Question 1

Which of the following counters the labeling of the nineteenth century as a golden age?

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A) the persistence of autocratic governments in Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe 
B) the immense power of traditional institutions and groups 
C) the failure to reconcile class and national conflicts 
D) the repression of opposition and suppression of minorities 
E) all of the above 
A) the persistence of autocratic governments in Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe 
B) the immense power of traditional institutions and groups 
C) the failure to reconcile class and national conflicts 
D) the repression of opposition and suppression of minorities 
E) all of the above

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Pan-Slavism is a political and cultural

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Communards were the members of the revol

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Urbanization refers to the process of in

Question 5

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What message did the Paris Commune have for socialist radicals beyond France? How did they respond?

Accepted Answer

The Paris Commune, which took place in 1

Question 6

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 "second industrial revolution"

Accepted Answer

The Second Industrial Revolution refers

Question 7

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. In the half century before World War I, how did established elites struggle with the increasing political activity of the "lower classes," in particular factory workers?

Accepted Answer

In the half century before World War I,

Question 8

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What were some of the problems associated with urbanization in the second half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Urbanization in the second half of the n

Question 9

In addition to the establishment of the German Empire, the Franco-Prussian War led to the

Accepted Answer

A) fall of Napoleon III's (Louis Napoleon's)government. 
B) Paris Commune, which became a powerful symbol of radical revolt. 
C) violent suppression of the Communards by the provisional government. 
D) establishment of the Third Republic that lasted for seventy years. 
E) all of the above 
A) fall of Napoleon III's (Louis Napoleon's)government. 
B) Paris Commune, which became a powerful symbol of radical revolt. 
C) violent suppression of the Communards by the provisional government. 
D) establishment of the Third Republic that lasted for seventy years. 
E) all of the above

Question 10

In the late nineteenth century, even after reforms, how many of Italy's 27 million citizens could participate in the state's constitutional monarchy?

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A) 500,000 
B) 2 million 
C) 5 million 
D) 10 million 
E) 12 million 
A) 500,000 
B) 2 million 
C) 5 million 
D) 10 million 
E) 12 million

Question 11

Hubertine Auclert argued in  La Citoyenne that  the vote would

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A) restore the dignity of women. 
B) allow for women's economic emancipation. 
C) increase women's maternal influence for the good of the state. 
D) be for the ultimate good of all humanity. 
E) all of the above 
A) restore the dignity of women. 
B) allow for women's economic emancipation. 
C) increase women's maternal influence for the good of the state. 
D) be for the ultimate good of all humanity. 
E) all of the above

Question 12

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

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Conscription, commonly referred to as "t

Question 13

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. By the turn of the twentieth century, the German Empire possessed the most powerful and vital capitalist economy in Europe, an effective government with absolutist characteristics, and the world's largest and most active Marxist party. What developments and policies allowed these diverse characteristics to coexist in the same state?

Accepted Answer

The coexistence of a powerful capitalist

Question 14

In its competition with its European neighbors, Russia had the following weaknesses EXCEPT

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A) large distances, bad weather, poor transportation, and communication. 
B) a lack of natural resources. 
C) negligible influence from the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment, or the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions. 
D) ethnic, religious, and cultural disunity contained by force. 
E) an overwhelming agricultural economy with a tiny middle class. 
A) large distances, bad weather, poor transportation, and communication. 
B) a lack of natural resources. 
C) negligible influence from the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment, or the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions. 
D) ethnic, religious, and cultural disunity contained by force. 
E) an overwhelming agricultural economy with a tiny middle class.

Question 15

The first phase of the second industrial revolution did NOT include

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A) the permanent shift to machine power. 
B) the creation of labor unions. 
C) the dominance of cartels and monopolies. 
D) government action to improve the urban environment. 
E) laws to protect women and children in the workplace. 
A) the permanent shift to machine power. 
B) the creation of labor unions. 
C) the dominance of cartels and monopolies. 
D) government action to improve the urban environment. 
E) laws to protect women and children in the workplace.

Question 16

In the 1850s

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A) captains of industry came to dominate British politics. 
B) country gentlemen continued to dominate British politics. 
C) labor unions came to dominate British politics. 
D) yeomen farmers continued to dominate British politics. 
E) Britain had become the freest country in the world, and as such no single group dominated. 
A) captains of industry came to dominate British politics. 
B) country gentlemen continued to dominate British politics. 
C) labor unions came to dominate British politics. 
D) yeomen farmers continued to dominate British politics. 
E) Britain had become the freest country in the world, and as such no single group dominated.

Question 17

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. The text states that Italy was a country of "unrealized ambitions" between its unification and World War I. What evidence supports that label?

Accepted Answer

Italy's status as a country of "unrealiz

Question 18

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. In hindsight the period from 1850 to 1914 appeared as a Golden Age. How valid was this assessment?

Accepted Answer

The period from 1850 to 1914 is often re

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

The Third Republic refers to the period

Question 20

In his campaign against socialists, Bismarck

Accepted Answer

A) argued that socialists were not good citizens because their primary loyalty was to the working class and not to Germany. 
B) attempted to drive a wedge between the German Workers' Association and the German Social Democratic Party (SP
D) . 
C) outlawed their meetings and papers. 
D) made Germany the first state to enact a comprehensive package of social legislation to make life more secure for workers. 
E) all of the above 
A) argued that socialists were not good citizens because their primary loyalty was to the working class and not to Germany. 
B) attempted to drive a wedge between the German Workers' Association and the German Social Democratic Party (SP
D) . 
C) outlawed their meetings and papers. 
D) made Germany the first state to enact a comprehensive package of social legislation to make life more secure for workers. 
E) all of the above

Exam 25: The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

Which of the following counters the labeling of the nineteenth century as a golden age?

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

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

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

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What message did the Paris Commune have for socialist radicals beyond France? How did they respond?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? "second industrial revolution"

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. In the half century before World War I, how did established elites struggle with the increasing political activity of the "lower classes," in particular factory workers?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What were some of the problems associated with urbanization in the second half of the nineteenth century?

In addition to the establishment of the German Empire, the Franco-Prussian War led to the

In the late nineteenth century, even after reforms, how many of Italy's 27 million citizens could participate in the state's constitutional monarchy?

Hubertine Auclert argued in La Citoyenne that the vote would

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

In its competition with its European neighbors, Russia had the following weaknesses EXCEPT

The first phase of the second industrial revolution did NOT include

In the 1850s

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. The text states that Italy was a country of "unrealized ambitions" between its unification and World War I. What evidence supports that label?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. In hindsight the period from 1850 to 1914 appeared as a Golden Age. How valid was this assessment?

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

In his campaign against socialists, Bismarck

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