Question 1

The most successful nationalistic European revolution in 1830 was in

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A) Poland. 
B) Germany. 
C) Italy. 
D) Russia. 
E) Belgium. 
A) Poland. 
B) Germany. 
C) Italy. 
D) Russia. 
E) Belgium.

Question 2

The Congress of Vienna's treatment of Poland

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A) demonstrates the application of the principle of legitimacy. 
B) reveals the overshadowing of the principle of legitimacy by more practical considerations of power. 
C) resulted in Austrian domination of Poland. 
D) allowed for complete Polish autonomy. 
E) shows the emergence of Poland as a great European power. 
A) demonstrates the application of the principle of legitimacy. 
B) reveals the overshadowing of the principle of legitimacy by more practical considerations of power. 
C) resulted in Austrian domination of Poland. 
D) allowed for complete Polish autonomy. 
E) shows the emergence of Poland as a great European power.

Question 3

Which of the following statements best applies to Thomas Macaulay's thoughts on reform in Britain?

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A) He opposed giving political concessions to the middle class. 
B) He was convinced that reforms were largely unnecessary due to Britain's democratic heritage. 
C) He supported reforms as a means of preventing more radical revolutionary movements. 
D) He was afraid reforms would cause the collapse of the current Parliament and the political domination of the landed elite. 
E) He adamantly opposed any and all political and social reforms. 
A) He opposed giving political concessions to the middle class. 
B) He was convinced that reforms were largely unnecessary due to Britain's democratic heritage. 
C) He supported reforms as a means of preventing more radical revolutionary movements. 
D) He was afraid reforms would cause the collapse of the current Parliament and the political domination of the landed elite. 
E) He adamantly opposed any and all political and social reforms.

Question 4

The writer who argued that historical events were largely determined by the deeds of Romantic heroes who transformed society was

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A) Edgard Allen Poe. 
B) Hans Christian Andersen. 
C) Thomas Macauley. 
D) Thomas Carlyle. 
E) William Wordsworth. 
A) Edgard Allen Poe. 
B) Hans Christian Andersen. 
C) Thomas Macauley. 
D) Thomas Carlyle. 
E) William Wordsworth.

Question 5

Louis-Philippe became known as the

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A) "bourgeois monarch." 
B) "the man of the people." 
C) "the nobles' champion." 
D) "diplomat king." 
E) "utopian king." 
A) "bourgeois monarch." 
B) "the man of the people." 
C) "the nobles' champion." 
D) "diplomat king." 
E) "utopian king."

Question 6

The most important factor in preventing the European overthrow of the newly independent nations of Latin America was

Accepted Answer

A) European economic collapse. 
B) the Monroe Doctrine guiding American foreign policy. 
C) the sheer size of South America. 
D) growing support for pacifism in Europe. 
E) British naval power. 
A) European economic collapse. 
B) the Monroe Doctrine guiding American foreign policy. 
C) the sheer size of South America. 
D) growing support for pacifism in Europe. 
E) British naval power.

Question 7

How do the ideas of Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, and John Stuart Mill represent the various elements of the ideology of liberalism?

Accepted Answer

The ideas of Thomas Malthus, David Ricar

Question 8

What were the major characteristics of Romanticism? How did Romanticism shape the European society and culture during the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Romanticism was a cultural and artistic

Question 9

J.S.Mill's On the Subjection of Women stated that

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A) women should be kept in the home to improve men's chances of finding work. 
B) men and women did not possess different natures. 
C) Parliament should admit women members immediately. 
D) female convicts should be shipped out to colonize Australia. 
E) God and nature had ordained the permanent inferiority of women. 
A) women should be kept in the home to improve men's chances of finding work. 
B) men and women did not possess different natures. 
C) Parliament should admit women members immediately. 
D) female convicts should be shipped out to colonize Australia. 
E) God and nature had ordained the permanent inferiority of women.

Question 10

The Romantic movement can be viewed as

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A) a reaction against the Enlightenment's preoccupation with reason. 
B) a continuation of Enlightenment ideals and practices. 
C) an attempt to create a socialist society. 
D) a movement of lower-class, less literate people. 
E) a fascination with war and conflict. 
A) a reaction against the Enlightenment's preoccupation with reason. 
B) a continuation of Enlightenment ideals and practices. 
C) an attempt to create a socialist society. 
D) a movement of lower-class, less literate people. 
E) a fascination with war and conflict.

Question 11

All nineteenth-century conservatives, from Edmund Burke to Joseph de Maistre, opposed any change whatsoever in the traditional political and social structures of society, and argued that a hereditary monarchy must be maintained at all costs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

David Ricardo's iron law of wages stated that

Accepted Answer

A) wages would rise as competition eliminated inefficient producers. 
B) wages would decline as productivity drove prices down. 
C) wages would fall when the population of workers increased. 
D) wages would rise as workers organized into unions. 
E) wages were irrelevant; only commodities like pig iron mattered. 
A) wages would rise as competition eliminated inefficient producers. 
B) wages would decline as productivity drove prices down. 
C) wages would fall when the population of workers increased. 
D) wages would rise as workers organized into unions. 
E) wages were irrelevant; only commodities like pig iron mattered.

Exam 21: Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

The most successful nationalistic European revolution in 1830 was in

The Congress of Vienna's treatment of Poland

Which of the following statements best applies to Thomas Macaulay's thoughts on reform in Britain?

The writer who argued that historical events were largely determined by the deeds of Romantic heroes who transformed society was

Louis-Philippe became known as the

The most important factor in preventing the European overthrow of the newly independent nations of Latin America was

How do the ideas of Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, and John Stuart Mill represent the various elements of the ideology of liberalism?

What were the major characteristics of Romanticism? How did Romanticism shape the European society and culture during the nineteenth century?

J.S.Mill's On the Subjection of Women stated that

The Romantic movement can be viewed as

All nineteenth-century conservatives, from Edmund Burke to Joseph de Maistre, opposed any change whatsoever in the traditional political and social structures of society, and argued that a hereditary monarchy must be maintained at all costs.

David Ricardo's iron law of wages stated that

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