Question 1

What were the major ideas of Karl Marx? How were those ideas shaped by his understanding of both history and his own times?

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Karl Marx was a philosopher, economist,

Question 2

define the following term:
-Piedmont and the House of Savoy

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Piedmont is a region in northwest Italy,

Question 3

define the following term:
-Richard Wagner and Gesamtkunstwerk

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Richard Wagner was a German composer, co

Question 4

define the following term:
-Michael Faraday

Accepted Answer

Michael Faraday was a British scientist

Question 5

define the following term:
-Crimean War

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The Crimean War was a conflict that took

Question 6

define the following term:
-Count Camillo di Cavour

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Count Camillo di Cavour, born in 1810, w

Question 7

Which of the following is not true of the Dual Monarchy?

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A) Austria and Hungary had a single monarch. 
B) Ethnic minorities in both Austria and Hungary experienced reduced repression at the hands of dominant ethnic groups. 
C) Austria and Hungary each had a constitution and a capital. 
D) Austria and Hungary had independent bicameral legislatures. 
E) Austria and Hungary were bound together through a common army and foreign policy. 
A) Austria and Hungary had a single monarch. 
B) Ethnic minorities in both Austria and Hungary experienced reduced repression at the hands of dominant ethnic groups. 
C) Austria and Hungary each had a constitution and a capital. 
D) Austria and Hungary had independent bicameral legislatures. 
E) Austria and Hungary were bound together through a common army and foreign policy.

Question 8

The dominant literary and artistic movement in the 1850s and 1860s was

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A) Romanticism. 
B) Realism. 
C) Positivism. 
D) Impressionism. 
E) Modernism. 
A) Romanticism. 
B) Realism. 
C) Positivism. 
D) Impressionism. 
E) Modernism.

Question 9

Real wages for British laborers between 1850 and 1870 increased by

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A) more than 25 percent. 
B) approximately 50 percent. 
C) nearly 100 percent. 
D) 200 percent. 
E) none of the above. 
A) more than 25 percent. 
B) approximately 50 percent. 
C) nearly 100 percent. 
D) 200 percent. 
E) none of the above.

Question 10

The nineteenth century composer associated with the concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk ("total art work")was

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A) Brahms. 
B) Beethoven. 
C) Liszt. 
D) Mozart. 
E) Wagner. 
A) Brahms. 
B) Beethoven. 
C) Liszt. 
D) Mozart. 
E) Wagner.

Question 11

define the following term:
-Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone

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Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone

Question 12

The Communist Manifesto of Marx and Engels

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A) was a guidebook for the European workers in their revolutions of 1848. 
B) viewed the bourgeoisie as leading the proletariat in the destruction of the aristocracy. 
C) saw the successful realization of its ideas in the First International. 
D) based all historical development on class struggle. 
E) predicted peaceful compromise between the social classes. 
A) was a guidebook for the European workers in their revolutions of 1848. 
B) viewed the bourgeoisie as leading the proletariat in the destruction of the aristocracy. 
C) saw the successful realization of its ideas in the First International. 
D) based all historical development on class struggle. 
E) predicted peaceful compromise between the social classes.

Question 13

The Red Shirts fought for

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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 14

define the following term:
-Auguste Comte and "positive knowledge"

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Auguste Comte was a French philosopher a

Question 15

define the following term:
-Zollverein

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The Zollverein was a coalition of German

Question 16

define the following term:
-Dmitri Mendeleyev

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Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian chemist w

Question 17

As a consequence of its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, France had to

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A) pay an indemnity to Prussia of five billion francs. 
B) abandon Nice and Marseilles. 
C) agree to allow Prussia to control Luxembourg. 
D) try Napoleon III for war crimes before a Prussian tribunal. 
E) all of the above. 
A) pay an indemnity to Prussia of five billion francs. 
B) abandon Nice and Marseilles. 
C) agree to allow Prussia to control Luxembourg. 
D) try Napoleon III for war crimes before a Prussian tribunal. 
E) all of the above.

Question 18

define the following term:
-The Communist Manifesto

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The Communist Manifesto is a political p

Question 19

The reforms of Tsar Alexander II centered around

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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 20

define the following term:
-Count Otto von Bismarck

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Count Otto von Bismarck, also known as O

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

What were the major ideas of Karl Marx? How were those ideas shaped by his understanding of both history and his own times?

define the following term: -Piedmont and the House of Savoy

define the following term: -Richard Wagner and Gesamtkunstwerk

define the following term: -Michael Faraday

define the following term: -Crimean War

define the following term: -Count Camillo di Cavour

Which of the following is not true of the Dual Monarchy?

The dominant literary and artistic movement in the 1850s and 1860s was

Real wages for British laborers between 1850 and 1870 increased by

The nineteenth century composer associated with the concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk ("total art work")was

define the following term: -Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone

The Communist Manifesto of Marx and Engels

The Red Shirts fought for

define the following term: -Auguste Comte and "positive knowledge"

define the following term: -Zollverein

define the following term: -Dmitri Mendeleyev

As a consequence of its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, France had to

define the following term: -The Communist Manifesto

The reforms of Tsar Alexander II centered around

define the following term: -Count Otto von Bismarck

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