Question 1

Bismarck enacted several measures concerning national health legislation because:

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A)  the liberals demanded it. 
B)  his ethical standards were high and he saw legislation as his Christian duty. 
C)  Germany was experiencing a typhoid epidemic. 
D)  reports showed that the German population was seriously undernourished. 
E)  he wanted to win the loyalty of the German working class. 
A)  the liberals demanded it. 
B)  his ethical standards were high and he saw legislation as his Christian duty. 
C)  Germany was experiencing a typhoid epidemic. 
D)  reports showed that the German population was seriously undernourished. 
E)  he wanted to win the loyalty of the German working class.

Question 2

The first country to admit women to medical schools for training as medical doctors was:

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A)  Switzerland. 
B)  Great Britain. 
C)  France. 
D)  Russia. 
E)  Italy. 
A)  Switzerland. 
B)  Great Britain. 
C)  France. 
D)  Russia. 
E)  Italy.

Question 3

What factors made Germany particularly receptive to social democracy?

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Within Germany,rapid and extensive indus

Question 4

What innovations typified the second industrial revolution,and what were the effects on European society?

Accepted Answer

The three innovations that characterized

Question 5

Tsar Alexander II:

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A)  led Russia to victory in the Crimean War. 
B)  was an enlightened ruler who industrialized Russia. 
C)  was assassinated in spite of freeing the serfs. 
D)  was a repressive ruler who reversed all the reforms of his father. 
E)  was an intellectual who founded the Bolshoi Ballet. 
A)  led Russia to victory in the Crimean War. 
B)  was an enlightened ruler who industrialized Russia. 
C)  was assassinated in spite of freeing the serfs. 
D)  was a repressive ruler who reversed all the reforms of his father. 
E)  was an intellectual who founded the Bolshoi Ballet.

Question 6

With the rise of the "New Woman," conservative women such as Octavia Hill called upon women to:

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A)  "Rise up to defend the British empire by keeping the home fires burning." 
B)  "Actively seek out those who oppose the traditional station of women and defeat them." 
C)  "Seek their way in the world independently of their husbands." 
D)  "Temper this wild struggle for place and power." 
E)  "Secure the franchise and take control of the political system in Britain." 
A)  "Rise up to defend the British empire by keeping the home fires burning." 
B)  "Actively seek out those who oppose the traditional station of women and defeat them." 
C)  "Seek their way in the world independently of their husbands." 
D)  "Temper this wild struggle for place and power." 
E)  "Secure the franchise and take control of the political system in Britain."

Question 7

By the 1860s,_________ were the leading voices for an expanded franchise in many European countries.

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A)  Chartists 
B)  social democrats 
C)  radical capitalists 
D)  socialist parliamentarians 
E)  communists 
A)  Chartists 
B)  social democrats 
C)  radical capitalists 
D)  socialist parliamentarians 
E)  communists

Question 8

What was the impact of the Dreyfus Affair on Europe?

Accepted Answer

The Dreyfus Affair openly addressed a wa

Question 9

For the Russian Tsar Nicholas II,Russification:

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A)  extended the language and culture of Greater Russia over all non-Russian subjects. 
B)  was not accomplished by coercion or physical oppression. 
C)  was intended to destroy the populist movement. 
D)  did not involve pogroms. 
E)  was a program the tsar implemented as part of the process to become a naturalized Russian citizen. 
A)  extended the language and culture of Greater Russia over all non-Russian subjects. 
B)  was not accomplished by coercion or physical oppression. 
C)  was intended to destroy the populist movement. 
D)  did not involve pogroms. 
E)  was a program the tsar implemented as part of the process to become a naturalized Russian citizen.

Question 10

The Kulturkampf of Otto von Bismarck was a campaign waged against:

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A)  the socialists. 
B)  the Catholics. 
C)  the Lutherans. 
D)  the communists. 
E)  the Volksdeutsche. 
A)  the socialists. 
B)  the Catholics. 
C)  the Lutherans. 
D)  the communists. 
E)  the Volksdeutsche.

Question 11

European women,having attained the right to control their own property,viewed _________ as the symbol of full legal personhood.

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A)  equal pay for equal work 
B)  enfranchisement 
C)  equal access to employment 
D)  economic freedom 
E)  equality under the law 
A)  equal pay for equal work 
B)  enfranchisement 
C)  equal access to employment 
D)  economic freedom 
E)  equality under the law

Question 12

After the turn of the twentieth century,some artists "sought an antidote to fin-de-siècle malaise" by looking:

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A)  toward the future with new techniques and mediums. 
B)  inward, making art reflective and personal. 
C)  to the Western classical age, creating a new neoclassical style. 
D)  "backward," to so-called primitive cultures. 
E)  outward, to demonstrate that "art" was dead. 
A)  toward the future with new techniques and mediums. 
B)  inward, making art reflective and personal. 
C)  to the Western classical age, creating a new neoclassical style. 
D)  "backward," to so-called primitive cultures. 
E)  outward, to demonstrate that "art" was dead.

Question 13

In response to the growing materialism and free thought in the world,Pope Pius IX issued an encyclical entitled:

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A)  Ecce Homo. 
B)  Mistakes of the Modern World. 
C)  Unum Sanctum. 
D)  Syllabus of Errors. 
E)  Humanae Vitae. 
A)  Ecce Homo. 
B)  Mistakes of the Modern World. 
C)  Unum Sanctum. 
D)  Syllabus of Errors. 
E)  Humanae Vitae.

