Question 1

"Sweating" jobs for women involved

Accepted Answer

A) the subcontracting of piecework, usually in the tailoring trades. 
B) working as a domestic servant. 
C) hard physical labor on farms in the countryside. 
D) competing for sales commissions in new department stores. 
E) service as operators in the new telephone exchanges. 
A) the subcontracting of piecework, usually in the tailoring trades. 
B) working as a domestic servant. 
C) hard physical labor on farms in the countryside. 
D) competing for sales commissions in new department stores. 
E) service as operators in the new telephone exchanges.

Question 2

define the following term:
-Eduard Bernstein

Accepted Answer

Eduard Bernstein was a German social dem

Question 3

define the following term:
-Wilhelm Liebknecht and August Bebel

Accepted Answer

Wilhelm Liebknecht and August Bebel were

Question 4

define the following term:
-Boy Scouts

Accepted Answer

The Boy Scouts of America is a youth org

Question 5

define the following term:
-Coney Island and Blackpool

Accepted Answer

Coney Island and Blackpool are both famo

Question 6

Splits between the French working and middle classes

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

What advantages did the Second Industrial Revolution offer to women? What changed and did not change for women between 1870 and 1894?

Accepted Answer

The Second Industrial Revolution offered

Question 8

define the following term:
-Second Industrial Revolution

Accepted Answer

The Second Industrial Revolution, also k

Question 9

define the following term:
-Kulturkampf

Accepted Answer

Kulturkampf was a term used to describe

Question 10

A new development in the age of mass leisure was

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 11

In 1898, Spain defeated the United States in the Spanish-American War, hence breaking Cuba free from the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Liberal political leader who introduced two home rule bills parliamentary leader 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 1850 and 1900, Britain and Germany doubled, perhaps tripled, their national incomes, and real wages in Britain increased by two-thirds during that period.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

define the following term:
-internal combustion engine

Accepted Answer

An internal combustion engine is a type

Question 15

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 16

Which of the following statements best applies to Spain and Italy in the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Spain had returned to the status of a great power. 
B) Italy's unification was vigorously supported by the pope. 
C) Both countries were preeminent colonial powers, especially in Africa. 
D) Both countries remained second-rate European powers, less transformed by the economic and cultural innovations of the age. 
E) Both nations had joined the nations of northern Europe by creating powerful industrial middle-class societies. 
A) Spain had returned to the status of a great power. 
B) Italy's unification was vigorously supported by the pope. 
C) Both countries were preeminent colonial powers, especially in Africa. 
D) Both countries remained second-rate European powers, less transformed by the economic and cultural innovations of the age. 
E) Both nations had joined the nations of northern Europe by creating powerful industrial middle-class societies.

Question 17

define the following term:
-cartels and tariffs

Accepted Answer

Cartels are associations of producers or

Question 18

define the following term:
-depression

Accepted Answer

Depression is a serious mental health co

Question 19

define the following term:
-Alexander III and Russification

Accepted Answer

Alexander III was the Emperor of Russia

Question 20

By 1914, what percentage of Britain's population lived in cities?

Accepted Answer

A) 95 percent 
B) 50 percent 
C) 10 percent 
D) 40 percent 
E) 80 percent 
A) 95 percent 
B) 50 percent 
C) 10 percent 
D) 40 percent 
E) 80 percent

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

"Sweating" jobs for women involved

define the following term: -Eduard Bernstein

define the following term: -Wilhelm Liebknecht and August Bebel

define the following term: -Boy Scouts

define the following term: -Coney Island and Blackpool

Splits between the French working and middle classes

What advantages did the Second Industrial Revolution offer to women? What changed and did not change for women between 1870 and 1894?

define the following term: -Second Industrial Revolution

define the following term: -Kulturkampf

A new development in the age of mass leisure was

In 1898, Spain defeated the United States in the Spanish-American War, hence breaking Cuba free from the United States.

The Liberal political leader who introduced two home rule bills parliamentary leader was

Between 1850 and 1900, Britain and Germany doubled, perhaps tripled, their national incomes, and real wages in Britain increased by two-thirds during that period.

define the following term: -internal combustion engine

Between 1890 and 1914, family patterns among the working class

Which of the following statements best applies to Spain and Italy in the late nineteenth century?

define the following term: -cartels and tariffs

define the following term: -depression

define the following term: -Alexander III and Russification

By 1914, what percentage of Britain's population lived in cities?

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