Question 1

In 1850, most people were

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A) servants. 
B) farmers. 
C) textile workers. 
D) employed in factories. 
E) miners. 
A) servants. 
B) farmers. 
C) textile workers. 
D) employed in factories. 
E) miners.

Question 2

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 mass-production

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Mass-production is a manufacturing proce

Question 3

The term the people's budget referred to

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A) the Parliament Act of 1911. 
B) Russian demands to redress worker poverty. 
C) a British bill to aid the aged and the unemployed by taxing the rich. 
D) German liberal demands to curtail military spending. 
E) the program of the Labour Party. 
A) the Parliament Act of 1911. 
B) Russian demands to redress worker poverty. 
C) a British bill to aid the aged and the unemployed by taxing the rich. 
D) German liberal demands to curtail military spending. 
E) the program of the Labour Party.

Question 4

The Liberal-Conservative rivalry in British politics

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A) led to the extension of the vote to city workers in 1867. 
B) resulted in compulsory education. 
C) created a significant expansion of suffrage in 1884. 
D) was embodied by the rivalry of Gladstone and Disraeli. 
E) all of the above ​ 
A) led to the extension of the vote to city workers in 1867. 
B) resulted in compulsory education. 
C) created a significant expansion of suffrage in 1884. 
D) was embodied by the rivalry of Gladstone and Disraeli. 
E) all of the above ​

Question 5

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 home rule

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Home rule refers to the ability of a loc

Question 6

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Taylorism

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Taylorism, also known as scientific mana

Question 7

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Dreyfus affair

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The Dreyfus affair was a political scand

Question 8

As suffrage was extended to working class males

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A) the working classes in Europe organized political parties of their own. 
B) the working classes in the United States backed already existing parties. 
C) mainstream Marxist parties remained faithful to the goal of a socialist revolution. 
D) revisionist Marxist parties argued that the ballot box, not a violent revolution, will end capitalism. 
E) all of the above 
A) the working classes in Europe organized political parties of their own. 
B) the working classes in the United States backed already existing parties. 
C) mainstream Marxist parties remained faithful to the goal of a socialist revolution. 
D) revisionist Marxist parties argued that the ballot box, not a violent revolution, will end capitalism. 
E) all of the above

Question 9

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 syndicalism

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Syndicalism is a political and economic

Question 10

Jean Jaurès believed that

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A) capitalism was creating a new feudalism where the rich controlled society. 
B) Alfred Dreyfus was guilty of treason. 
C) France should fight in World War I. 
D) unrestrained capitalism was the best way to move society forward. 
E) the French state and the Catholic Church could be reconciled. 
A) capitalism was creating a new feudalism where the rich controlled society. 
B) Alfred Dreyfus was guilty of treason. 
C) France should fight in World War I. 
D) unrestrained capitalism was the best way to move society forward. 
E) the French state and the Catholic Church could be reconciled.

Question 11

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. In what ways did the constitution of the German Empire illustrate that this new state would be less than liberal? What did the constitution lack that might have remedied the situation?

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The constitution of the German Empire, e

Question 12

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 "Russian soul"

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The term "Russian soul" refers to the un

Question 13

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 suffrage

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Suffrage refers to the right to vote in

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT true of the U.S. government?

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A) It encouraged free enterprise. 
B) It fostered railroad building. 
C) It allowed free immigration. 
D) It regulated tariffs. 
E) It provided social legislation similar to that of Bismarck's Germany. 
A) It encouraged free enterprise. 
B) It fostered railroad building. 
C) It allowed free immigration. 
D) It regulated tariffs. 
E) It provided social legislation similar to that of Bismarck's Germany.

Question 15

How did industrialization in Russia strain the country's unity?

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A) Agriculture was impoverished. 
B) Mobility, literacy, and contact with Europe increased political agitation. 
C) A new class of discontent exploited industrial workers was created. 
D) Alienation accompanied industrialization. 
E) all of the above 
A) Agriculture was impoverished. 
B) Mobility, literacy, and contact with Europe increased political agitation. 
C) A new class of discontent exploited industrial workers was created. 
D) Alienation accompanied industrialization. 
E) all of the above

Question 16

The Ulster Volunteers were

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A) Irish nationalists who pressed for independence. 
B) members of the House of Lords who repeatedly voted against home rule. 
C) a private army in Ireland organized by the Protestant Irish. 
D) the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. 
E) the elite Irish volunteers who fought on the side of the Germans in World War I. 
A) Irish nationalists who pressed for independence. 
B) members of the House of Lords who repeatedly voted against home rule. 
C) a private army in Ireland organized by the Protestant Irish. 
D) the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. 
E) the elite Irish volunteers who fought on the side of the Germans in World War I.

Question 17

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Kulturkampf

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Kulturkampf, a term originating from Ger

Question 18

On the subject of extending the vote to women

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A) the European intelligentsia and women themselves were divided. 
B) Socialists argued that woman's emancipation needed to go further. 
C) radicals in France, Spain, and Italy feared that women would be dominated by reactionary religious leaders. 
D) Conservatives feared that women's rights would destroy the family. 
E) all of the above 
A) the European intelligentsia and women themselves were divided. 
B) Socialists argued that woman's emancipation needed to go further. 
C) radicals in France, Spain, and Italy feared that women would be dominated by reactionary religious leaders. 
D) Conservatives feared that women's rights would destroy the family. 
E) all of the above

Question 19

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).   
 Locate and label the states associated with the following: home rule, Communards, Fenians, the Kulturkampf, and Fabian socialism.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 20

British lords finally lost their veto power

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A) through statute law. 
B) through a decision of the High Court of England. 
C) by the Parliament Act of 1911. 
D) through what began as a temporary war measure. 
E) when King Edward VII created new progressive peers. 
A) through statute law. 
B) through a decision of the High Court of England. 
C) by the Parliament Act of 1911. 
D) through what began as a temporary war measure. 
E) when King Edward VII created new progressive peers.

Exam 25: The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

In 1850, most people were

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? mass-production

The term the people's budget referred to

The Liberal-Conservative rivalry in British politics

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? home rule

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Taylorism

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Dreyfus affair

As suffrage was extended to working class males

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? syndicalism

Jean Jaurès believed that

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. In what ways did the constitution of the German Empire illustrate that this new state would be less than liberal? What did the constitution lack that might have remedied the situation?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? "Russian soul"

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? suffrage

Which of the following is NOT true of the U.S. government?

How did industrialization in Russia strain the country's unity?

The Ulster Volunteers were

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Kulturkampf

On the subject of extending the vote to women

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the states associated with the following: home rule, Communards, Fenians, the Kulturkampf, and Fabian socialism.

British lords finally lost their veto power

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