Question 14

In what ways were traditional Victorian gender roles for women redefined in the latter half of the nineteenth century?

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The campaign for women's suffrage and it

Question 15

David Lloyd George:

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A)  was a conservative member of the House of Lords. 
B)  founded the Independent Labor Party in 1901. 
C)  proposed a controversial budget in 1909 that included a progressive income tax. 
D)  was responsible for passage of the Second Reform Bill. 
E)  blocked consideration of the League of Nations at the Paris Peace Conference. 
A)  was a conservative member of the House of Lords. 
B)  founded the Independent Labor Party in 1901. 
C)  proposed a controversial budget in 1909 that included a progressive income tax. 
D)  was responsible for passage of the Second Reform Bill. 
E)  blocked consideration of the League of Nations at the Paris Peace Conference.

Question 16

Charles Darwin completed the fieldwork that served as the basis for his theories during the time he spent as an unpaid naturalist on an around-the-world voyage aboard the ship:

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A)  H.M.S. Beagle. 
B)  R.M.S. Shepherd. 
C)  H.M.S. Bounty. 
D)  R.M.S. Victory. 
E)  H.M.S. Hood. 
A)  H.M.S. Beagle. 
B)  R.M.S. Shepherd. 
C)  H.M.S. Bounty. 
D)  R.M.S. Victory. 
E)  H.M.S. Hood.

Question 17

Technological advances in Europe,matched by advances in medicine and agriculture,brought about a period of renewed growth in the nineteenth century known as:

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A)  the Era of Good Feelings. 
B)  the technological revolution. 
C)  the second industrial revolution. 
D)  the manufacturing revolution. 
E)  the information revolution. 
A)  the Era of Good Feelings. 
B)  the technological revolution. 
C)  the second industrial revolution. 
D)  the manufacturing revolution. 
E)  the information revolution.

Question 18

A powerful new tool of a general strike of all industrial workers was proposed by the syndicalists,who argued that it would do more to bring down the state than electoral politics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What gains were made by the Russian revolution of 1905? Why were these gains not enough to complete Russia's transition to a modern nation?

Accepted Answer

The revolt of 1905 showed the advisers t

Question 20

The outbreak of World War I was all that prevented civil war in Ireland in the early twentieth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 23: Modern Industry and Mass Politics,1870–1914

Bismarck enacted several measures concerning national health legislation because:

The first country to admit women to medical schools for training as medical doctors was:

What factors made Germany particularly receptive to social democracy?

What innovations typified the second industrial revolution,and what were the effects on European society?

Tsar Alexander II:

With the rise of the "New Woman," conservative women such as Octavia Hill called upon women to:

By the 1860s,_________ were the leading voices for an expanded franchise in many European countries.

What was the impact of the Dreyfus Affair on Europe?

For the Russian Tsar Nicholas II,Russification:

The Kulturkampf of Otto von Bismarck was a campaign waged against:

European women,having attained the right to control their own property,viewed _________ as the symbol of full legal personhood.

After the turn of the twentieth century,some artists "sought an antidote to fin-de-siècle malaise" by looking:

In response to the growing materialism and free thought in the world,Pope Pius IX issued an encyclical entitled:

In what ways were traditional Victorian gender roles for women redefined in the latter half of the nineteenth century?

David Lloyd George:

Charles Darwin completed the fieldwork that served as the basis for his theories during the time he spent as an unpaid naturalist on an around-the-world voyage aboard the ship:

Technological advances in Europe,matched by advances in medicine and agriculture,brought about a period of renewed growth in the nineteenth century known as:

A powerful new tool of a general strike of all industrial workers was proposed by the syndicalists,who argued that it would do more to bring down the state than electoral politics.

What gains were made by the Russian revolution of 1905? Why were these gains not enough to complete Russia's transition to a modern nation?

The outbreak of World War I was all that prevented civil war in Ireland in the early twentieth century.

Early Civilizations

Peoples,Gods,and Empires: 1700–500 B.C.E

The Civilization of Greece,1000–400 B.C.E

The Greek World Expands,400–150 B.C.E

The Civilization of Ancient Rome

The Transformation of Rome

Rome’s Three Heirs: 500–950

The Expansion of Europe,950–1100

The Consolidation of Europe,1100–1300

Crisis,Unrest,and Opportunity,1300–1500

Commerce,Conquest,and Colonization,1300–1600

Renaissance Ideals and Realities,c.1350–1550

The Age of Dissent and Division,1500–1600

Religion,Warfare,and Sovereignty: 1540–1660

Absolutism and Empire,1660–1789

The New Science of the Seventeenth Century

The Enlightenment

The French Revolution

The Industrial Revolution and Nineteenth-Century Society

From Restoration to Revolution,1815–1848

What Is a Nation? Territories,States,and Citizens,1848–1871

Imperialism and Colonialism,1870–1914

The First World War

Turmoil between the Wars

The Second World War

The Cold War World: Global Politics,Economic Recovery,and Cultural Change

Red Flags and Velvet Revolutions: The End of the Cold War,1960–1990

A World without Walls: Globalization and the West

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