Question 1

Which statement best describes the middle classes of nineteenth-century Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) They were composed mostly of shopkeepers and manufacturers who barely lived above the poverty line. 
B) They offered little opportunity for women in improving their lot. 
C) They were very concerned with propriety and shared values of hard work and Christian morality. 
D) They viewed progress with distrust as they did not wish to lose their economic gains. 
E) They were sinking in economic and social security because of the increase of plutocrats. 
A) They were composed mostly of shopkeepers and manufacturers who barely lived above the poverty line. 
B) They offered little opportunity for women in improving their lot. 
C) They were very concerned with propriety and shared values of hard work and Christian morality. 
D) They viewed progress with distrust as they did not wish to lose their economic gains. 
E) They were sinking in economic and social security because of the increase of plutocrats.

Question 2

By 1900, Europeans were importing beef and wool from

Accepted Answer

A) Japan. 
B) China. 
C) Argentina. 
D) Algeria. 
E) Java. 
A) Japan. 
B) China. 
C) Argentina. 
D) Algeria. 
E) Java.

Question 3

What happened to the European population between 1850 and 1910?

Accepted Answer

A) It increased from 270 million to 460 million. 
B) It actually decreased slightly. 
C) It increased from 140 to 190 million. 
D) It stagnated, causing severe problems for the development of leisure industries. 
E) It declined significantly because of the pollution engendered by increasing urbanization. 
A) It increased from 270 million to 460 million. 
B) It actually decreased slightly. 
C) It increased from 140 to 190 million. 
D) It stagnated, causing severe problems for the development of leisure industries. 
E) It declined significantly because of the pollution engendered by increasing urbanization.

Question 4

Which statement is correct regarding European middle-class families during the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) They were more concerned with displaying the work ethic than in displaying wealth and following proper decorum. 
B) They stressed functional knowledge for their children to prepare them for their future roles. 
C) They prided themselves on doing the housework and cooking for their families. 
D) They increasingly became less cohesive as togetherness was no longer an important value. 
E) They increased in numbers but were weakened structurally as men abandoned their family focus in order to advance their lives professionally. 
A) They were more concerned with displaying the work ethic than in displaying wealth and following proper decorum. 
B) They stressed functional knowledge for their children to prepare them for their future roles. 
C) They prided themselves on doing the housework and cooking for their families. 
D) They increasingly became less cohesive as togetherness was no longer an important value. 
E) They increased in numbers but were weakened structurally as men abandoned their family focus in order to advance their lives professionally.

Question 5

By 1900, ____ workers were enrolled in British trade unions.

Accepted Answer

A) 2,000 
B) 20,000 
C) 200,000 
D) 2 million 
E) 20 million 
A) 2,000 
B) 20,000 
C) 200,000 
D) 2 million 
E) 20 million

Question 6

Working-class men argued that keeping working-class women out of the industrial workforce

Accepted Answer

A) all but guaranteed their future poverty. 
B) was obviously illegal. 
C) was part of a larger capitalist plot. 
D) ensured the moral and physical well-being of families. 
E) simply made it easier to exploit them. 
A) all but guaranteed their future poverty. 
B) was obviously illegal. 
C) was part of a larger capitalist plot. 
D) ensured the moral and physical well-being of families. 
E) simply made it easier to exploit them.

Question 7

Evolutionary socialism is also known as

Accepted Answer

A) neo-liberalism. 
B) anarchism. 
C) revisionism. 
D) nihilism. 
E) corporatism. 
A) neo-liberalism. 
B) anarchism. 
C) revisionism. 
D) nihilism. 
E) corporatism.

Question 8

What development occurred in Germany under the chancellorship of Bismarck?

Accepted Answer

A) The growth of a real democracy through universal male suffrage 
B) The passage of social welfare legislation to woo workers away from the Social Democrats 
C) The Kulturkampf or crusade to make Catholicism Germany's national religion 
D) The maintenance of a military second only to that of France on the Continent 
E) The continual threat to invade its neighbors 
A) The growth of a real democracy through universal male suffrage 
B) The passage of social welfare legislation to woo workers away from the Social Democrats 
C) The Kulturkampf or crusade to make Catholicism Germany's national religion 
D) The maintenance of a military second only to that of France on the Continent 
E) The continual threat to invade its neighbors

Question 9

How did working-class people organize themselves to advance their own political and economic agenda?

Accepted Answer

Working-class people have organized them

Question 10

What was one of the new products of the "Second Industrial Revolution"?

Accepted Answer

A) Cotton textiles 
B) Steel 
C) Coal 
D) Railroads 
E) Steam engines 
A) Cotton textiles 
B) Steel 
C) Coal 
D) Railroads 
E) Steam engines

Which statement best describes the middle classes of nineteenth-century Europe?

By 1900, Europeans were importing beef and wool from

What happened to the European population between 1850 and 1910?

Which statement is correct regarding European middle-class families during the late nineteenth century?

By 1900, ____ workers were enrolled in British trade unions.

Working-class men argued that keeping working-class women out of the industrial workforce

Evolutionary socialism is also known as

What development occurred in Germany under the chancellorship of Bismarck?

How did working-class people organize themselves to advance their own political and economic agenda?

What was one of the new products of the "Second Industrial Revolution"?

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

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 2

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: Mass Society in an Age of Progress 1871-1894

Which statement best describes the middle classes of nineteenth-century Europe?

By 1900, Europeans were importing beef and wool from

What happened to the European population between 1850 and 1910?

Which statement is correct regarding European middle-class families during the late nineteenth century?

By 1900, ____ workers were enrolled in British trade unions.

Working-class men argued that keeping working-class women out of the industrial workforce

Evolutionary socialism is also known as

What development occurred in Germany under the chancellorship of Bismarck?

How did working-class people organize themselves to advance their own political and economic agenda?

What was one of the new products of the "Second Industrial Revolution"?

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

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 2

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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