Question 1

Among the key political consequences of Disraeli's Reform Act of 1867 was

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A)  the outbreak of mass strikes by industrial workers in Britain. 
B)  a large increase in the number of voters and tighter organization of Liberal and Conservative political parties. 
C)  the emergence of female suffrage movements in other European countries inspired by extension of the vote to British women. 
D)  the freeing of the last British serfs on northern landed estates. 
E)  the incorporation of India into the British Empire. 
A)  the outbreak of mass strikes by industrial workers in Britain. 
B)  a large increase in the number of voters and tighter organization of Liberal and Conservative political parties. 
C)  the emergence of female suffrage movements in other European countries inspired by extension of the vote to British women. 
D)  the freeing of the last British serfs on northern landed estates. 
E)  the incorporation of India into the British Empire.

Question 2

Talk about:
-Joseph Lister

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Joseph Lister was a British surgeon and

Question 3

Talk about:
-Ottoman Empire

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The Ottoman Empire was a vast and powerf

Question 4

The Ausgleich or Compromise of 1867

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A)  created a loose federation of ethnic states within the Austrian Empire. 
B)  freed the serfs and eliminated compulsory labor services with the Austrian Empire. 
C)  made Austria part of the North German Confederation. 
D)  granted the Czechs and Slovenes home-rule. 
E)  created the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. 
A)  created a loose federation of ethnic states within the Austrian Empire. 
B)  freed the serfs and eliminated compulsory labor services with the Austrian Empire. 
C)  made Austria part of the North German Confederation. 
D)  granted the Czechs and Slovenes home-rule. 
E)  created the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary.

Question 5

The Crimean War was caused primarily by the Ottoman Empire's attempt to destroy the Christian holy places in Jerusalem and Palestine.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Talk about:
-The Communist Manifesto

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The Communist Manifesto is a political p

Question 7

Charles Darwin was influenced by Thomas Malthus's theory of population that claimed that more individuals are born than can possibly survive and that thus there must be a struggle for existence.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Talk about:
-the People's Will

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The People's Will is a concept that refe

Question 9

As chancellor of Prussia, Otto von Bismarck

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A)  instituted vital liberal land reforms. 
B)  largely bypassed parliament in pursuing his political goals of military modernization. 
C)  was totally dependent on the Prussian military. 
D)  was extremely unpopular among ordinary Germans. 
E)  opposed any wars, always relying upon diplomacy as alternatives. 
A)  instituted vital liberal land reforms. 
B)  largely bypassed parliament in pursuing his political goals of military modernization. 
C)  was totally dependent on the Prussian military. 
D)  was extremely unpopular among ordinary Germans. 
E)  opposed any wars, always relying upon diplomacy as alternatives.

Question 10

Women were given the right to take qualifying exams for medical school in Britain in 1876 by

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A)  a resolution of Royal College of Physicians in London. 
B)  a proclamation of Queen Victoria. 
C)  the deans of Oxford. 
D)  an act of Parliament. 
E)  the faculty of Cambridge University. 
A)  a resolution of Royal College of Physicians in London. 
B)  a proclamation of Queen Victoria. 
C)  the deans of Oxford. 
D)  an act of Parliament. 
E)  the faculty of Cambridge University.

Question 11

The Ausgleich of 1867 failed to grant minorities in Austria and Hungary equal rights and status.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man

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A)  is filled with expressions of doubt and hesitancy over the new evolutionary theories. 
B)  proposed the first theory of genetic mutations. 
C)  argued for the animal origins of human beings, who had evolved by adapting to their environment over time. 
D)  placed humans in the center of a rational universe. 
E)  predicted the extinction of man and the rise of a new creation that would dominate nature. 
A)  is filled with expressions of doubt and hesitancy over the new evolutionary theories. 
B)  proposed the first theory of genetic mutations. 
C)  argued for the animal origins of human beings, who had evolved by adapting to their environment over time. 
D)  placed humans in the center of a rational universe. 
E)  predicted the extinction of man and the rise of a new creation that would dominate nature.

Question 13

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 14

Talk about:
-joint-stock investment banks

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Joint-stock investment banks are financi

Question 15

Auguste Comte was responsible for

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A)  posing an evolutionary theory akin to Darwin's. 
B)  founding the discipline of sociology. 
C)  helping to remove theology as a subject from university curricula. 
D)  integrating science with religion. 
E)  establishing a utopian community just outside Paris. 
A)  posing an evolutionary theory akin to Darwin's. 
B)  founding the discipline of sociology. 
C)  helping to remove theology as a subject from university curricula. 
D)  integrating science with religion. 
E)  establishing a utopian community just outside Paris.

