Question 1

The Taff Vale decision of 1901

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A) awarded damages to workers for demonstrated mistreatment by employers. 
B) gave considerable strength to unions by legalizing their expansion. 
C) was repealed in 1906 after elections in the new Labour Party gained twenty-nine seats. 
D) was introduced by Liberals David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill. 
E) all of the above 
A) awarded damages to workers for demonstrated mistreatment by employers. 
B) gave considerable strength to unions by legalizing their expansion. 
C) was repealed in 1906 after elections in the new Labour Party gained twenty-nine seats. 
D) was introduced by Liberals David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill. 
E) all of the above

Question 2

When Bismarck banned the Socialist Party in Germany

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A) liberals raised a clamor protesting this action. 
B) he used the excuse of assassination attempts on the emperor's life. 
C) the Junkers protested and demanded their return. 
D) the Social Democratic Party in Germany was effectively destroyed. 
E) workers organized the German Worker's Association in response. 
A) liberals raised a clamor protesting this action. 
B) he used the excuse of assassination attempts on the emperor's life. 
C) the Junkers protested and demanded their return. 
D) the Social Democratic Party in Germany was effectively destroyed. 
E) workers organized the German Worker's Association in response.

Question 3

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. The text refers to trends affecting the working class that were quite obvious in Western Europe by the 1890s. What were they?

Accepted Answer

The 1890s marked a period of significant

Question 4

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the values of which of the following served as the model for society?

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A) the middles class 
B) aristocrats 
C) the working class 
D) artisans 
E) the army 
A) the middles class 
B) aristocrats 
C) the working class 
D) artisans 
E) the army

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Anathema is a term used to describe some

Question 6

The Third Republic in France

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A) was incredibly popular. 
B) conclusively defeated all of its enemies. 
C) governed in a period when Paris was greatly reduced as a cultural center of Europe. 
D) witnessed strong anti-Semitism and anticlericalism. 
E) none of the above 
A) was incredibly popular. 
B) conclusively defeated all of its enemies. 
C) governed in a period when Paris was greatly reduced as a cultural center of Europe. 
D) witnessed strong anti-Semitism and anticlericalism. 
E) none of the above

Question 7

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did modernization in the later nineteenth century impact Russia and the United States?

Accepted Answer

Modernization in the later nineteenth ce

Question 8

Who created the Labour party in Britain?

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A) J. Kier Hardie 
B) Winston Churchill 
C) Lloyd George 
D) Charles Stuart Parnell 
E) Herbert Asquith 
A) J. Kier Hardie 
B) Winston Churchill 
C) Lloyd George 
D) Charles Stuart Parnell 
E) Herbert Asquith

Question 9

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What forces divided France during the Third Republic?

Accepted Answer

During the Third Republic, France was di

Question 10

Included in the Liberals' tax plan that struck out at aristocratic privilege was

Accepted Answer

A) an increase in income taxes. 
B) higher "death duties." 
C) levies on rents and increases in the value of land. 
D) the imposition of taxes on investments. 
E) all of the above 
A) an increase in income taxes. 
B) higher "death duties." 
C) levies on rents and increases in the value of land. 
D) the imposition of taxes on investments. 
E) all of the above

Question 11

The Imperial Duma

Accepted Answer

A) allowed everyone in Russia a voice in politics. 
B) was started after the Russo-Japanese War. 
C) was embraced by Nicholas II. 
D) embodied Bismarck's goal of German nationalism. 
E) all of the above 
A) allowed everyone in Russia a voice in politics. 
B) was started after the Russo-Japanese War. 
C) was embraced by Nicholas II. 
D) embodied Bismarck's goal of German nationalism. 
E) all of the above

Exam 25: The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

The Taff Vale decision of 1901

When Bismarck banned the Socialist Party in Germany

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. The text refers to trends affecting the working class that were quite obvious in Western Europe by the 1890s. What were they?

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the values of which of the following served as the model for society?

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

The Third Republic in France

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did modernization in the later nineteenth century impact Russia and the United States?

Who created the Labour party in Britain?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What forces divided France during the Third Republic?

Included in the Liberals' tax plan that struck out at aristocratic privilege was

The Imperial Duma

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