Question 1

Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in

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A) 1850. 
B) 1853. 
C) 1861. 
D) 1863. 
E) 1865. 
A) 1850. 
B) 1853. 
C) 1861. 
D) 1863. 
E) 1865.

Question 2

England and France entered the Crimean War in 1854 because they feared growing influence in the Mediterranean by

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A) Russia. 
B) the Ottoman Empire. 
C) Prussia. 
D) Austria. 
E) the United States. 
A) Russia. 
B) the Ottoman Empire. 
C) Prussia. 
D) Austria. 
E) the United States.

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT true of the Dual Monarchy?

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A) Austria and Hungary had a single monarch. 
B) Ethnic minorities in both Austria and Hungary experienced reduced repression at the hands of dominant ethnic groups. 
C) Austria and Hungary each had a constitution and a capital. 
D) Austria and Hungary had independent bicameral legislatures. 
E) Austria and Hungary were bound together through a common army and foreign policy. 
A) Austria and Hungary had a single monarch. 
B) Ethnic minorities in both Austria and Hungary experienced reduced repression at the hands of dominant ethnic groups. 
C) Austria and Hungary each had a constitution and a capital. 
D) Austria and Hungary had independent bicameral legislatures. 
E) Austria and Hungary were bound together through a common army and foreign policy.

Question 4

The dominant literary and artistic movement in the 1850s and 1860s was

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A) Romanticism. 
B) Realism. 
C) Positivism. 
D) Impressionism. 
E) Modernism. 
A) Romanticism. 
B) Realism. 
C) Positivism. 
D) Impressionism. 
E) Modernism.

Question 5

In 1852 the Second Empire in France was created

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A) through the assassination of Louis Napoleon. 
B) when the army overthrew the Republic in a coup. 
C) when the National Assembly voluntarily disbanded. 
D) through a bloody revolution in Paris. 
E) when French voters overwhelmingly voted for the restoration of the empire. 
A) through the assassination of Louis Napoleon. 
B) when the army overthrew the Republic in a coup. 
C) when the National Assembly voluntarily disbanded. 
D) through a bloody revolution in Paris. 
E) when French voters overwhelmingly voted for the restoration of the empire.

Question 6

Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man

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A) is filled with expressions of doubt and hesitancy over the new evolutionary theories. 
B) proposed the first theory of genetic mutations. 
C) argued for the animal origins of human beings, who had evolved by adapting to their environment over time. 
D) placed humans in the center of a rational universe. 
E) predicted the extinction of man and the rise of a new creation that would dominate nature. 
A) is filled with expressions of doubt and hesitancy over the new evolutionary theories. 
B) proposed the first theory of genetic mutations. 
C) argued for the animal origins of human beings, who had evolved by adapting to their environment over time. 
D) placed humans in the center of a rational universe. 
E) predicted the extinction of man and the rise of a new creation that would dominate nature.

Question 7

In addition to examining everyday life, the literary Realists of the mid-nineteenth century were also interested in

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A) completely avoiding romantic imagery, as shown in the works of Charles Dickens. 
B) employing emotional and poetic language to cause social reform. 
C) avoiding sentimental language by using careful observation and description. 
D) showing the positive values of middle-class life. 
E) using "stream of consciousness" techniques. 
A) completely avoiding romantic imagery, as shown in the works of Charles Dickens. 
B) employing emotional and poetic language to cause social reform. 
C) avoiding sentimental language by using careful observation and description. 
D) showing the positive values of middle-class life. 
E) using "stream of consciousness" techniques.

Question 8

Compare and contrast the practice of Realpolitik in the leadership of Napoleon III of France and Otto von Bismark of Prussia.What were their strengths and weaknesses as leaders, and what were their achievements?

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Realpolitik, a term coined by Bismarck h

Question 9

The Ausgleich or Compromise of 1867

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A) created a loose federation of ethnic states within the Austrian Empire. 
B) freed the serfs and eliminated compulsory labor services with the Austrian Empire. 
C) made Austria part of the North German Confederation. 
D) granted the Czechs and Slovenes home-rule. 
E) created the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. 
A) created a loose federation of ethnic states within the Austrian Empire. 
B) freed the serfs and eliminated compulsory labor services with the Austrian Empire. 
C) made Austria part of the North German Confederation. 
D) granted the Czechs and Slovenes home-rule. 
E) created the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary.

Question 10

Auguste Comte was responsible for

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A) posing an evolutionary theory akin to Darwin's. 
B) founding the discipline of sociology. 
C) helping to remove theology as a subject from university curricula. 
D) integrating science with religion. 
E) establishing a utopian community just outside Paris. 
A) posing an evolutionary theory akin to Darwin's. 
B) founding the discipline of sociology. 
C) helping to remove theology as a subject from university curricula. 
D) integrating science with religion. 
E) establishing a utopian community just outside Paris.

Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in

England and France entered the Crimean War in 1854 because they feared growing influence in the Mediterranean by

Which of the following is NOT true of the Dual Monarchy?

The dominant literary and artistic movement in the 1850s and 1860s was

In 1852 the Second Empire in France was created

Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man

In addition to examining everyday life, the literary Realists of the mid-nineteenth century were also interested in

Compare and contrast the practice of Realpolitik in the leadership of Napoleon III of France and Otto von Bismark of Prussia.What were their strengths and weaknesses as leaders, and what were their achievements?

The Ausgleich or Compromise of 1867

Auguste Comte was responsible for

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

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

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

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

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

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 II

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 22: An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in

England and France entered the Crimean War in 1854 because they feared growing influence in the Mediterranean by

Which of the following is NOT true of the Dual Monarchy?

The dominant literary and artistic movement in the 1850s and 1860s was

In 1852 the Second Empire in France was created

Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man

In addition to examining everyday life, the literary Realists of the mid-nineteenth century were also interested in

Compare and contrast the practice of Realpolitik in the leadership of Napoleon III of France and Otto von Bismark of Prussia.What were their strengths and weaknesses as leaders, and what were their achievements?

The Ausgleich or Compromise of 1867

Auguste Comte was responsible for

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

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

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

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

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

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 II

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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