Question 1

In the decades after 1870, most Western governments made elementary education mandatory through state-run systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

define the following term:
-Irish Home Rule

Accepted Answer

Irish Home Rule refers to the movement f

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

define the following term:
-Cuba and the Philippines

Accepted Answer

Cuba and the Philippines are both island

Question 5

In a cartel

Accepted Answer

A) a vertically integrated company worked to monopolize all business in its industry. 
B) independent enterprises worked together to control prices and fix production quotas. 
C) independent associations of grocers cooperated to artificially drive down prices. 
D) private militias orchestrated intelligence gathering to diminish the police powers of modern nation states. 
E) dependent enterprises worked with an overseeing organization to lower tariffs. 
A) a vertically integrated company worked to monopolize all business in its industry. 
B) independent enterprises worked together to control prices and fix production quotas. 
C) independent associations of grocers cooperated to artificially drive down prices. 
D) private militias orchestrated intelligence gathering to diminish the police powers of modern nation states. 
E) dependent enterprises worked with an overseeing organization to lower tariffs.

Question 6

define the following term:
-Guglielmo Marconi

Accepted Answer

Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian invento

Question 7

What type of new energy source powered the Second Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) coal 
B) hydroelectric 
C) natural gas 
D) electricity 
E) fuel-cells 
A) coal 
B) hydroelectric 
C) natural gas 
D) electricity 
E) fuel-cells

Question 8

Some socialists believed that Karl Marx was wrong in advocating violent revolution, arguing instead that forming political parties and participating in the democratic political process could achieve socialism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

define the following term:
-revisionism or evolutionary socialism

Accepted Answer

Revisionism and evolutionary socialism a

Question 10

define the following term:
-mass leisure

Accepted Answer

Mass leisure refers to the widespread pa

Question 11

define the following term:
-Wilbur and Orville Wright

Accepted Answer

Wilbur and Orville Wright were two Ameri

Question 12

Which one of the following pairings does not accurately present a nation of origin with its leading export item bound for Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) Argentina and beef. 
B) Brazil and coffee. 
C) Chile and gold. 
D) Algeria and iron. 
E) Java and sugar. 
A) Argentina and beef. 
B) Brazil and coffee. 
C) Chile and gold. 
D) Algeria and iron. 
E) Java and sugar.

Question 13

Industrialization in Japan was the result of

Accepted Answer

A) private investment and initiative. 
B) European colonization. 
C) socialist planning on the Marxist model. 
D) government planning and initiative. 
E) ambitious former samurai. 
A) private investment and initiative. 
B) European colonization. 
C) socialist planning on the Marxist model. 
D) government planning and initiative. 
E) ambitious former samurai.

Question 14

By 1900, most European educational systems

Accepted Answer

A) were free and compulsory at least at the primary level. 
B) were expensive to operate, and charged high tuition. 
C) were backward and lacked good teachers. 
D) still taught a "medieval" variety of subjects. 
E) had declined because of lack of governmental interest and support. 
A) were free and compulsory at least at the primary level. 
B) were expensive to operate, and charged high tuition. 
C) were backward and lacked good teachers. 
D) still taught a "medieval" variety of subjects. 
E) had declined because of lack of governmental interest and support.

Question 15

Compare and contrast political policies pursued in eastern and western Europe in the final quarter of the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

In the final quarter of the nineteenth c

Question 16

What characteristics are exhibited by mass society in the later nineteenth century, and how did the urban environment shape those characteristic?

Accepted Answer

In the later nineteenth century, mass so

Question 17

define the following term:
-V.A. Huber

Accepted Answer

V.A. Huber, also known as Victor A. Hube

Question 18

define the following term:
-"day-trippers"

Accepted Answer

Day-trippers are people who take short,

Question 19

Which statement best applies to the Germany under chancellor Otto von Bismarck?

Accepted Answer

A) Prussia lost much of its influence on state politics. 
B) Coalitions were used by Bismarck to get what he wanted and then he dropped them. 
C) Socialism was almost completely stamped out by the Prussian army. 
D) Almost all regional differences disappeared under the charismatic leadership of Bismarck. 
E) The emperor became merely a figurehead and lacked any political power and influence. 
A) Prussia lost much of its influence on state politics. 
B) Coalitions were used by Bismarck to get what he wanted and then he dropped them. 
C) Socialism was almost completely stamped out by the Prussian army. 
D) Almost all regional differences disappeared under the charismatic leadership of Bismarck. 
E) The emperor became merely a figurehead and lacked any political power and influence.

Question 20

define the following term:
-domestic servants

Accepted Answer

Domestic servants have been a part of ho

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

In the decades after 1870, most Western governments made elementary education mandatory through state-run systems.

define the following term: -Irish Home Rule

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

define the following term: -Cuba and the Philippines

In a cartel

define the following term: -Guglielmo Marconi

What type of new energy source powered the Second Industrial Revolution?

Some socialists believed that Karl Marx was wrong in advocating violent revolution, arguing instead that forming political parties and participating in the democratic political process could achieve socialism.

define the following term: -revisionism or evolutionary socialism

define the following term: -mass leisure

define the following term: -Wilbur and Orville Wright

Which one of the following pairings does not accurately present a nation of origin with its leading export item bound for Europe?

Industrialization in Japan was the result of

By 1900, most European educational systems

Compare and contrast political policies pursued in eastern and western Europe in the final quarter of the nineteenth century.

What characteristics are exhibited by mass society in the later nineteenth century, and how did the urban environment shape those characteristic?

define the following term: -V.A. Huber

define the following term: -"day-trippers"

Which statement best applies to the Germany under chancellor Otto von Bismarck?

define the following term: -domestic servants

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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