III's great domestic projects was

Accepted Answer

A) the building of the Eiffel Tower. 
B) the rededication of the Cathedral of Notre Dame. 
C) a 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) a 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 16

define the following term:
-Franz Liszt

Accepted Answer

Franz Liszt was a Hungarian composer, vi

Question 17

define the following term:
-Elizabeth Blackwell

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth Blackwell was a pioneering fig

Question 18

The final act of Italian unification occurred in 1870 when

Accepted Answer

A) Garibaldi's Red Shirts defeated the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. 
B) Savoy was defeated with the aid of Prussian troops. 
C) Rome became the capital city following the withdrawal of French troops. 
D) Piedmont took control of Lombardy as a result of French abandonment of Venice. 
E) the pope renounced any territorial claims in all of Italy. 
A) Garibaldi's Red Shirts defeated the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. 
B) Savoy was defeated with the aid of Prussian troops. 
C) Rome became the capital city following the withdrawal of French troops. 
D) Piedmont took control of Lombardy as a result of French abandonment of Venice. 
E) the pope renounced any territorial claims in all of Italy.

Question 19

Vera Zasulich's successful use of violence against the tsarist regime in Russia led

Accepted Answer

A) Karl Marx to write positively about the role of women in revolution. 
B) to her public denunciation by the reform group Land and Freedom. 
C) to her execution as a traitor. 
D) to the assassination of Tsar Alexander II by radicals known as the People's Will. 
E) to her exile to Great Britain. 
A) Karl Marx to write positively about the role of women in revolution. 
B) to her public denunciation by the reform group Land and Freedom. 
C) to her execution as a traitor. 
D) to the assassination of Tsar Alexander II by radicals known as the People's Will. 
E) to her exile to Great Britain.

Question 20

An overall result of the Crimean War was

Accepted Answer

A) the reinforcement of the Concert of Europe until World War I. 
B) continued Russian expansionism in Europe for the next two decades. 
C) increased involvement for Great Britain in continental affairs. 
D) the destruction of the Concert of Europe and the creation of opportunities for Italian and German national unification. 
E) to lead to the breakup of the Holy Alliance. 
A) the reinforcement of the Concert of Europe until World War I. 
B) continued Russian expansionism in Europe for the next two decades. 
C) increased involvement for Great Britain in continental affairs. 
D) the destruction of the Concert of Europe and the creation of opportunities for Italian and German national unification. 
E) to lead to the breakup of the Holy Alliance.

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

define the following term: -Charles Dickens

define the following term: -North German Confederation

During the Franco-Prussian War

Compare and contrast the roles of Cavour, Mazzini, and Garibaldi in the unification of Italy. Whose role was most important and why?

define the following term: -Baron Haussmann and Paris

What domestic reforms did leaders in the Austrian Empire, Russia, and Great Britain put into place between 1850 and 1870? Which was most successful at resolving its midcentury problems?

According to Karl Marx, the final result of the struggle between bourgeoisie and proletariat would be

define the following term: -Joseph Lister

define the following term: -the People's Will

Napoleon III's most disastrous foreign policy adventure occurred in

In seeking unification, many Italian nationalists in the 1850s looked for leadership from

define the following term: -Marx's Das Kapital

In 1861 the new kingdom of Italy was subordinated to the control of Piedmont and Victor Emmanuel II.

define the following term: -Austro-Prussian War

Among Napoleon III's great domestic projects was

define the following term: -Franz Liszt

define the following term: -Elizabeth Blackwell

The final act of Italian unification occurred in 1870 when

Vera Zasulich's successful use of violence against the tsarist regime in Russia led

An overall result of the Crimean War was

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

Filters