Question 16

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 these are correct. 
A)  more than 25 percent. 
B)  approximately 50 percent. 
C)  nearly 100 percent. 
D)  200 percent. 
E)  None of these are correct.

Question 17

Bismarck goaded the Austrians into war in 1866 with the occupation of

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A)  Lorraine. 
B)  Bavaria. 
C)  Saxony. 
D)  Schleswig-Holstein. 
E)  Hesse-Darmstadt. 
A)  Lorraine. 
B)  Bavaria. 
C)  Saxony. 
D)  Schleswig-Holstein. 
E)  Hesse-Darmstadt.

Question 18

Talk about:
-Vera Zasulich

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Vera Zasulich was a Russian revolutionar

Question 19

Although his domestic accomplishments were significant, Napoleon III's foreign policy was much less successful, as exemplified in his failed attempt to install Archduke Maximilian of Austria as emperor of Mexico.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Canada largely gained its independence in

Accepted Answer

A)  1802 in the Provinces of Canada Act. 
B)  1812 as a result of the War of 1812. 
C)  1860 as a consequence of the American invasion of Ontario and Quebec. 
D)  1867 with the Dominion of Canada Act. 
E)  1848 with the publication of the Communist Manifesto. 
A)  1802 in the Provinces of Canada Act. 
B)  1812 as a result of the War of 1812. 
C)  1860 as a consequence of the American invasion of Ontario and Quebec. 
D)  1867 with the Dominion of Canada Act. 
E)  1848 with the publication of the Communist Manifesto.

Among the key political consequences of Disraeli's Reform Act of 1867 was

Talk about: -Joseph Lister

Talk about: -Ottoman Empire

The Ausgleich or Compromise of 1867

The Crimean War was caused primarily by the Ottoman Empire's attempt to destroy the Christian holy places in Jerusalem and Palestine.

Talk about: -The Communist Manifesto

Charles Darwin was influenced by Thomas Malthus's theory of population that claimed that more individuals are born than can possibly survive and that thus there must be a struggle for existence.

Talk about: -the People's Will

As chancellor of Prussia, Otto von Bismarck

Women were given the right to take qualifying exams for medical school in Britain in 1876 by

The Ausgleich of 1867 failed to grant minorities in Austria and Hungary equal rights and status.

Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man

The Communist Manifesto of Marx and Engels

Talk about: -joint-stock investment banks

Auguste Comte was responsible for

Real wages for British laborers between 1850 and 1870 increased by

Bismarck goaded the Austrians into war in 1866 with the occupation of

Talk about: -Vera Zasulich

Although his domestic accomplishments were significant, Napoleon III's foreign policy was much less successful, as exemplified in his failed attempt to install Archduke Maximilian of Austria as emperor of Mexico.

Canada largely gained its independence in

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

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Exam 10: An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

Among the key political consequences of Disraeli's Reform Act of 1867 was

Talk about: -Joseph Lister

Talk about: -Ottoman Empire

The Ausgleich or Compromise of 1867

The Crimean War was caused primarily by the Ottoman Empire's attempt to destroy the Christian holy places in Jerusalem and Palestine.

Talk about: -The Communist Manifesto

Charles Darwin was influenced by Thomas Malthus's theory of population that claimed that more individuals are born than can possibly survive and that thus there must be a struggle for existence.

Talk about: -the People's Will

As chancellor of Prussia, Otto von Bismarck

Women were given the right to take qualifying exams for medical school in Britain in 1876 by

The Ausgleich of 1867 failed to grant minorities in Austria and Hungary equal rights and status.

Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man

The Communist Manifesto of Marx and Engels

Talk about: -joint-stock investment banks

Auguste Comte was responsible for

Real wages for British laborers between 1850 and 1870 increased by

Bismarck goaded the Austrians into war in 1866 with the occupation of

Talk about: -Vera Zasulich

Although his domestic accomplishments were significant, Napoleon III's foreign policy was much less successful, as exemplified in his failed attempt to install Archduke Maximilian of Austria as emperor of Mexico.

Canada largely gained its independence in

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

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